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Must Have:

Minimum 8+ years of experience working in an IT Organisation as part of a Payments group in the role of Lead SME / Lead Functional Architect. Must have experiences in multi-country implementation of leading Payments Product at large banks.

Detailed Job Description:

• Considerable knowledge, subject matter expertise and/or a proven record of success in products and solutions focusing on commercial payments, transaction banking, or payment hub solutions.
• Experience in: defining and documenting testable, technical and functional requirements; mapping high level solution design through to user story via defined process (utilising Jira), including testability, using latest BDD methods (Gherkin/Cucumber executable test/acceptance criteria)
• Extensive abilities and/or a proven record of success in payment processing and financial services and success contributing to or managing specific workstreams that involve the following areas:
• Thorough understanding of Global Transaction Banking and Cash Management products
• Functional knowledge of money movement capabilities for High Value, Low Value and Instant Payments
• Knowledge of global clearing and market infrastructures (Fed, CHIPS, CHAPS, TARGET2, SWIFT, etc.)
• Working knowledge of Correspondent banking structure and NOS/VOS accounts
• Transaction life cycles of payment products and solutions (e.g., wires, ACH, check, money transfer, and card solutions);
• Financial operations, including settlement operations, reconciliation, and exception processing;
• Understanding of the listed tech-stack - Java, Kotlin, Json, Kafka, Hadoop, Spark, Elastic search, Oracle, SQL, Git, Jenkins, Team City, Cucumber, Selenium
• Experience in: providing reference designs, implementations and frameworks for micro-service components; setting up and operating technical design governance through automated tools as well as design reviews; public cloud implementation and achieving high scalability, reliability and security while managing levels of cost
• Operations and administration of Financial Services businesses;
• Data and payment systems interactions including IT tools and technology
• Documentation and the identification of key controls within payment transaction lifecycles
• Strong Exposer to Payments & Cash Management technology and end-to-end lifecycle across ACH, RTGS, Real Time Payments, Open Banking.
• Good appreciation Cards and Payments industry global trends, regulatory and compliance initiatives
• Exposure to SWIFT & ISO 20022 Message Processing
• Payments Interface data mapping and solution design
• Exposure to Corporate Internet Banking & Direct Channels (Host2Host file transfers), Mobile banking, PSD2, Open Banking, Payments Service Provider (PSP), Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) etc
• Adhered to process and tooling, and a systematic worker

Job Responsibilities:

• Governance on Payment Hub related build and integration activities
• Support system architecture, design and cross business area projects.
• Ensuring project designs are compliant to architectures and standards
• Lead / Support GTM (go-to-market) initiatives by developing solutions for target customers
• Lead and deliver large implementation program with responsibility across solution and delivery
• Responsible for a wide range of process activities beginning with the request for proposal through development, and final delivery of Build Projects, Package Implementation or Managed Services
• Working with client team members and executives to identify business requirements and subsequently working with, and leading others, in the initiating, planning, controlling, executing and closing the client's solution
• Responsible for the translation of the client's complex business requirements into formal agreements.
• Responsible for operational adherence
• Own & drive initiatives on solution strategy, IP creation and delivery

Experience required: 15 Years