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Specialist GLOBUS/T24 lead technical consultant with over 7.03 yrs of
experience
Available to start immediately - Willing to relocate
Summary of qualifications
Qualification: B.Tech (Information Technology)
Institution: B.S. Abdul Rahman Crescent Engineering College, Vandalur/Anna
University
Year of Passing: 2006
Percentage: 64.45
Qualification: XII Standard
Institution: Rose Mary Matric. Hr. Sec. School - State Board
Year of Passing: 2002
Percentage: 87.42
Qualification: X Standard
Institution: Rose Mary Matric. Hr. Sec. School - Matriculation
Year of Passing: 2000
Percentage: 73.1
Area of Expertise
. GLOBUS/T24 Expert Technical Consultant/Technical Lead
. Excellent GLOBUS/T24 design/development skills
. Involved in complete project lifecycle of GLOBUS/T24
implementation - From kick off to go-live + post-live support
. Securities Trading in GLOBUS/T24, Private Banking
. Retail (TELLER, FUNDS.TRANSFER), Accounting, Reporting in
GLOBUS/T24
. T24 Standard Tables
. Arrangement Architecture (AA) module
. GLOBUS/T24 QA/Testing
. Multi-book, multi-company, EMC(Extended multi-company)
. Security Management Systems(SMS) in GLOBUS/T24, Override, User
SMS, Company SMS
. GLOBUS/T24 customization expert
. GLOBUS/T24 upgrades - Installation of new release/setup
GLOBUS/T24 product
. GLOBUS/T24 Data Migration
. GLOBUS/T24 External Interface developments
. GLOBUS/T24 production support, testing
. GLOBUS/T24 Fresh Implementations
. CoB processing(tSA and tSM processing, Monitoring, Job times,
Job performance improvement), Multi-threading
. Build control(BCON, BUILD.CONTROL), Data libraries(DL.DEFINE,
DL.PARAMETER)
. R09/R10 Component based upgrade with TAFC, T24 updates
. Working knowledge on all core modules
. OFS & Interface development
. CRM, PW- Process Workflow, Loans and deposits
. T24 Rule manager
. INFOBASIC(jBC) local development(Versions[Includes all routine
types], enquiries[Includes FILE and NOFILE+Conversion routines],
deal slips[Includes deal slip conversion routines], CoB
routines)
. Code review, Performance Improvement, Composite Screens, Tabbed
Screens
. SQL Queries
. GLOBUS/T24 Desktop, T24 Browser, TC Server(Temenos Connector),
OFS, OFSML
. Hands-on exp on releases starting GLOBUS G13 till T24 R11.
Ability to handle releases R12/R13
. jBASE level administration, backup, restore, file resizing,
performance management, UNIX, IBM AIX
. Ability to handle/mentor technical teams, Conduct technical
training as needed
. Test strategy planning, script design and execution(Testing
expert in GLOBUS/T24)
. Delivery(Print/Swift setup)
. GLOBUS/T24 technical analysis, development, production support
. GLOBUS/T24 application support
. Ability to liaise with third party contractors/teams and with
the senior management
. T24 technical lead
. Prepare technical specification documents/review team's
documents
. SDLC compliance, CMMi standards
. Client communication
. Temenos T24 Model Bank - All releases
Tools Worked Upon
. HP Quality Center 9.2, Rational Clear Case, Rational Rose,
Eclipse(Java IDE tool), Visual Studio, Source control softwares
like PVCS
Professional Experience Summary
. Had been a T24 Senior Technical Consultant/Technical
Lead(External - Full time) with Standard Chartered, Chennai
through Capgemini/Ma Foi Randstad, Chennai since April 2012 till
date
. Had been a T24 Technical Consultant(External - Full time) with
Credit Suisse, Bahamas since June 2011 till March 2012
. Had been an Asst Systems Engineer with Tata Consultancy
Services, Bangalore since October 2010 till June 2011
. Had been a Technical Consultant with Temenos India Pvt Ltd,
Chennai from June 2007 till October 2010.
. Had been a Software Engineer with Jiffy Solutions, Chennai from
May 2006 till June 2007
Professional Experience in Detail
Standard Chartered Bank (through Ma Foi Randstad Technologies),
Chennai, India - April 2012 till date
Client Name: Standard Chartered Bank, Chennai
Duration: April 2012 till date
Description of work:
Technical/Test Lead
. Local development/Application support
. Lead the testing team(Team of 30 people including
technical developers, developer analysts, senior
system engineers, business consultants), create
scenarios for testing.
. Liaise with business/client in test case preparation
based on BRD/FSD
. Verify/validate test scenarios provided by client
. Create additional test scripts wherever possible to
ensure the functionality is achieved
. Create test plan, test case/test scripts assign it to
the team for SIT
. Liaise with user for UAT testing
. Monitor the test case execution/tasks completed on a
daily basis for project management reports and report
the status to the top management on a weekly basis.
. Identify and classify test scripts for online, CoB
execution
. Estimation of work, delivery management
. CR/Issue tracker management
. Status review meetings with business/client and
prepare status reports for senior management review
. Liaise with business/client to ensure timely delivery
. Guide the team on the technical pre-requisites for
testing
. Analyze/handle complex local development issues
. Document test results
In addition to the above, execute complex test scripts. Involved in
several full test cycles.
Also ensure
. Implementation of best practices
. Ensure the right solutions are provided to the client
needs
Additional volunteering
. Development planning
. Mentor the team technically(Technical training) in
GLOBUS/T24
. GLOBUS/T24 production support
. CR management
. Introduce inexperienced consultants into the product,
train them into T24 local development/customization
. Loans/deposits migration from LD, MG to
AA(Arrangement Architecture)
Credit Suisse Private Bank, Bahamas (through Eutopia Solutions, UK)
- June 2011 till March 2012
Client Name: Credit Suisse Private Bank, Bahamas
Duration: Jun 2011 till Mar 2012
Description of work:
Application support/development/testing
. Responsible for analyzing and fixing issues logged in UAT
. Application support
. Improve performance of the local development
. Recommend best procedures to implement T24 technical
scenarios
. Involved in lot of new local developments for the bank -
Enquiries, reports, versions, deal slips. Co-ordinate with
business users and get all local development sorted out.
. Voluntarily created new local tools to ease the process of
external data import to T24
. Support users in deploying the fix/CR
Also involved in testing the SP product customization for the
client.
Skills used: T24 release R06, R10, jBASE 5/TAFC
Tools used: Track IT
Tata Consultancy Services, Bangalore, India - Oct 2010 till June
2011
Client Name: Credit Suisse Private Bank, Singapore/ JP Morgan
Chase, UK
Duration: Oct 2010 till June 2011
Description of work:
Technical Lead
. Lending GLOBUS/T24 technical application support and
involved in technical analysis of the requirements.
. Co-ordinate with the onsite team for requirement analysis.
. Handled the GLOBUS/T24 technical team efficiently and co-
ordinated with the project management/client.
Temenos India Pvt Ltd, Chennai, India - June 2007 till October 2010
Client Name: Marfin Popular Bank, Cyprus
Duration: May 2009 till Oct 2010
Description of work:
Functional analysis and technical specification development
. Involved in discussions with the client on the functional
specification documents and presenting them to the client
in technical manners to prove the ability of the team in
the pilot phase. The client was happy to sign the project
off to Temenos due to the presentations.
. Involved in analyzing the functional specification
documents for Marfin Popular Bank, Cyprus and develop the
technical specification document so as to develop in T24.
. Involved in technical specification review meetings and
discussed with the client on any CRs and signed off the
documents after the agreement/payment on CRs.
. Implementation of local developments in T24 with respect to
Teller, CRM, Facilities(Collaterals/Limits) and other
areas.
R10 upgrades
. Willingly took up the initiative to learn the new R10
upgrades process, performed R10 upgrades for the local
environments, and trained the team on the upgrade process.
Issue support
. Involved in supporting the client on SIT issues logged on
application support. Swift and apt response was appreciated
by the client.
CRM and Process Workflow
. Involved in designing process workflow(PW) for the below
checks for a customer
. MPB.LEAD.PW.LOAD - Automatic activity which will
default STATUS in CR.OPPORTUNITY with the code number
for PENDING, and final status with the code number
for COMPLETED - done using core routine
CR.MAP.OPPORTUNITY
. MPB.CL.CHECK - Customer will be checked against a
caution list maintained in a local table to ensure he
is not a sensitive customer. If customer is in
caution list, the CR.OPPORTUNITY status for the
customer will be set with the code number for
REJECTED
. Check for the local field marketing flag - if it is
set to NO, set the CR.OPPORTUNITY status with the
code number for UNSUCCESSFUL
. MPB.LEAD.CONTACT.INP - Establishes initial
interaction between bank and customer. Done using a
CR.CONTACT.LOG version. Default status is PENDING,
completion status will be updated with the code
number for either COMPLETED, SUCCESSFUL or REJECTED
based on status of CR.OPPORTUNITY
. MPB.LEAD.CONTACT.AMD - Updates contact information
between bank and customer. Uses a version of
CR.CONTACT.LOG to make changes. Once the customer
takes up an opportunity, the CONTACT.STATUS in
CR.CONTACT.LOG will be set as the code for
SUCCESSFUL, if he rejectes, it will be set with the
code for CANCEL
. MPB.LEAD.PW.ACCEPT - Based on the above two process
workflows, if they are successful, this will
automatically update the OPPOR.STATUS in
CR.OPPORTUNITY with the code for IN.PROGRESS-
INTERESTED. The PW.PROCESS record ID will be mapped
to this record. Also the field
CR.OPPORTUNITY>USER.COMMENT will be filled with the
data from CR.CONTACT.LOG>COMMENT.NOTES
. MPB.LEAD.PW.REJECT - Based on the above two process
workflows, if they are rejected, this will
automatically update the OPPOR.STATUS in
CR.OPPORTUNITY with the code for REJECT. The
PW.PROCESS record ID will be mapped to this record.
Also the field CR.OPPORTUNITY>USER.COMMENT will be
filled with the data from
CR.CONTACT.LOG>COMMENT.NOTES
. MPB.LEAD.PW.FINAL - This allows the user to modify
the lead. A CR.OPPORTUNITY version will be used and
the opportunity ID will be mapped. Default value for
OPPORTUNITY.STATUS will be set with the code for
PENDING. Once committed, it will be set with the
code for SUCCESSFUL.APPLIED
AA (Arrangement Architecture)
. Involved in analyzing AA(Arrangement Architecture) module
related local enhancements. Also involved in making
presentations to the client, detailing the implementation
procedure.
. AA product setup
. AA loans
Credits
. Was made the technical lead of the team involving
developers, analysts, testers and support engineers. Was
the sole point of contact for the team for T24 upgrades.
. Responsible for code review for the entire team's
development work
. Managed the junior technical team including distributing
the work among the team members, clarifying the queries
posted by team members, training the team and ensuring that
the team excels the best under all circumstances.
. Involved in supporting the client on SIT issues logged on
application support. Swift and apt response was appreciated
by the client.
Skills used: T24 release R08, R10, jBASE 5/TAFC
Tools used: Lotus Notes
Client Name: Honda Bank, Germany
Duration: Mar 2009 till May 2009
Description of work:
Functional analysis and technical specification development
. Involved in analyzing the functional specification
documents for Honda Bank, Germany and develop the technical
specification document so as to develop in T24.
. Also used to various CMM level 3 procedures as a part of
it.
AA (Arrangement Architecture)
. Involved in analyzing AA(Arrangement Architecture) module
related local enhancement/designing
. AA product customized setup
Local development
. Involved in designing/developing interfaces which could
format the data in T24 to be sent to an external system in
the specified format.
SCHUFA Interface
SCHUFA is a German credit reporting agency which needed a
loan contact interface to T24. The main modules were
SCHUFA.CUSTOMER, SCHUFA.ACCOUNT, SCHUFA.GET.PAYMENT which
recorded the fund related information in T24. The data was
fed to T24 from the external system in Oracle.
Loans/deposits made for SCHUFA was handled using AA module.
Clients were scored before any loan was provided. Major
information considered for client scoring include:
. Personal Data
. Income
. Marital Status
. Existing liabilities
. Bank
. Employment
. Occupational group
. Tenure
. Experience from a previous relationship
. Contractual repayment to/of those loans
SOFT Interface
SOFT is an interface to maintain the AA payments made to
the bank via external funds management system. A replica of
the loans/payment done in the external system was
maintained in T24 via AA, FT modules and the relevant
accounting entries were generated to ensure the statements
are in sync.
Client Name: Credit Suisse Private Bank, UK(Guernsey/London - One
Globus)
Duration: Feb 2008 till Mar 2009
Description of work:
Data Migration
. Migration of data/routines between London, Guernsey and
Gibraltar
. Took extra efforts to design tools for code conversions (to
overcome compatibility standards/other programmatic
features between R05 and G14) for the client, which was
used by the client during migration.
. Once this is done, the area was upgraded before the bank
went live.
Local development
. Involved in interfaces management, Securities module
related local developments in T24, in addition to
enquiries/report designing.
. Involved in issue support for client. Issues logged were
responded with the correct solution and most of the issue
responses have been hailed by the client for quick and apt
solutions.
Few of those interfaces dealt are listed below:
. PEOPLESOFT - HR management system
. MANTAS - Oracle product MANTAS interface to provide insight
into security trading activities
. DARE
. CARDS
. DIRECT DEBIT(STO)
. CRISK - Credit risk management software interface
. MIS - Management Information System
. Fees & Commissions (Safe custody, Advisory & Securities)
. Security transfers processed during day - Report to external
system in a flat file
. Security trades processed during day - Report to external
system in a flat file
. Open orders made during day - Report to external system in a
flat file
Credits
Recognized by the client, for my work performed as a part of the
project.
Skills used: Globus release G14, T24 release R05, R08, jBASE 5
Tools used: Mercury Quality Center 9.2, Rational Clear Case
Client Name: Egnatia Bank of Greece, Greece
Duration: Dec 2007 till Feb 2008
Description of work:
Upgrade/local development/compatibility testing
. Responsible to upgrade the environment from Globus version
G13 to T24 version R08.
. Responsible to check the compatibility of local
developments in Globus version G13 to the upgraded version
R08. Incompatible code will be redesigned and tested for
their functionality.
. CoB performance management - Ensure the local routines are
tuned to improve performance while invoked during CoB
Skills used: Globus release G13, T24 release R08, jBASE 5
Client Name: Kenya Commercial Bank, Kenya
Duration: Aug 2007 till Dec 2007
Description of work:
Local developments
. Local developments in T24 for KCB involving Version
routines, Enquiry routines(File enquiries/nofile enquiries)
. Local developments involving fees and charges for loans and
mortgages
Java e-mail interface for T24
. Designed a java interface for T24 to process the bank
statements from the database and convert them into JPG/PDF
format. Once the files are converted, they would be sent as
an attachment over secure mail transfer to the client.
Skills used: T24 release R09, jBASE 5, JAVA
Tools used: Eclipse
Client Name: Deutshce Bank, Geneva
Duration: Jul 2007 till Aug 2007
Description of work:
SEAT scripts execution and SEAT.TEST verification for developments
done for Deutsche Bank Geneva. SEAT is an automated testing tool
for Temenos T24. This project involved a team to analyze the
development and test them against any issues using the SEAT tool
and fixing them if required. Also involved in a few local
developments involving interfaces and some core modules.
Skills used: T24 release R09, jBASE 5, SEAT product
Jiffy Solutions, Chennai, India - May 2006 till June 2007
. Design of badafriend.com - User profile maintenance, direct
information retrieval, Tweet message posting
. Design of freshershub.com - Employer/Jobseeker module,
Admin Module, Social networking/discussions, Skillset
rating, Friends invitation
. Design of Tomorrowwalkin.com - Fresher/experienced
professional profiles maintenance, interview/placement
papers, RSS feeds,sample video.
Skills used: .NET 2003, ASP.NET, SQL Server 2000
Professional Certifications
. Achieved TCCP (Temenos Certified Consultant Programme)
certification in
o Programming
o T24 Close of Business Management(CoB)
o Open Financial Service (OFS)
o Security Management Systems (SMS)
o Teller
o Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Other area of Interest
. Visual Basic
. Object Oriented Programming with C++ and Java
. Data Structures & DBMS, SQL, IBM AIX
. Animation Design (Flash (5.0 and MX) and Swish),Web Designing using
HTML
Visas held
. UK multiple entry general visit visa valid until 23-Aug-12
Work permits held
. Bahamas work visas, valid between 1-Jun-10 and 31-Dec-2012
. Any relevant work visa, required for work location has to be acquired
Professional References
I would be able to provide at least 2 to 3 professional references(on
request), to vouch for my skills.
PERSONAL PROFILE
Name : MOHAMED BUHARI.A
Father's Name : Mr. ASAN MOHIDEEN.B
Sex : Male
Nationality : Indian
Languages Known : English, Tamil
(Read/Write/Interpret - Expert)
Hindi, Arabic (Read/Write - Novice)
Permanent Address : 5, VENU STREET, GUINDY,
CHENNAI-600032
Contact Number (Personal) : +91-967**-***** (India Mobile - Primary)
Contact Number (Residence) : +91-44-223***** (India Fixed line)
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