Project Manager

Profile of B. Rajamohan

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Professional summary

Senior Business Analyst with more than 10+ years of working in payments domain which includes

4+ years of Implementing online sanctions screening solutions.

• Design solutions for workflow automation of various categories of messages in various

messaging standards like SWIFT, ISO20022, RTGS, UAEFTS, NEFT, ACS etc

• Preparation of requirements document which details the blueprint of the new system,

creating documents and diagrams which specify system user interactions, describing data

flow through the system which spell out the logical operations

• Work closely with the system architects and programmers to implement the proposed

solution.

• Identify new opportunities in the Messaging standards domain and plan roapmap for the

same

• Identifying prospective clients for Xchanging’s flagship Messaging Middleware product

• Involved in presales activities like giving Demo of product, Proposal Preparation and

product collaterals like Brochur, Product Documents

• Strong Business Analysis skills, like requirement Management, Coordination,

Documentation (BRD, FSD etc.)

Functional Skills

• Anti Money Laundering systems

• SWIFT/ISO20022/ISO8583/SFMS/RTGS/NEFT/UAEFTS/ACH standards

• Clearing Systems

• Workflow Automation

• Clearing systems (e.g. RTGS – CHAPS / FED / etc.)

• Payments Liquidity Management

• Reconciliation and Investigations

• Cash Management

Career Achievements

• Development of NG RTGS module in Xchanging’s IP Xchanging Messaging

Middleware(XMM) for supporting the new ISO20022 standards, currently being

Implemented in Exim Bank.

• Interfacing Messaging middleware with various Sanctions Screening solutions like

en.SafeWatch filtering, Fiserv and Pelican for SWIFT Messages, MiddleEast

Remittances Online KYC and Offline screening of existing accounts for customers

like State Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, Canara Bank and IndusInd Bank.

• Building Workflow automation in the middleware for processing RTGS, remittances,

Trade Finance, Treasury, Bills, Securities and Cash Management messages

• Customise XMM to support the SFMS messages(Domestic Trade Finance messages)

which is implemented in Banks like Lakshmi Vilas Bank, Bank of Baroda, Canara

Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Union Bank, Syndicate Bank, IndusInd Bank, Cosmos

Bank, Abhyudaya Bank, Canara Bank RRB, Allahabad Bank to name a few

• Design and Implementation of SWIFT centralization projects for State Bank of India,

Bank of Baroda and Canara Bank

• Development of generic Middleware XMM(Xchanging Messaging Middleware) which

can be interfaced with any external application for generation of SWIFT, SFMS,

UAEFTS messages, which does not require any code change when message

standards undergo change. Implementations include 5 banks in Germany,

Commercial Bank of Dubai and Emirates NBD MiddleEast, SBI overseas Branches,

Bank of Baroda, Indian Overses Bank, Canara Bank, Exim Bank, Cosmos Bank,

South East Bank, Bangladesh etc

• Provide consultancy to banks for automation of Payment systems. Provided for

banks like ING Vysya Bank etc.

Major Project Highlights

Project Name : Development of XMM NG RTGS Module

Client : Exim Bank, India

Duration : Jan 2014 to till date

Location : Mumbai

Role : Senior Business Analyst

Project Description

Reserve Bank of India as as part of the Vision doment had mandated all the banks to move

from the Rxx series of RTGS messages to implement the ISO20022 standards.

Since XMM, the messaging middleware from Xchanging which is being used by more than

25 banks globally was already supporting the different standards like SWIFT, SFMS,

UAEFTS, ISO15022, ISO7775 standards an additional module was to be developed to

support the ISO20022 standards.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Prepare the requirements document for developing the XMM NG RTGS Module for

generation of ISO20022 messages

• Design the interfaces for interfacing with different external systems and Interface terminals.

• Review of the highlevel and low level design documents

• Review of the test scenario’s and test cases

• Involved in Unit Testing, Integration Tessting, System Testing and User Acceptance Testing

• Implementation of the XMM NG RTGS Module

Project Name : Generation of AUSTRAC file

Client : State Bank of India, Australia

Duration : June 2014 to Oct 2014

Location : Mumbai

Role : Senior Business Analyst

Project Description

AUSTRAC is Australia’s financial intelligence unit, and one of the first such units to be

established in the world. AUSTRAC collects financial transaction reports, analyses the

information and disseminates financial intelligence which is used in the investigation of

major crime and tax evasion.

All the incoming and outgoing SWIFT messages that are received by the banks in Australia

have to upload the SWIFT message data in XML format defined by AUSTRAC.

Since SBI Australic was using XMM for its overseas branches for sending and receiving the

SWIFT messages XMM was to be customised to generate the files as per the XML format

defined by the AUSTRAC authorities for uploading the into the AUSTRAC website.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Study the AUSTRAC file generation document and Preparation of requirements document

• Assist in prepation of Design document and design review

• Review of functional Test Cases, Test Scenario’s and Test Cases

• User acceptance testing

Project Name : Interface Messaging Middleware with AML solution

Client : Canara Bank

Duration : June 2014 to Sep 2014

Location : Mumbai, Bangalore

Role : Senior Business Analyst

Project Description

The bank was planning to open no. of foreign branches and effective Sanctions screening

solution were to be implemented based on each countries requirement. The bank had

procured en.SafeWatch filtering sanctions screening solution from EastNets, the world

leader in compliance products for the online sanctions screening. The different applications

like core banking application, messaging middleware and MiddleEast remittance

applications were to be interfaced with the sanctions screening solution Online KYC, online

Sanctions screening of SWIFT messages and MiddleEast remittances.

The bank was using FCUBS from OFSS as its core banking application for its foreign

branches and sanctions screening solution was to be interfaced with the core banking

application for the Online KYC.

The bank is also using XMM the messaging middleware from Xchanging for sending and

receiving the SWIFT messages. XMM was to be interfaced with the sanctions screening

product en.SafeWatch filtering from the third party vendor EastNets for online sanctions

screening of incoming and outgoing SWIFT Messages.

The bank is using Remitmoney application from Bahwan Cybertec for receiving the

remittances from MiddleEast countries. The AML solution was to be interfaced with the

AML product from EastNets for carrying out sanctions screening of the MiddleEast

remittances.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Prepare the country specific AML requirements and prepare the requirements document for

carrying out Sanctions screening on the incoming and outgoing SWIFT messages and get

sign off from the customer.

• Design the workflow for handling the Sanctions screening on outgoing and incoming SWIFT

messages in XMM for different countries

• Co ordinate with the different vendors whose application is to be interfaced with

en.SafeWatch filtering for online KYC and MiddleEast Remittances.

• Review of functional Test Cases, Test Scenario’s and Test Cases and User acceptance

testing

Project Name : Interface Messaging Middleware with Pelican AML Solution

Client : State Bank of India

Duration : Jan 2014 to March 2014

Location : Mumbai

Role : Senior Business Analyst

Project Description

The bank is using the Pelican as the online sanctions screening solution. XMM was to be

interfaced with Pelican third party Sanctions screening solution to handle the workflow for

the messages which fail the sanctions screening.

The bank is using XMM Xchanging’s messaging middleware for sending and receiving the

SWIFT messages. The messages that are generated by XMM will be passed to the Sanctions

screening solution using the MQ, The Pelican application will receive the SWIFT messages

and carryout the Sanctions screening on the SWIFT message and return the status of the

Sanctions screening to XMM, based on the response the workflow should be handled in

XMM.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Requirements Study and Preparation of requirements document

• Design the workflow for handling the Sanctions screening response on outgoing and

incoming SWIFT messages in XMM.

• Review of functional Test Cases, Test Scenario’s, Test Cases and User acceptance testing

Project Name : Interface XMM with Fiserv Sanctions screening solution

Clients : Bank of Baroda

Duration : May 2013 to Dec 2013

Location : Mumbai

Role : Senior Business Analyst

Project Description

The bank is using XMM which is the middleware of Xchanging for sending and receiving the

SWIFT messages. XMM was to be interfaced with Fiserv Sanctions screening solution for

carrying out Online sanctions screening on the incoming and outgoing SWIFT messages.

XMM was to be interfaced with Fiserv Sanctions screening solution using the webservices

interface for carrying out the Online Sanctions screening check on the SWIFT messages.

XMM should pass the relevant fields on which the sanctions screening is to be carried out to

the Sanctions screening solution, the sanctions screening solution will receive the input

and carryout sanctions screening on the fields passed and return the match percentage.

XMM will maintain a threshold percentage beyond which the message is said to fail the

sanctions screening. If the match percentage returned by Fiserv is above the threshold

percentage the message will be moved to the Sanctions screening failed queue for the user

to view and take appropriate decision.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Requirements study and Preparation of requirements document

• Co ordinate with the Fiserv vendor in getting the necessary clarification.

• Review of functional Test Cases, Test Scenario’s and Test Cases

• Functional Testing

Project : Customization of swiftCONNECT Middleware

Client : Commercial Bank of Dubai, Dubai

Duration : Nov 2011 – April 2012

Location : Dubai

Role : Consultant

Environment : Windows 2008, Java 1.4, JSP, SQL Server 2005,

Apache Tomcat 4.0, SWIFTAlliance Access

Project Description

The Central bank of UAE was implementing the RTGS system in the MiddleEast countries

known UAE Funds Transfer System. The UAEFTS was following the same standards as that

of SWIFT messages with some minor changes in the standards. The swiftCONNECT

application that was already being used by the bank was to be customised for supporting

the new UAEFTS system.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Requirements study and Preparation of Requirements document

• Assist the team in preparing of the design document and review of the same

• Review of Unit/Integration/System test Plans, System Testing

• Implementation and Training

Project : Workflow Automation of SWIFT messages

Client : Commercial Bank of Dubai,

Duration : Sep 2005 to March 2007

Location : Dubai

Environment : High End Intel server, Windows, Java, JSP, SQL Server

Project Description

Commercial Bank of Dubai wanted to automate the workflow for processing of Incoming SWIFT

messages and generate the outgoing SWIFT messages by extracting data from their Core Banking

Application Phoenix as they are currently processed manually. The swiftCONNECT is to be

customized extensively in this Implementation as the payment system in the Middle East region is

different from other regions. The customization that is required in this implementation is very

different as the interface with the Core Banking application is thru the API’s provided by the Core

banking application.

Role & Responsibility

• Onsite Gap Analysis Study and Preparation of Requirements document

• Knowledge transfer of the requirements to the delivery team

• Involved in design discussion and finalise design

• Preparation of Unit/Integration/System Test plan

• Unit/Integration/System testing

• Providing training on product to the end users

• Onsite Implementation

Project : Payment Hub for SWIFT Messaging Middleware

Client : State Bank of India

Duration : July 2005 to Feb 2006

Location : Mumbai

Role : Project Manager

Environment : HP RS6000, Java, JSP, Oracle 9i, Resin, SWIFTAlliance Access

Project Description

The overseas branches of SBI are using Finacle the Core Banking Solution from Infosys for their

retail banking operations. As Finacle was not generating some of the SWIFT messages, SBI was

looking at a centralized SWIFT solution which can be used as a middleware which can generate the

SWIFT messages which are not generated by Finacle. The existing swiftCONNECT application

was customized for SBI’s requirement wherein swiftCONNECT was deployed on a central server

and all the branches can access this application for sending and receiving the SWIFT messages.

The highlight of this implementation was, swiftCONNECT was to be interfaced with an Anti Money

Laundering application.

Role & Responsibility

As a project manager was involved in

• Onsite Gap Analysis Study Preparation of the requiremetns document

• Involved in Design discussion

• Preparation of Unit/Integration/System Test plan

• Unit/Integration/System testing

• Training on the product to the end users

• Implementation of the product at the Customer’s site.

Project : Interface swiftCONNECT with Internet Banking Application

Client : Emirates NBD

Duration : April 2004 to Nov 2004

Location : Dubai

Environment : Sun Solaris system, Java, JSP, Oracle 9i, SQL Server

Project Description

Emirates Bank in house development team had developed an Internet Banking application through

which the users can place requests for cross border funds transfer. The data that is captured in the

Internet banking application flows into the swiftCONNECT application as the complete data is not

captured in the Internet Banking application.

swiftCONNECT was customized to extract data from the Internet Banking application and a facility

was provided to the users to view the data is captured and make necessary corrections to the data.

After the data is modified and authorized, the SWIFT message was generated and sent to the

SWIFT interface terminal for onward transmission to SWIFT network.

Role & Responsibility

• Onsite Gap Analysis Study and preparation of requirements document

• Involved in Design discussion

• Preparation of Unit/Integration/System Test plan

• Unit/Integration/System testing

• Implementation and Training

Project : Interfacing swiftCONNECT with Treasury Application

Client : Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Colombo

Duration : July 2003 to Sep 2003

Environment : HP6000, RS6000, HP Unix, AIX, Java, JSP, Oracle 9.2

Project Description

Central Bank of Srilanka had purchased the treasury application from a vendor, the application did

not have functionality to generate SWIFT messages and process the incoming SWIFT messages.

The existing swiftCONNECT product was customized to Central Bank’s requirement the message

types that were covered in this installation are Category 2, 3, 5 and 9.

Role & Responsibility

• Onsite Gap Analysis Study and Preparation of requirements specification

• Knowledge transfer to the Delivery team and Involved in Design discussion

• Preparation of Unit/Integration/System Test plans

• Unit/Integration/System testing

• Implementation and Training

Project : Interfacing swiftCONNECT with Finacle

Client : IDBI Bank, Mumbai

Duration : Dec 2002 to June 2003

Environment : Sun Solaris, Java, JSP, Oracle 8i, Resin

Project Description

Finacle is a total branch automation solution from Infosys. Since Finacle did not have SWIFT

functionality swiftCONNECT was to be interfaced with Finacle. The challenge in this project was all

the data that is required for generating the SWIFT message was not available in the application, so

a browser based user friendly screen was provided to the users for entering the data that is not

captured in the application. Similarly for the incoming messages since the Finacle application

requires data that is outside the SWIFT message for processing the incoming SWIFT message a

screen was provided for the users to enter the additional data for updating into the Finacle tables.

The message types to be supported were Cat 1, 2, 4, 7, 8 and 9.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Onsite Gap Analysis Study and Requirements study

• Involved in Design discussion

• Preparation of Unit/Integration/System test plans

• Unit/Integration/System testing

• Implementation and Training

Project : Development of swiftCONNECT Middleware

Client : BSP Partners, Germany

Duration : Oct 2001 to Aug 2002

Location : Germany

Environment : Sun Solaris, Solaris O/s, Windows NT, Java, Oracle 8.1.7

Project Description

The client BSP Partners have a securities back office application BSP Trade that

has been installed in around 27 banks. The BSP Trade application was capable of

generating only ISO7775 SWIFT messages and since SWIFT would be phasing out

ISO7775 messages from November 2002 the client was looking for a generic

product that can generate any SWIFT message and process incoming SWIFT

messages. SSI had developed a generic product swiftCONNECT, which can

generate any SWIFT message, but since the application was developed in C++ and

Visual Basic but the client wanted the application to be developed in Java and

wanted the product within four months.

Roles & R esponsibilities

• Preparation of Requirements Specification and getting signoff for the same

• Knowledge transfer to the Delivery team

• Involved in Design discussion

• Preparation of Unit/Integration/System test plans

• Unit/Integration/System testing

• Providing training on the product to the end users

• Implementation of the product at the Customer’s site.

• Provide training to the System administrators and End users of the product

Educational qualification

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) from Bangalore University

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