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Abdul Rahman Basha

Abdul Rahman Basha

Singapore

Summary

IT Professional with more than 18 years of robust experience in Cash Management – Payments and Reporting for APAC and Europe. Proven track record in leading and executing medium to large-scale projects, including IT infrastructure and regulatory compliance. Adept in Waterfall, Agile methodologies, and SDLC, with significant exposure to both core and corporate banking applications. Hands-on experience in Technical / functional transitions and enhancements Migration/Transition of Infrastructure and functional upgrades Domestic and International Payments, Direct debits, and Mobile Banking. Different real-time payment systems and channels in APAC and Europe – EU-SEPA, VN- CITAD, SG-G3, JP-Zengin payments, MY RPP, NAPAS, BIFAST, NEFT, RTGS, SWIFTNET, MY eMandates and Icheques. Multibanking - German multi-banking standard which uses EBICS communication standard. Client Reporting and Statements - GST, FD, Debit Credit Advice, WHT Certificates /PND Reports, Billing invoices, VAN Reports, Remittance advices, eStatement, Interest statements, Payment status Reports etc. Financial messages - Data formats (XML ISO 20022, EDIFACT), JASON, MT to MX messages, Payment formats (SEPA, DTAUS, DTAZV), Cross border payments (ACH), SWIFT formats (MT202, MT202 COV, MT103, MT940, MT942), CAMT53, CAMT54, PAIN 001/002. Designing of UI for the payments and Reporting module with Self admin client experience. Solutions-oriented business analyst possessing unique combination of business analysis, quality assurance testing and applications development experience in top-tier organizations. Solid sql query writing skills paired with familiarity of visualization tools and techniques. Successful provider of financial services with several years of comprehensive experience. Creative Business Analyst with broad-based background in highly competitive and dynamic organizations. Recognized as decisive leader and excellent team player. Committed to forming strong, productive teams.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Lead Business Analyst/ Project Manager

BNP Paribas
Singapore
08.2018 - Current
  • Transition Management: Transition of lower to higher environments, ensuring smooth upgrades and migrations of application, web, and database servers, system upgrades such as log4j and Java updates, including RHEL migrations
  • Functional Standards and Upgrades: Implement and manage functional standards, including higher versions of CAMT, MT94x to CAMT conversions
  • API and Authentication: Develop and manage API calls for token management and SSO authentications, ensuring secure and efficient integration
  • Vulnerability Management: Address OS and application-related vulnerabilities, including certificate renewals and implementing security fixes
  • Disaster Recovery and Liveplays: Coordinate and plan Disaster Recovery (DR) drills and Liveplays to ensure preparedness for potential disruptions and maintain business continuity
  • Project Execution: Conduct business requirement gathering, define requirements, create user stories, functional and technical specifications, and business flow diagrams
  • Team Leadership: Plan, organize, and manage project deliverables, fostering collaboration across Business units and various stakeholders like RM, Business, Operations, Compliance, Vendor, and Development teams
  • Feasibility and Planning: Prepare project feasibility studies, impact analysis, resource planning, and manage risk, escalation, proposals, and obtain approvals from IT stakeholders and project sponsors
  • Agile and Scrum: Facilitate daily scrum, sprint planning, and retrospectives
  • Manage the Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, and assist in closing gaps for Stories in each Sprint
  • Testing and Deployment: Plan, execute, and coordinate SIT and UAT testing phases, Pen test, Performance test , support release phases , prod deployments and post-release activities
  • Client and Vendor Relations: Maintain effective relationships with vendors and business partners, manage operations, and provide on-site support by visiting clients
  • Significant Accomplishments: Oracle and Linux technical upgrades (RHEL) for different applications and Vulnerability fixes
  • Adobe Experience Manager version 6.5 enhancement and Migration
  • Migration of CAMT, PACS and PAIN to newer version across APAC sites
  • BI FAST Indonesia payments and mobile app implementation
  • Implemented host to host solution for payments, reports, Payment notifications and API’s
  • Implementation on ICheque processing and payment processing through Adobe smartforms
  • Implemented Billing Invoices, GST, FTD advices, Interest statements for all APAC sites to eReporting User Interface implementation and self admin module
  • XML posting for inward Remittance
  • Implemented MT94x to CAMT conversion, Cross border payments, Secure email solutioning, eStatements, Partner Banks.

Senior Business Analyst

HCL Technologies
Singapore
10.2008 - 08.2018
  • Gathering Business and Functional Requirements, Business Requirement Document (BRD) developing Use Cases, conducting Gap Analysis and preparing Training manuals, maintaining test logs, release notes, etc
  • Managing the team from the beginning of the requirement to implement phase
  • Proficient in managing operations Technical and Functional support
  • Creating a detailed business analysis: outlining problems, opportunities, and solutions for a business
  • Responsible for quality assurance of software, including defining, writing, and executing scripts
  • Specifying information systems, identifying obstacles, proactively mitigating risks and escalating issues to be resolved effectively
  • Involved in discussions with business and technical managers for work and budget negotiations
  • Develop technical design specifications and translate the technical design into process/program specifications
  • Create Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, and managed User stories
  • Functional specification Walkthrough with the Development team
  • Conducting User training for the Business users and provide On-site support by visiting the clients
  • Implementing change management processes, automated monitoring, and resolving errors and issues.

Analyst

BEST OF BREED SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS
Bangalore
08.2005
  • Roll out of FINACLE Core banking solution for ABN AMRO Bank and RBS (Royal Bank of Scotland) Bank Analyzing the BRD and coming up with the solutions
  • Preparation of Functional Specification doc and provide the end-to-end support
  • Conduct FS walkthrough with Dev team and SIT team Conduct user trainings to the Business users and Co-ordination of SIT and UAT with peripherals.

Education

Master of Computer Applications (M.C.A) -

Annamalai University
India

Bachelor of Electronic science (B.E.S) -

Madras University
India

Skills

  • Cash Management
  • Leading and executing medium to large-scale projects
  • IT infrastructure and regulatory compliance
  • Waterfall and Agile methodologies
  • SDLC
  • Core and corporate banking applications
  • Technical / functional transitions and enhancements
  • Migration/Transition of Infrastructure and functional upgrades
  • Domestic and International Payments, Direct debits, and Mobile Banking
  • Different real-time payment systems and channels in APAC and Europe
  • Multibanking - German multi-banking standard which uses EBICS communication standard
  • Client Reporting and Statements
  • Financial messages - Data formats (XML ISO 20022, EDIFACT), JASON, MT to MX messages, Payment formats (SEPA, DTAUS, DTAZV), Cross border payments (ACH), SWIFT formats (MT202, MT202 COV, MT103, MT940, MT942), CAMT53, CAMT54, PAIN 001/002
  • Designing UI for payments and Reporting module with Self admin client experience
  • Operating System(s): Windows, Aix
  • Web/App server(s): JBoss, WAS, Apache Tomcat
  • Package(s): Ms-Visio, Ms-Office -PowerPoint, Excel and Ms-Access
  • Language(s) & Database: Oracle 19c (SQL, PL/SQL), Unix, Shell Scripting, Perl Scripting, Apache Derby, Java, Angular
  • Tools: JIRA, SQL and PL/SQL developer, Eclipse, uDeploy, (UML, PUML), Autosys workload automation, MFT’s
  • Security Token: Smart card, Vasco token, Digipass
  • ITSM: IT Service Management
  • ITIL-V3: Information Technology Infrastructure Library
  • Project Management
  • Business strategy
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Workflow Analysis
  • Customer Needs Assessment
  • Strategic Planning
  • Business Planning
  • Competitive Analysis
  • Cost-benefit analysis
  • Customer Targeting
  • BI tools expertise
  • Forecasting and planning
  • Process Optimization
  • Negotiation
  • HTML and CSS
  • Search Engine Optimization
  • Quality Assurance
  • Business process improvement
  • Technical Writing
  • Microsoft Office Suite

Internalcertifications

  • ITSM: IT Service Management
  • ITIL-V3: Information Technology Infrastructure Library
  • Project Management

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 07/13/84
  • Nationality: INDIAN

Languages

English, German (proficiency Level: A1.2), Tamil, Hindi, Urdu, Telugu, Kannada, Arabic (RW)

Timeline

Lead Business Analyst/ Project Manager

BNP Paribas
08.2018 - Current

Senior Business Analyst

HCL Technologies
10.2008 - 08.2018

Analyst

BEST OF BREED SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS
08.2005

Master of Computer Applications (M.C.A) -

Annamalai University

Bachelor of Electronic science (B.E.S) -

Madras University

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