Lakshmi Prasanna Bathini
Summary
- Specializing in Government & BFSI Projects | Katalon, TestNG, Postman | 15+ Years’ Experience
- Certified QA and Test Automation professional with over 15 years of experience spanning HealthTech and Investment Banking, leading high-impact test automation initiatives and managing large QA teams across government and private sectors. Adept at implementing test governance, automating manual processes, and ensuring regulatory compliance for mission-critical platforms. Strong knowledge of API, UI, functional and integration testing using modern automation tools.
- Proficient in collaborating with development teams and system integrators to finalize system designs affecting finance automation and reporting, ensuring alignment with business requirements and technical specifications.
- Skilled in documenting detailed specifications that translate complex finance process requirements—such as journal processing, chart of accounts structures, and control workflows—into actionable system functionalities.
- Experienced in reviewing and validating system configurations for finance modules against business process flows, providing critical input that shapes system builds decisions and enhances overall functionality.
- Hands-on knowledge of API Automation testing tools such as Postman and Katalon, supporting robust functional and integration testing cycles.
- Deep understanding of financial products and operations, including Equity, Fixed Income, FX, Derivatives, Corporate Actions, OTC Derivatives, Options, Structured FX, and Reconciliation processes within Investment Banking and Wealth Management domains.
- Proven track record with Standard Investment Banking and Wealth Management systems (e.g., ICG, MOR, Web Tics, TLM, SIR Global, Reconciliation Global), contributing to comprehensive front-to-back testing activities.
- Expertise in designing test plans, test cases, and exit criteria aligned with SDLC methodologies (Waterfall and Agile Scrum), ensuring thorough validation of system builds through UAT cycles and defect resolution collaboration.
- Strong experience in financial data mapping, migration validation, and reconciliation procedures, guaranteeing the accuracy and completeness of data transition from legacy systems to new platforms.
- Skilled in supporting go-live deployment activities, including execution of cutover tasks such as loading opening balances and configuring period-close calendars, ensuring system readiness for live operation.
- In-depth knowledge of SWIFT standards related to statements and payments, enhancing compliance and operational accuracy.
- Adept at monitoring process performance, identifying improvement opportunities, and implementing solutions that maximize client satisfaction and maintain high compliance standards.
- Customer-centric approach with a consistent record of managing client priorities and resolving escalations within prescribed timelines to achieve client delight and operational excellence.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sr. Testing Engineer
Synapxe Singapore
12.2022 - 12.2024
- Led QA for the Healthier SG programme, a national preventive health strategy initiated by MOH.
- Designed and implemented end-to-end test plans, including automated test suites using Katalon.
- Conducted manual, exploratory, regression, and sanity testing for web/mobile platforms.
- Collaborated with PMs, BAs, developers, and DevOps for cross-functional quality delivery.
- Maintained test governance documents: test plans, exit reports, ADO/JIRA defect tracking.
- Managed business communication, requirements clarification, and BAU support.
- Performed system analysis across squads, conducted SIT, supported UAT and release.
- Analyze and examine logs to identify their causes.
- Validating, confirm that the bugs have been fixed by developers and perform regression testing
- Comparing and ensuring the software meets the stakeholder’s expectations and can handle required use cases
- Collaborating or working with other team members to ensure the software meets the standards
- Evaluated data sets from multiple test implementations to determine and account for standard variance in test results
- Project description: Health Hub is the national platform for digital health that can be conveniently accessed by Singapore residents via the online portal or mobile application to: View evidence-based health and wellness information, Access health records for self and loved ones. Healthier SG is a national strategy to focus on preventive care and to empower individuals to take steps towards better health with the support of their family clinic and community partners.
Sr. Technical Analyst - Reconciliation Automation (BFSI)
Cognizant (UBS)
08.2019 - 08.2022
- Migrated reconciliation processes from TLM to Recon Global, standardizing APAC platforms.
- Supported QA for API automation testing and Katalon-based scripting.
- Authored functional specs and user stories; coordinated SIT and regression cycles.
- Delivered high-quality releases through continuous test reporting and automation support.
- Participated in test governance activities across the SDLC.
- Organize and run dedicated meetings or committees.
- Involve in Test Governance activities like test plans, test exit reports, test execution reports and test performance tracking
- Participate in the full development lifecycle including design, planning, development support, test support, release, implementation & guarantee support
- Support Test Automation (reproduce issues, monitoring, fixing with the team).
- Support Project delivery and ensure requirements are in-place in Production.
- Project description: Migration of process for Global Reconciliations process from a legacy system TLM (Transaction Life cycle Management) to new application Recon Global. Standardizing the APAC process and functionalities in line with Zurich and other regions.
Technical Analyst
Cognizant (UBS)
06.2017 - 08.2019
- Identify trade breaks between front, middle and back-office IT systems
- Gather the requirements from End Users, Project Manager or Product Owner
- Conduct primary investigation on the root cause of the breaks including system limitations, human errors and/or system errors.
- Coordinating with the end user and working on the continuous improvement of the software product.
- Escalate and monitor breaks to ensure client reporting is not impacted.
- Perform data analysis and present findings to business on a daily and weekly basis.
- Taking care of offshoring (Transition) ‘Global Reconciliation Utility’ process UBS Singapore which includes acquiring process knowledge from onshore, updating SOPs as and when required conducting training sessions for subordinates to migrate the process to Hyderabad.
- Providing the Sign offs to Asset Management Client by ensuring that their Book of records are clean and verified.
- Worked as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in the team, attending weekly & project launch calls in the process as and when required.
- Elicited, analyzed, documented, and communicated requirements feeding into deliverables for upgrade and maintenance of system.
- Created requirements matrix and tracked solution validation to requirements matrix.
- Acting as Process SME for enabling knowledge transfer to team members to bridge the knowledge gap for smooth functioning of business.
- Coordinating for migration of process from UBS Singapore to Cognizant Hyderabad
- Provided support to WM, FX, Rates, Credits, Finance, Precious Metals, Physical Gold, Payments Team, Securities Operation at L1 and L2 level to ensure the accounts are reconciled in line with client requirements and in accordance with industry targets and best practice.
- Project description: Integrating APAC historically fragmented infrastructure into one platform. Standardize the IT platform across its flagship wealth management business.
- Group Operations for Asset Management Clients
Team Lead
Cognizant Ltd (Hyderabad) - UBS
09.2015 - 03.2017
- Supported technology design, testing and execution by providing research-based product and process knowledge.
- Reviewed, evaluated, and identified requirements for testability.
- Created successful test scripts to manage automated feature testing.
- Documented integration issues and vulnerabilities and outlined improvement recommendations.
- Evaluated data sets from multiple test implementations to determine and account for standard variance in test results.
- Collaborated with product owners, BA's, Developers to stay current on intended functionality.
- Provided solutions to various technical problems of varying scope and complexity.
- Participated in available training to improve software knowledge.
- Applications - Transaction Life cycle Management, Security Settlement System NG (SSE NG) WISPA for Fixed Income products
Team lead
Wipro Ltd, Hyderabad (Client UBS)
10.2006 - 12.2012
- Managing a team of 20 members that involve in manual reconciliation for Depot (stock) and Nostro (Cash) breaks for the products like Cash Equities, Fixed Income, Prime Brokerage
- Managing teams across the three regions APAC, EMEA and US.
- The job involves investigating and reconciling the breaks that do not follow STP.
- Worked with Automation team to study and automate the recurring steps in the process with the help of Alteryx.
- Played a key role in transformation projects like Demand Reduction, Factory Model and Robotics.
- Identifying the root cause for the recurring breaks and providing a solution to automate the process.
- Hands-on experience on the application like TLM to reconcile the complex breaks.
- Good Knowledge of the inbuild applications like SSE NG (Security Settlement System), Key Link (Payment system), WISPA, XCEPT & T24.
- As a team lead allocate the work as per L1 and L2 investigations among the team members to ensure the service levels are met by EOD
- For the year 2009-2010 which WIPRO has done for KEY talents of the company.
- Applications - Security Settlement System NG (SSE NG), T24, Business Objects, Clear stream, WISPA
Education
Master of Science - computer science
Osmania University
Hyderabad Telengana04-2008
Bachelor of Science - Computer And Information Systems
Osmania University
03-2003
No Degree - Intermediate MEC (Maths, Economics, Commerce)
Board of Intermediate
Hyderabad, Telengana04-1999
High School Diploma -
Board of Secondary Education
Andhra Pradesh 04-1997
Skills
- Operating Systems: UNIX, Linux/Solaris Windows NT, Windows 2000 and 2008, XP, and DOS, VMware
- SCM Tools: Team Foundation Server, Github, GitLab
- Database: MS Access, SQL Server, MYSQL and Sybase, Oracle, DB2, JDBC, ODBC
- Build and Scripting Tools: Katalon, TestNG, Postman, VBScript, Windows Scripts, Power shell script Nunit, Junit
- Tracking Tools: ADO, Jira, Remedy
- Test case design
- JIRA proficiency
- Test automation frameworks
- SQL
Accomplishments
- Promoted to Team Lead in 12 months.
- Performed root cause analysis on Govt Project and developed and implemented corrective actions to improve efficiency by 98%.
- Automated test fixtures and processes to eliminate 100 labor hours per month.
Certification
- Got certified in Lean and Six Sigma tools and very well aware of DMAIC methodology.
- Certified Capital Market (Dealers), Derivatives Module from NCFM
- Aspiring Certification (Certified Business Analysis Professional) from IIBA
- Certified in test automation tools like Katalon and Postman
Languages
Hindi
Advanced (C1)
English
Advanced (C1)
Timeline
Sr. Testing Engineer
Synapxe Singapore
12.2022 - 12.2024
Sr. Technical Analyst - Reconciliation Automation (BFSI)
Cognizant (UBS)
08.2019 - 08.2022
Technical Analyst
Cognizant (UBS)
06.2017 - 08.2019
Team Lead
Cognizant Ltd (Hyderabad) - UBS
09.2015 - 03.2017
Team lead
Wipro Ltd, Hyderabad (Client UBS)
10.2006 - 12.2012
Master of Science - computer science
Osmania University
Bachelor of Science - Computer And Information Systems
Osmania University
No Degree - Intermediate MEC (Maths, Economics, Commerce)
Board of Intermediate
High School Diploma -
Board of Secondary Education