Akarsh Gupta
Product Manager @FIS
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WORK HISTORY
Product Manager @FIS
Toronto, ON, CA
Role - Product Manager, Hosted wiresProjects: City National Bank Florida, Amerant, CIBC US and East West Bank• Lead elaboration sessions with banks and vendors to capture and simplify high complex business and operation process. Demonstrated subject matter expertise in various payment schemes (i.e, SWIFT and FEDWIRE) and provided guidance on modern and traditional payment technology and standards.• Support the Product Strategy & Execution in partnership with engineering team and other cross functional partner along with ensuring the right product roadmap is in place.• Worked with closely with multiple technology and engineering groups across LOB’s, Channel Partners, operation team and vendors to identify best strategy and design approach for problem statement/business requirement.• Gathered and documented requirements from internal stakeholders and vendor representing various departments through engagements, requirements gathering workshops and analyzing business needs to ensure the product has the right set of features built. For example – Automated drawdowns, Liquidity position management, Overdraft limit, reconciliation, End of day workflows etc.• Written artifacts such as BRD, SRD and interface document (IA) for various integration, process flows, use cases, visual business scenarios for UAT testing. Helped in triaging system bugs with internal development team and external vendors.• Provided comprehensive senior level consulting through collaboration, documentation, and communication with product development team to support executive leadership.• Refine requirements to design and deliver target solution that not only meets business needs but also factor in technical, time & cost limitation. • Contributed to solution design for technical integrations via API integrations with FX providers (Wells Fargo), Fraud (Actimize and Verafin) and sanctions (Bridger and Compliance link) to ensure common solution and consistency in design.
EDUCATION
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
Engineer’s Degree, Bachelor of Technology
National Institute of Business Management
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Project Management;Banking Management
ABOUT AKARSH GUPTA
A seasoned, analytically minded, and creative thinking Techno- functional product management professional with 15+ years of experience in financial services.• Domain Expertise: Extensive knowledge in Payments (FEDWIRE, Canadian LYNX, ISO20022, ISO8583, SWIFT MT, SEPA, RTP). Familiar with payment products like FIS OPF, FISERV Dovetail, etc.• Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC): Expertise in all SDLC phases, including requirements gathering, analysis, design, development, and testing. Proficient in methodologies like Waterfall, Agile, and Kanban.• Technical Skills: Strong skills in requirement elicitation, business requirements documentation (BRD, SRD), and business process modeling (BPM), use cases, and interface/data mapping. Knowledge of XML, JSON, SOAP, REST APIs, and experience in data migration.• Agile Methodology Proficiency: Adept at creating and managing agile scrum deliverables (Epics, Personas, product backlog, user stories, etc.). Skilled in facilitating agile ceremonies (sprint planning, daily scrum, sprint review, and retrospectives).• Stakeholder & Client Management: Proven skills in client interaction, stakeholder discussion, gap analysis, and UAT validation. Experienced in UML modeling and using tools like Visio.• Business Strategy & Competitor Research: Experienced in researching competitive products to ensure product features are aligned with market needs. Focused on aligning business goals with technology solutions for process improvements and competitive advantage.
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