Arun Prathap

About Arun Prathap

17 years of Banking vertical Digital Transformation with Project/Program management experience Payments domain specialist. Payments experience in detail - SWIFT,SWIFT GPI, SWIFT ISO 20022,SWIFT MT and MX, Cross Border Payments, FED, CHIPS, UAEFTS, QATCH, QIPS, FPS, BACS, CHAPS, SEPA, TARGET, Wires, High Value - Low Value - Instant Payments, KASSIP, MOSAL, NEFT, RTGS, NACH, IMPS, ACH, Salary Systems (GVS, WPS, PBS, MUL), GIRO, Payment rails, Correspondent Banking, Nostro/Vostro Accounts and Cash Management - CMS, CBX. Banking vertical experience also includes - Core Banking, Investment Banking, Commercial Banking, Mobile Banking, Internet Banking, Loans and Deposits, Compliance and Regulatory, Branch Banking and Credit Bureau. Multi region diverse Transformation consulting experience working with following clients across UK, Europe, APAC and MENAT - HSBC, Union National Bank, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, Saudi American Bank, Saudi Installment House, Kuwait Finance House, Bank of Bahrain & Kuwait, The National Bank of Ras Al-Khaimah, Qatar National Bank, First Abu Dhabi Bank and Dun and Bradstreet Credit Bureaus Limited. Overall 15 Global Transformation projects with 9 projects being in an onsite direct Client facing role and managed a total resource count of 350+ members during this period. Project/Program delivery management skillset : Initiation, Baselining, Planning, Tracking of Scope, Effort, Budget, Schedule, Resource, Cost and Benefit realization, Gantt Chart, Work Breakdown Structure, Leading Regional Steering committees, Leading Project Working Groups, Leading Line of Business Change Adoption working groups, Leading Business Readiness and Ops Readiness working groups, Risk, Issue, Dependency, Action Items and Escalation management, Project reporting, Communication plan, Training plan, Target Process and Procedure tracking and closure, Target Incident Management tracking and closure, UAT and Regression Testing tracking and closure, Business Readiness and Ops Readiness checklist review and finalization, Go Live Runbook preparation and release, Production validation Testing tracking and closure, Production monitoring for Warranty period, BAU handover and Project closure. Seasoned Leader who has grown through Leadership roles right from being a School Leader, School Chairman, College Engineering Association Secretary, PGDM Batch representative to now as an Associate Director with Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India. A Good solution provider with right attitude, self-confidence, logical thinking and team spirit.

Experience

1. Associate Director

   Deloitte

   Nov 2024 — Present · Chennai, IN

Education

• Chinmaya Vidyalaya,Kattakada,Thiruvananthapuram

  LKG to S.S.L.C (10th Standard), English - Hindi - Malayalam Languages, Mathematics, Social Studies & Science Subjects

  1991 — 2003

• Loyola Institute Of Business Administration

  Executive Post Graduate Programme in Financial Services and Software Testing

  2009 — 2011

• Anna University Chennai

  Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication

  2005 — 2009

• Govt. H.S.S Kulathummel,Kattakada,Thiruvananthapuram

  Higher Secondary Course (11th and 12th Standard), Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics & Biology

  2003 — 2005

Skills

• Islamic - Banking Operations
• Payments - Swift and Uaefts
• Bfsi
• Requirements Analysis
• Clearquest
• System Testing
• Infosys - Finacle
• Test Planning
• Finnone Cas
• T24 Multi Company and Multi Branch Setup
• Polaris - Intellect
• Test Data Preparation
• Digite
• Sybase Business Central
• Test Basis Creation
• Test Design
• Nest IT - Wage Protection System
• Test Metrics Preparation
• User Acceptance Testing
• Software Quality Assurance
• Quality Center
• Sybase Financial Fusion
• Master Data Setup Requirement
• Banking Operations
• Defect Management
• Traceability Matrix
• Direct Debit
• Test Strategy
• Islamic - Retail Banking
• Islamic - Retail and Corporate Assets
• Test Estimation
• Wholesale Banking
• Test Management
• Temenos T24
• Finnone Collections
• Core Banking
• Business User Training
• Ibm Rational Clear Quest
• Defect Tracking
• Channels - Internet Banking