Consulting Solution Manager-Core Banking

As part of the Consulting Delivery organisation, the candidate will be responsible to deliver functional & technical solutions required as part of project implementations across JAPAC-MEA region. The candidate will be responsible to lead implementation cycle end-to-end and will deliver overall solution design with focus onCorporate Banking, ensuring that the business requirements are met, while co-ordinating and managing the deliveries with various stakeholders within Oracle and the customer.

For the role of Consulting Technical Manager, we are looking for a motivated and passionate individual, who can lead client engagements in retail, corporate and transaction banking and take Banking Solutions towards excellence. The candidate should be able to manage and delivery of transformation programs for customers in the financial industry / banking domain.

The candidate will be leading end-to-end implementations on the banking platforms, from design to delivery to post go-live support, with hands-on experience in managing customer requirements to triaging issues through customer communications and stakeholder management.

Primary Skills

• Should have thorough technical and business knowledge in FLEXCUBE Core, CASA, Teller, Deposit, Interest & Charges, Payment, Lending and Corporate Modules.
• Good experience in Oracle DB, Oracle SQL, PL/SQL, Java, JavaScript, XML and J2EE, Micro services, Spring Boot, OJET, RAD tools.
• Ability to interact and communicate with client Business / IT Teams independently
• Analyze solution approaches, estimations, best practices, project risks and recommendations.
• Prepare Requirement and Functional Specifications. Influence product development based on prospect interactions, market trends, local country requirements
• Ability to understand client requirements and map them to off-the-shelf products or product features to decide whether they would be more suitable than building a new system from scratch.
• Lead technical team members in Development or Implementation or Managed Service activity.
• Participate and lead, the project meetings and Product-Walkthrough workshops with the Customer.
• Excellent analytical, presentation and communications skills, proven ability to translate business requirements into technology specifications.
• Excellent knowledge of banking terminologies, concepts and processes
• Good communication & documentation skills in English
• Analyze solution approaches, estimations, best practices, project risks and recommendations.
• Good team handling skills
• Plan, manage and communicate the progress of the project, achieving project milestones and maintaining momentum of the project
• Utilize a mix of global resources within a matrix environment
• Facilitate resolution of issues and roadblocks
• Demonstrated experience in translating customer business requirements into workable business solutions either as software solutions or as re-engineering initiatives
• Quickly assesses customer needs, develops innovative plans to solve complex business workflow
• Understand client business needs and requirements and propose a solution for prospective customers by working closely with the FSGIU solution experts, License Pre-Sales, Consulting Sales & Delivery teams.
• 15 to 20 years proven track record in providing solutions to the conventional financial services or banking sector.

Desirable qualifications, experience, knowledge

• Experience in two or more of these domains; Retail Banking, Corporate and Financial Institution core banking, Credit & Lending, Payments, Treasury, Trade Finance, Supply Chain Finance/ Factoring.
• Strong knowledge of banking and finance fundamentals, commercial banking products life cycle, accounting and back-office operations.
• Previous experience with Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking Solution is an advantage.
• Relationship management experience with Corporate Customers would be an advantage (e.g. as a Project Manager or Delivery Manager).
• Strong Leadership Skills to engage & support field sales teams effectively.
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written).
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Excellent interpersonal relationship building skills.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Ability to understand and capture business requirements.