Rishab Bhatia Email & Phone Number

Mumbai

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Served as the IT Program Management Team Lead for the successful merger of two mid-sized private banks. This included an upgrade of the Core Banking System, Data migration from the erstwhile bank to the amalgamated entity, Integration of ~ 500 branches to the bank's network, payment systems, regulatory reporting, migration of customers from the erstwhile bank's internet and mobile banking systems to the amalgamated entity's systems, etc.

Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Led a critical Core System Upgrade Project for a Large Broking Service Firm, taking end-to-end responsibility for the successful implementation of the TCS BaNCS Securities Trading and Processing application. Accountable for project success, effectiveness, on-time delivery, and business outcome, I ensured seamless integration of a wide range of products across Equity, Equity Derivative, Currency Derivatives, IPO, and Mutual Fund Asset Classes, resulting in a substantial increase in trading volumes.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Worked on a Digitization Project for a large Housing Finance Company wherein I:1. Spearheaded the end-to-end project management of a digitization initiative for a large Housing Finance Company, overseeing all aspects of the Service Request Module implementation utilizing Microsoft Dynamics CRM.2. Governed implementation, testing, and deployment process, activities, and timelines3. Supported the Application Vendor in the Implementation4. Gave Recommendations on the scope and value of process digitization5. Provided Production Support by analyzing issues, identification of bugs, and providing workarounds6. Conducted business and IT workshops to provide a walk-through of the recommended processes. This included workshops for BRD sign-offs7. Defined the overall testing plan covering SIT, UAT, performance testing, etc. to ensure quality assurance8. Facilitated UAT signoffs9. Created manuals, SOP & relevant documents. Conducted training programs for all designations across the country.

Mumbai Area, India

I. Worked on GST implementation for a large public sector bank and a foreign commercial bank. This includes -• Understanding the As-Is IT Landscape• Identifying the GST impact on various Transactions (revenue, expense, etc.)• Providing assistance in formulating the policies, preparation of business requirement documents for system amendments/developments for identification and valuation for all type of banking transactions• Preparation of Various Reports to allow ease in tax liability calculation and input tax credit calculation.• IT Advisory - handholding business teams for the GST system deployed by the vendors• Vendor ManagementII. Worked on GST implementation of an in-house GST compliance solution across various clients

• Providing Domain/Functional expertise for creation of new value based offerings for Core Banking and other peripheral systems such as Loan Origination Systems• Responds to RFP/RFI in specialized domain areas.• Conducted proof of concepts for banks across Asia and Middle East. • Providing product training to customers and mentoring team members. • Developing business scenarios for product demonstrations highlighting the product benefits for various financial prospects. • Participates in gathering and understanding business requirements.• Product demonstrations to prospects globally. • Liaising between the Pre-sales team and the product development to feed requirements. This included discussing, collating and debating requirements from opportunities. Thus keeping a track of the Requirements from around the globe.

Brisbane, Australia

• Analysis of issues and liaising with the client to work out the issues and the work around.• Engaging with Banking Support/Finance to understand and document the requirements for the offshore team to implement.• Review and reconciliation of all general ledger reports and outputs for completeness and accuracy through querying DB2 tables using IBM Data Studio.• Provide support through UAT and input to Finance and Banking Support to create and revise business processes.• Engage with senior stakeholders (CFO, Head of Finance, Head of Banking Support, Senior Managers) to report progress of System Testing and give an understanding of risks and issues.

Mumbai Area, India

• System Testing/System Integration Testing/Regression Testing based on requirements and functional specifications.• Categorising and implementation of test scripts• Discussions with CUA business team on the system requirements to meet the functionality.• Recommend enhancements / process improvements and / or suggest workings for business needs.