Lead Business Consultant

TEMENOS INDIA PRIVATE LTD; Chennai; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Maternity leave

Civil partnership leave

Family care leave

Recharge days

Study leaves

Job summary

Temenos India Private Ltd invites an Architect (Business) to coordinate and ensure successful implementation of their banking domain expertise. The role interfaces with clients, guides junior consultants, and ensures alignment with TEMENOS product capabilities.

The candidate will review client processes, propose optimized solutions, and run workshops to meet project needs while coordinating with project managers and TEMENOS teams. Extensive travel is expected.

Qualifications

• Has prior experience in handling retail and corporate banking implementation involving AA products, treasury and trade products in T24 Transact.
• Business domain and T24 Product Knowledge including Arrangement Architecture, Accounts, Deposits, Facility Lending, Credit Management, Trade Finance.
• Minimum 8 years’ experience in Banking and Finance industry.
• Strong analytical, communication and problem-solving skills.
• Willing to travel extensively and may stay away from home for extended periods.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate successful implementation of functional area.
• Act as interface between project team and client.
• Provide guidance and coaching to junior consultants.
• Review client processes and propose a beneficial post-picture benefiting TEMENOS products.
• Run workshops and benchmarks for project needs.
• Assist Project Manager in planning and execution of TEMENOS implementations.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Client relations

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Banking / Accounting / Commerce

Tools

T24 Transact

AA Products

Job description

ABOUT TEMENOS

Temenos is a global leader in banking technology. Through our market-leading core banking suite and best-in-class composable solutions, we are modernizing the banking industry. Banks of all sizes utilize our adaptable technology – on-premises, in the cloud, or as SaaS – to deliver next-generation services and AI-enhanced experiences that elevate banking for their customers. Our mission is to create a world where people can live their best financial lives.

VALUES

Care about transforming the Banking landscape. Commit to being part of an exciting culture and product evolving within the financial industry. Collaborate effectively and proactively with teams within or outside Temenos. Challenge yourself to be ambitious and achieve your individual as well as the company targets.

Purpose of the Job:

The Architect (Business) is responsible for coordinating and ensuring successful implementation of their functional area of expertise. The Architect plays the role of interface between the project team and the Client and ensures that all actions are taken to fully satisfy the Client’s functional needs in their business/functional domain.

The Architect is also responsible for providing guidance and coaching to less experienced consultants. When required, Architect shall be required to manage between projects as well as short assignments where required by the manager or consulting manager.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Recognized internally has specialist on complex functional and business matters.
• Works independently and in collaborative nature.
• Has completely master business skills required to accomplish the job.
• Provide guidance, coaching and advice to less experienced consultants.
• Individual with a customer focus who has developed the acumen to cultivate and build lasting customer relations.
• Analyze and validate all Client business requirements and relate them to TEMENOS products capability.
• Provide solutions out of the box or with customization so as to meet the client’s requirements to the best satisfaction of the bank users and stakeholders.
• Review Client organization, processes and workflows and propose of a ‘post-picture’ to maximize the benefit from TEMENOS products.
• Validate all functional decisions for the projects to ensure optimum utilization of TEMENOS products.
• Make recommendations on best banking practices to the Project Manager and alert him on practices that might damage the Clients business or contradict legal requirements, before recognition as a problem by the Client.
• Provide consultancy and advice to Clients and TEMENOS consultants on matters related to the implementation of TEMENOS products.
• Define and validate customization needs for TEMENOS products as per agreed business definitions.
• Coordinate with the TEMENOS maintenance groups to ensure that the product problems identified are understood and resolved.
• Run workshops and benchmarks to meet specific project needs.
• Provide assistance to the Project Manager, for the planning and conduct all aspects of the implementation of TEMENOS products.
• Perform such other duties, functions and services, consistent with status or vocational ability, as may from time to time be required.

Requirements:

• Has prior experience in handling retail and corporate banking implementation involving AA products, treasury and trade products in T24 Transact.
• Business domain and T24 Product Knowledge as follows: Arrangement Architecture (Mandatory) Accounts Deposits Facility Lending Credit Management (Mandatory) Limit Collateral and Collateral Pool Trade (Preferable) Trade Finance Guarantees Treasury (Preferable) Forex Money Market Fiduciary Swaps
• Minimum 8 years’ experience in Banking and Finance industry.
• Degree in Accounting, Commerce, Banking Business or related discipline.
• Experience in writing functional software specifications, testing and support bank test and migration.
• Successful track record of designing and delivering projects.
• Strong analytical skills, organized, process driven and detail oriented.
• Good verbal and written communication skills, good presentation and problem solving skills and the ability to work well with client.
• Goal-oriented and self-motivated team player who works best in a collaborative team environment.
• Extensive travel entailed and may necessitate extended stays from home /office.

SOME OF OUR BENEFITS include:

• Maternity leave: Transition back with 3 days per week in the first month and 4 days per week in the second month
• Civil Partnership: 1 week of paid leave if you're getting married. This covers marriages and civil partnerships, including same sex/civil partnership
• Family care: 4 weeks of paid family care leave
• Recharge days: 4 days per year to use when you need to physically or mentally needed to recharge
• Study leaves: 2 weeks of paid leave each year for study or personal development

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