SACHIN THAWANI

• Payments SME in wire transfers assisting bank with ISO implementation for CBPR+ MX Payloads
• Managing the team of BSAs to support legacy payment engine replacement
• Developed analysis methodologies and task requirements for legacy implementation and ISO implementation project initiatives in tandem with senior management.
• Strategize, evaluate and analyze impact of the AS IS payments landscape with legacy payments engine to the TO BE state with nw payments engine.
• Understand and create the view of the current wire transfers implementation and the new payments platform
• Provide conclusive insights to leadership to take decisions for formulating the project roadmap and secure funding.
• Conducted in-depth research into accounting model and provide recommendation for optimal solution.

• SME on Real time payments, especially for Canada with knowledge on Interac e-transfers and RTR Exchange
• Leading team of Senior Payment BSAs to define, develop and implement smart solutions within payment space including Real time Rail Exchange (Canada) , Payments Marketplace, Contextual banking, and Payaas platforms.
• Provide guidance and expertise for building data rich payment systems by implementing ISO 20022 Standards
• Define product backlog to build Payments as a service (PayaaS) platform for IBM Payments Center Canada for Real time payments, Interac e-transfers, wires, etc.
• Hands on experience within scaled scrum agile methodologies and practices including, daily scrum calls, Sprint Demos, Sprint retrospectives, etc.
• Interacted with Clients to understand their pain areas, define requirements and develop sophisticated solutions
• Create and define sequence diagrams, user story map and user stories, functional architectures, Interface agreements & designs, sprint panning and overall scope
• API based implementation with integration to queue-based systems and digital UI channels.
• Proven track record with successful end to end implementations of payment systems

• Implemented Cash management solutions like Liquidity, Payments, CFF & Corporate Digital Banking platform
• Identifying, understanding client requirements to implement Interac compliant product, as part of payment modernization initiative by payments Canada
• Analyzing as well as mapping features to current product functionalities
• Defining go to market and product roadmap strategies by prioritizing requirements
• Enriching product to global standards for payments across regions
• Conducted Automation feasibility Study on KYC and AML process for one of Top 4 banks
• Creating Functional & Product fitment specifications, User journeys and stories, Use Cases and Traceability Matrix
• End to End Project management from Fitment Study to go Live
• SME in Cash Management i.e. Liquidity – sweeps, pooling, Intercompany loans, Investment prodcuts & Payments – Interac e-tranfers /Instant/RTR

• GCP (Liquidity Management system)
• Managed product mapping & CRs, elicited and analyzed Business Requirement Document (BRD), User Requirement Specification (URS), Functional Specification (FSD), AS-IS and TO-BE modeling for migration
• Created Wire frame works and written Documents like FS, Approach notes and PDS
• Led Product development of Fundtech GCP Corporate Banking liquidity Product and contributed immensely in building Global Market compatible product.

• Business Analysis
• Facilitate system enhancements and automation
• Lead migration from legacy target balancing application to new sweeping platform i.e GCE
• Managed reporting of MIS/Performance statistics and delivered them to stakeholders within tight timeline.

• Managed and handled multiple operations for investment products Asset (Cusip) Setup, Corporate actions and settlements of Equity and Fixed Income products for US market (DTC), including incoming wire transfers repair.

• Owned and operated indenting business in wholesale garment market which included booking orders for different ready-made garment items, interacting with suppliers regarding booked indents and new items on daily basis.