Quality analyst in Core bankingWhat type of job are you looking for? business analyst, manual software testing in core banking filed What nationality are you? Indian What languages do you speak (and at what level)? English,Hindi,Malayalam, Tamil and Kannada What country or area are you looking to work in and why? India,Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, Uk, US, As i like to explore my carrier What countries have you worked in? India What countries do you have a visa to work in? only India at present What field do you currently work in? Core banking (Fund transfer) testing field What fields have you worked in before? same as above What qualifications do you hold? MBA Finance Bsc mathematics ISTQB certified Which do you consider more valuable? Formal education or skills and why? Skills having the first preference. As when we are in the work floor skills will help us to complete the work in timely and accurate way. Formal education help to behave and create generic knowledge Describe the benefits of working with others Its a give and take policy. And group is always having strength than an individual Describe the benefits of working alone Some times help to take decision properly with out others disturbance. Always increase the confident when handling alone What was your worst working experience? All experience is good as that will always boos my carrier What is the most important lesson you have learnt throughout your career? Do the job with dedication .. then you will recognized What unique skills do you have? Well versed with SWIFT concept Well versed with Testing concepts Well versed with Banking concepts ( Fund transfer) What would you consider as your 'dream job'? Business analyst in a banking domain What are the most interesting aspects of your field? My field is working close to business hence each and every market and business change will come to know which will always increase the knowledge. And of course Testing is a challenging work not routine. What are the least interesting aspects of your field? There is nothing as such Why we hire you? I have a five year of experience in banking domain as software tester. Of course which will help you to serve your client in strong manner. Also i can share my knowledge with the co workers which will help to increase the standard of organization and work My resume: ------------- Clint Jacob PRESENT EMPLOYER: TEAM LEADER, UAT SPECIALIST (AUG 2010 TILL DATE) JP MORGAN CHASE & CO, MUMBAI PREVIOUS EMPLOYER: QA ANALYST (SEP 2005 JULY 2010) DEUTSCHE BANK & GROUP, BANGALORE PERSONAL DATA: PRESENT ADDRESS 501, Ashish building Somwari Bazar Near shiva sena shakha Malad west Mumbai Maharashtra 400064 CONTACT NUMBER MOBILE : +91 9987363720 HOME : +91 483 2759820 EMAIL CLINTACHAYAN@REDIFFMAIL.COM DATE OF BIRTH : 29TH JAN83 SEX : MALE NATIONALITY : INDIAN PASSPORT NO : G5199630 MARITAL STATUS : SINGLE LANGUAGES : ENGLISH, HINDI, TAMIL KANADA, MALAYALAM s Hobbies & Interests Reading and writing Blogs Playing Cricket, Badminton, Table Tennis, carom Listening to music Objective To be a part of an Organisation where I can contribute and grow in a challenging role with passion, dedication and good will. Professional Summary Five years of experience in Software Testing industry Expertise in Banking Domain viz SWIFT, SEPA,FED,CHIPS,CHAPS etc Involved in the implementation of some major clients and projects such as FX4CASH, APPLE, BMW,FASTER PAYMENT Worked in CORE banking applications in Deutsche bank (DBI/CINQ) Involved in the entire Test Life Cycle starting from Test Planning, Test Design through Test Sign-off and Implementation Well versed with Testing concepts and Processes Designing Test Cases and Test Reports. Preparing User Docs for the Business users Experienced in Bug Tracking and Bug Reporting using Test Director and Quality Center. Worked closely with Clients and have served as the Point of contact for the project Good knowledge in Automated Clearing House concept (in Asia and European market). Arranging for End-to-end testing and carrying out the same in order to support the application to test the complete payment flow Member in SWIFT support Educational Qualifications MBA (FINNCE): Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum B sc. Mathematics: Calicut University, Calicut Kerala Tool & Technologies Testing tools : Test Director, Quality Center 9.2 Language : Knowledge in C, C+, COBOL Operating System : Windows 98/2000/7 Communication tool : Putty FTP tool : Filezila Responsibility Analyzing the requirements and defining the scope of Test Drafting and agreeing the Test Timeline with Development and Ops/Business Co-coordinating the end-to-end & Regression testing with the various interfacing back ends Analyzing the Results, Preparing the Test Report and Providing Sign-off to ops and IT for Project Implementation. Awards Awarded Star of the Month for achieving a high-level team spirit and for handling responsibilities assigned to and for constantly exceeding expectations in QA. Have been awarded with the Spot Award for effectively updating the Key Operating Procedure (KOP) the team. Title: iACH (High/Low value payment processing system) Client : JP Morgan and Co Role : Tem Leader, UAT Specialist Tools Used : Manual Testing, Filezila, Putty and Quality Center OS : Windows Duration : Aug, 2010 Till date Responsibilities: Preparing Test Plan and disturbing to Ops/ Business Agreeing on Test Time Lines with Ops/Business and Development for the Test Window Responsible for reporting the progress on a daily basis to higher management. Monitoring the progress of the Testing and Status reporting is send to Business on daily basis. Coordinating with Host Application for the completion of Regression Test, Change Request and getting their necessary Sign-off for the completion Defects reports are prepared and disturbed to development and Ops/Business along with Test Report Successfully implemented the SEPA Rule book changes Work on progress with CANADA country new branch rollout Description: iACH is a payment processing system that has recently introduced in JP Morgan Bank in order to achieve a high competence in the emerging banking domain. This will enable JP Morgan Bank not only to increase its transaction volumes, but also to provide better service handling to customers globally and also its a proof of JP Morgan Banks commitment to operating a profitable Cash Management franchise in a business environment with a growing cost-base and mounting regulatory requirements. With the introduction of Single Euro Payment Area (SEPA) in 2008, the banking industry in Euro currency countries will move away from national clearing structures to a common clearing system. JPMC is fully committed to SEPA and has already initiated a project to enhance the front-ends, iACH and the back-ends of the Bank to cater to the demands of SEPA. iACH is a File based payment processing system which integrates the various customer access channels, communication protocols, security standards, and data formats to provide a bi-directional, secured and convenient access into local clearing systems globally, via JPMCs extensive branch network and its partner banks, thus providing customers with consolidated feedback messages, status reports, advices, or statements in the required formats for their global businesses. Title: Deutsche Bank - Internet (DB-I) & Cope Client : Deutsche Bank , London. Role : QA Analyst Tools Used : Manual Testing, Quality Center OS : Unix Database : Enscribe Technologies : MQ Series Duration : September, 2005 July ,2010 Responsibilities: Working in alignment with Deutsche Bank London Handling conference calls with Deutsche Bank London Designing and Reviewing Test Cases Execution of Test Cases and reporting defects. Responsible End-to-End Testing Monitoring the progress of the Testing and Status reporting is send to Business on daily basis Test Management and Defect Management using Quality Center Co-coordinating with the IT team for CTB (Change The Bank) and RTB (Run The Bank) functionalities Agreeing on Test Time Lines with Ops/Business and Development for the Test Window Responsible for Automated regression testing, work allocation and tracking the progress of work for all releases and reporting the progress on a daily basis to higher management. Description: DBI is the core banking application DB use in European region. It is a client server function driven application, with a set of fully integrated real-time payment system for processing and management of financial transactions. This in other words means, it is a system where you can create, verify, repair and enquire about all type of financial transactions and messages (MTs). It receives payments from SWIFT and process them automatically for onward transmission as an outward payment or inward receipt/book transfer between accounts (STP) thus making least manual intervention in payment processing. If the originating SWIFT instruction is incomplete, it will fall into the corresponding repair queue and the user can repair and send it out. It involves various modules like Account Maintenance Account Advices Manual Accounting Entry Manual Swift Capture Stop Payments COPE is an automated payment processing system designed to integrate a wide verity of financial transactions serviced through a common application. COPE is designed to operate as either a real time gross settlement at a central bank controlling between banks or a payment system at a commercial bank controlling payments of its customers. This application acts as a middleware between DBI and SWIFT and validates the payment messages from the former before sending out. Title: FX4Cash and Receivable Client : Deutsche Bank , London Role : QA Analyst Tools Used : Manual Testing, and Quality center Data base : Oracle Client and Server OS : Unix Technologies : MQ Series Duration : March2008 June2008. Responsibilities: Designing and Reviewing Test Cases for DB London back end application(DBI) Handling conference calls with FX4Cash team Execution of Test Cases and reporting defects Responsible for End-to-End Testing from DBI side Monitoring the progress of the Testing and Status reporting is send to Business on daily basis Agreeing on Test Time Lines with Ops/Business and Development for the Test Window Description: The FX4Cash project is a joint initiative between Global Transaction Banking (GTB) and Global Markets (GM). It leverages the payment processing capabilities of Global Cash Management (GCM), a division of GTB, and the FX rates and trading capabilities of Global Foreign exchange (GFX), a division of GM, to create a new product FX4Cash that provides a global capability to add FX conversion to the processing of Payments and Receivables. The project involves developing a new application called FX4Cash Engine - as well as changes to several existing applications. The overall purpose of the project is to process payments that require FX conversion i.e. payments where the customer provides funds in one currency and requests us to pay another currency. Title: SEPA Client : Deutsche Bank , London Role : QA Analyst Tools Used : Manual Testing, and Quality center OS : Windows Duration : Feb, 2008 July, 2010. Responsibilities: Working inline with the global team Define the overall approach and scope for the SEPA User Acceptance Testing Execution of Test Cases and reporting defects Responsible for Regression and End-to-End Testing Monitoring the progress of the Testing and Status reporting is send to Business on daily basis Agreeing on Test Time Lines with Ops/Business and Development for the Test Window Handling conference calls with Central Team for SEPA Track the defects in Quality Center Description: The Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) initiative for the European financial infrastructure involves the creation of a zone for the euro in which all electronic payments are considered domestic, and where a difference between national and intra-European cross border payments does not exist. The project aims to improve the efficiency of cross border payments and turn the fragmented national markets for euro payments into a single domestic one. SEPA will enable customers to make cashless euro payments to anyone located anywhere in the area using only a single bank account and a single set of payment instruments. The main products delivered by SEPA are: SEPA Credit Transfer SEPA Direct Debit SEPA Cards Other Projects: Payment Service Directive MT202 COV Faster payment processing PRI-EURO Payment How can potential employers contact you? e mail: clintachayan@rediffmail.com phone: 0091 99873620 | 
