Specialist - Core Banking and Systems

Job Purpose:

The candidate must be a fit for any of the following three purposes as per the bank’s requirements:

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities:

Equation / TCS – BaNCs:

• Provide functional and technical support for the Equation / TCS BaNCs Core Banking platform and related business domains.
• Support application enhancements, integrations, upgrades, and releases.
• Analyze requirements and assist with solution configuration and implementation.
• Troubleshoot incidents, defects, and service requests.
• Support testing, deployment, and production activities.
• Collaborate with business, technology, and vendor teams.
• Maintain system documentation and knowledge repositories.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory, security, and technology standards.

Payments:

• Support and enhance Payments and Funds Transfer systems
  .
• Monitor system performance, availability, and transaction processing.
• Perform incident, problem, change, and release management activities.
• Support testing, upgrades, integrations, and regulatory changes.
• Ensure compliance with operational, security, and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with business, operations, vendors, and technology teams.

Key Accountabilities

• System availability and service reliability.
• Timely resolution of incidents, defects, and service requests.
• Successful delivery of assigned enhancements, projects, and support activities.
• Quality of system configuration, testing, and implementation.
• Compliance with regulatory, security, and operational standards.
• Accuracy and completeness of documentation.
• Contribution to platform stability, performance, and continuous improvement.

Educational Qualifications &

Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related discipline
  .
• Certifications in TCS BaNCs / Finastra Equation, FPM, FB-Teller, or Core Banking technologies / Payments, SWIFT or ISO
  20022 are an advantage.

Experience:

Equation / TCS BaNCs:

• 8+ years of Banking Technology experience with strong exposure to Core Banking systems
  , preferably TCS BaNCs with BaNCsLink Teller system / Finastra Equation with FPM, and FB-Teller
  .
• Experience across CIF, CASA, Deposits, Loans, Payments, Cheque Processing, Limits & Collateral, and General Ledger
  .
• Hands-on experience in application support, configuration, testing, integrations, upgrades, and enhancements.
• Good understanding of banking operations, regulatory requirements, and application support processes.
• Experience working with business users, technical teams, and vendors to deliver and support banking solutions.

Payments:

• 8+ years of experience in Payments & Funds Transfers Technology
  .
• Hands-on experience with SWIFT, RTGS, ACH/EFT, Instant Payments, Remittances, or Payment Hubs
  .
• Experience in production support, testing, system enhancements, and issue resolution

Essential

Skills:

Equation / TCS BaNCs:

• Strong functional and technical knowledge of Equation Core Banking / TCS BaNCs
  .
• Experience in application support, configuration, integrations, and production support.
• Understanding of regulatory reporting, compliance, and banking operations.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Good communication and stakeholder coordination skills.

Payments:

• Knowledge of Funds Transfer systems
  , SWIFT MT/MX messaging
  , and payment processing.
• Experience with Pay Hub
  , Safe Watch o or similar payment platforms
  .
• Exposure to regional payment schemes such as KNPS, WAMD, TMS/X, Fawri, NPSS, IPS or SARIE
  .
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.

Desirable

• Exposure to Card & Switch Systems (B24, IST/Cortex).
• Knowledge of Open Banking and API ecosystems.
• Experience with SWIFT and regional payment schemes.
• Understanding of Treasury and Trade Finance systems.

Competencies:

• Strong working knowledge of Finastra Equation /
  TCS BaNCs and Payments & Funds Transfer Systems
  .
• Good techno-functional understanding of key banking domains.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and deliver within timelines.
• Effective collaboration with business, technology and vendor teams.
• Strong communication, documentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Commitment to service excellence, operational stability, and continuous improvement.