Assistant Vice President - Technology
Mashreq · Bengaluru
Job Purpose
Lead technology delivery and run responsibilities for automated regulatory submissions across Bank’s geographies. Role owns end-to-end technology capability spanning regulatory data sourcing, data engineering, calculation and validation workflows, reporting, file generation, APIs and web services, submission channels, monitoring and production support.
Key Result Areas
Lead end-to-end delivery from requirement analysis and solution design through build, system integration testing, user acceptance testing, deployment, stabilization and transition to business-as-usual support.
Ensure reliable ingestion, transformation, reconciliation and aggregation of regulatory data from core banking, finance, risk, treasury, customer, transactions and other source systems.
Oversee data engineering pipelines, data models, business rules, validation controls, audit trails and evidence required for regulatory reporting and submission.
Lead development and support of regulatory reports, dashboards, extracts and submission files, including structured formats such as XBRL, XML, JSON, CSV, Excel and regulator-prescribed templates where applicable.
Own integration with regulatory gateways and internal platforms through secure APIs, web services, managed file transfer, batch interfaces and event-based integration, as applicable.
Ensure submission workflows support maker-checker controls, approvals, versioning, exception management, resubmissions, acknowledgements and complete traceability.
Provide production ownership for regulatory technology services, including monitoring, incident management, problem management, root-cause analysis, service requests, release management and continuity planning.
Define service levels, operational dashboards, alerting, runbooks, standard operating procedures and support rosters to meet time-critical submission windows.
Coordinate impact assessments for regulatory circulars and rule changes and translate them into prioritized technology deliverables with clear scope, estimates, dependencies and delivery plans.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Business, Finance, operations, and external consultants to ensure successful system implementation.
Participate in gap analysis sessions along with the business/ Ops units and oversee resolution strategies.
Ensure the system implementation supports business/ Ops related report covering regulatory, compliance, legal MIS reports.
Identify key pain areas of existing integration and ensure required priorities alignment are set to overcome with due consideration of effort and delivery timeline.
Support to development and execution of testing strategies in various testing cycles including UAT (User Acceptance Testing) for the products & functions associated with respective business/ Ops units.
Support review of test cases, technical and functional BRD/FSD of assigned
Support change management initiatives, ensuring smooth transition and adoption of the new system.
Proactively identify and resolve project risks, issues, and delays related to programme deliverables.
Represent Technology in the working group of the program and update program progress update to Tech senior management.
Ensure Banks governance process is followed and documented.
Support to create/Modify the technical SOPs based on new system implementation.
Support to maintain comprehensive documentation of the upgrade program, including project plans, timelines, budgets, and technical specifications related to assigned unit.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Education & Certifications
Postgraduate /Engineer
Experience
12 to 15 years of experience in Banking space, with at least 5 years in system implementation/integration support.
Hands-on technology understanding across data engineering, ETL/ELT, SQL, data warehousing/Lakehouse concepts, reporting/BI tools, batch processing, APIs, web services and secure file-based integration.
Knowledge of structured regulatory submission formats and validation frameworks, such as XBRL, XML or regulator-defined schemas, is preferred.
Experience with production support, IT service management, monitoring, incident/problem management, release management, disaster recovery and operational resilience.
Experience managing vendors, technology budgets, programme plans, risks, dependencies and cross-functional teams.
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to translate regulatory and technical complexity into clear decisions for senior stakeholders.
Technical Skills
Preferred to have experience in Oracle FLEXCUBE integrations/configurations of products and processes.
Timely and controlled delivery of regulatory automation releases and mandated changes.
Stable production services and timely resolution of incidents affecting regulatory submissions.
Improved automation, data quality, reconciliation, traceability and reduction in manual processing.
Effective management of technology risk, audit actions, security compliance and disaster recovery readiness.
Clear stakeholder communication, predictable delivery and sustained team capability.
Behavioral Skills.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
Experience in managing /supporting core banking transformation projects
Experience in integration and implementing and supporting core banking systems