PwC - Tech Strategy Role - Payments Domain

Responsibilities:

- Lead complex payments transformation projects from strategy and design to delivery phase - Assessment of technology Architecture in financial/banking domain, and design target state application/technology architecture

- Actively participate in cross-functional, cross-discipline architecture teams to enhance/set architectural direction for key business initiatives

- Manage trade-offs to speed to market, quality and business/financial impacts

- Perform as-is technical assessment and technical due-diligence of the payment's architecture setup for our clients

- Perform IT maturity of payments ecosystem for our client

- Discuss payments requirements (Functional/Technical) with customer and create 'to be' solution documents.

- Work on consulting assignments such as go to technology strategies, Function/technical architecture, Integration architecture , technology due-diligence for Fintech/financial institutes

Required Skills:

Must Have:

- 6 -10 years of experience in payments implementation projects having experience of at least 1 end to end payments implementation program as a technology solution architect

- Basic understanding of payments/financial solution architecture.

- Strong payments domain experience in retail/corporate payments having detailed understanding of High value, low value, immediate payments, SWIFT cross border payments, salary payments, bulk payment file processing, card payments, UPI payments etc.

- Broad based knowledge and experience in P2P/B2B/B2C/G2P payments applications, channels

- Experience in designing Technology specification for payment products, and understanding of message specification such as ISO 20022, ISO 8583, SWIFT,SEPA etc. and API standards and other communication protocols

- Strong knowledge on cloud and on-prem infrastructure, data and payments security (PCI DSS/PA DSS compliance), integration architecture, latest technology innovation and solution

- Problem solving solution skills and experience in handling complex transformation projects

- Client facing experience as a Techno-functional Analyst, Tech Product manager, Project manager in payments implementation projects.

- Strong communication, client handling and interpersonal skills

Desired Skills:

- Prior technology consulting experience in the payment's domain with consulting organizations.

- Implementation experience of payment products in India and Globally

- Consultative selling skills.