Sikkandarbatcha J
Senior Consultant
Chennai
Summary
Nearly 10 years of experience in banking, analysis, development, implementation, production support, and management of web-based software applications using Oracle (SQL, PL/SQL). A creative and analytical thinker with a passion for driving operational excellence and delivering innovative solutions. Experienced in core banking systems, FLEXCUBE, and related tools and platforms, with a proven track record of managing audits, branch operations, and technical projects.
As a dedicated professional, I am eager to contribute as a Senior Consultant, bringing expertise, collaborative leadership, and fresh ideas to elevate your team’s performance and deliver impactful results. Committed to fostering innovation, efficiency, and success in forward-thinking organizations.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
2
2
Languages
Work History
Senior Consultant
Oracle Financial Services Software Limited
06.2023 - Current
- FLEXCUBE Implementation & Support
- Provided end-to-end technical support for Oracle FLEXCUBE across multiple modules including core banking, retail, and corporate banking.
- Configured and maintained FLEXCUBE environments, ensuring system availability, performance, and reliability.
- Infrastructure Management
- Managed application and database servers, middleware, and related infrastructure to support FLEXCUBE operations.
- Coordinated with network, storage, and DB teams to troubleshoot technical issues and optimize system performance.
- Monitored server health, disk space, backups, and patch updates to ensure smooth production operations.
- End-of-Day (EOD) Operations
- Executed and monitored EOD processes for core banking, ensuring timely settlement of transactions and accurate posting of balances.
- Diagnosed and resolved EOD errors and exceptions, liaising with functional and technical teams to prevent recurrence.
- Maintained detailed logs and reports for audit and compliance purposes.
- Core Banking Support
- Assisted functional teams in resolving technical issues in deposits, loans, payments, and treasury modules.
- Developed SQL scripts, database queries, and shell scripts for data validation, reconciliation, and migration tasks.
- Supported system upgrades, patches, and migrations while ensuring minimal downtime and zero data loss.
- Incident & Problem Management
- Responded to production incidents, performing root cause analysis and implementing preventive measures.
- Collaborated with internal and vendor teams to resolve high-priority issues within SLA timelines.
- Documentation & Knowledge Sharing
- Created technical documentation, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and knowledge base articles.
- Provided guidance and support to junior team members and new joiners on FLEXCUBE operations and infrastructure best practices.
Senior Consultant
Virtusa Consulting Services Pvt Ltd
08.2019 - 06.2023
- Manage systems and provide necessary deployment, support, or maintenance activities. Support the development efforts for one or multiple diverse types of large database systems.
- Ensure technology, once implemented, has the right technical support to function smoothly to meet the business requirements.
- Ensures all platforms integrate with each other for optimum performance.
- Evaluate all updates, enhancements and new products related to the Bank/payments platforms and make recommendations regarding these updates, enhancements and new products.
- Good understanding of Banking Functional Requirements Specifications and Software Requirements Specifications.
- Maintain technology vendor relationship and compliance with service level agreements/ contractual commitments.
- Develop and communicate clear and actionable deliverables, or activities to be completed to relevant teams and departments.
- Support the project execution and governance by tracking deadlines, deliverables, resources, and timelines throughout the project process.
- Co-ordinate project team meetings to provide status updates and identify and resolve issues to ensure on-time, high-quality delivery in accordance with the stated project goals.
- Ensure documentation, supporting materials, and project plans are updated and readily available for internal teams and senior leaders.
- Identify the processes and activities needing improvement and identify and communicate the new workable process standards and best practices to approach those activities.
- Manage changes to the project scope, project schedule, and project costs using appropriate verification techniques.
- Experienced in end-to-end project management.
- Responsible for the designing the advance SQL queries, procedure, function, package, cursor, triggers, scripts.
- Created indexes on the tables for faster retrieval of the data to enhance database performance.
- Developed SQL
- Loader scripts to load data in the custom tables.
- Created Materialized views & normal views where business requirements needed Extensively used for all and bulk collect to fetch large volumes of data from table. Designed and developed various custom packages and triggers.
- Providing overall leadership to the entire team including deliverables of other functional team leaders in effective manner.
- Following the project lifecycle methodology like agile and waterfall; defined under the process framework; ensured that customer deadlines were met with project.
Audit Officer & Branch Manager
New Opportunity Consultancy Pvt. Ltd
01.2015 - 06.2018
- Responsible for overseeing branch operations, internal audits, compliance, risk management, and team leadership, ensuring adherence to banking regulations, internal controls, and organizational policies while supporting business growth and operational efficiency.
- Conducted internal audits to evaluate operational effectiveness, financial accuracy, and compliance with banking policies and regulatory standards.
- Ensured adherence to RBI guidelines, internal control frameworks, and audit procedures.
- Managed day-to-day branch operations, including customer service, documentation, and transaction monitoring.
- Identified process gaps, control weaknesses, and operational risks, and recommended corrective actions.
- Prepared and presented audit reports, findings, and risk assessments to senior management.
- Coordinated with external auditors and regulatory bodies during audits and inspections.
- Supervised, trained, and evaluated branch staff to improve performance and compliance awareness.
- Monitored KYC, AML, and customer onboarding processes to ensure regulatory compliance.
- Ensured timely resolution of audit observations and implementation of corrective measures.
- Handled escalations, customer issues, and operational exceptions efficiently.
- Improved audit compliance scores by identifying and closing high-risk gaps.
- Streamlined branch processes, reducing operational discrepancies and turnaround time.
- Successfully managed branch operations with zero major audit observations.
Education
B.E - Computer Science and Engineering
Raja College of Engineering And Technology
Madurai 04.2001 -
Skills
- Oracle FLEXCUBE Core Banking Suite – Implementation & Support
- End-of-Day (EOD) Processing & Exception Handling
- Core Banking Modules: Deposits, Loans, Payments, Treasury
- Oracle SQL & PL/SQL – Queries, Stored Procedures, Functions, Triggers
- Data Validation, Reconciliation, Migration & Reporting
- Middleware & Application Server Management (WebLogic, JBoss)
- Linux/Unix Server Administration & Shell Scripting
- Database Monitoring, Backup, Recovery, & Performance Tuning
Technical Skills:
- Production Support & Troubleshooting
- Incident Management & Root Cause Analysis
- Version Control & Deployment Tools (Git, Jenkins)
- Monitoring & Reporting Tools
- Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving
- Team Collaboration & Cross-Functional Coordination
- Documentation & Knowledge Sharing
Soft Skills:
Accomplishments
- Received many project-specific awards for timely delivery and contribution to project-specific activities.
- Recently Got Pacesetter award which one of outstanding award in oracle
Timeline
Senior Consultant
Oracle Financial Services Software Limited
06.2023 - Current
Senior Consultant
Virtusa Consulting Services Pvt Ltd
08.2019 - 06.2023
Audit Officer & Branch Manager
New Opportunity Consultancy Pvt. Ltd
01.2015 - 06.2018
B.E - Computer Science and Engineering
Raja College of Engineering And Technology
04.2001 -