Ezhilarasu Munuswamy
Product Area Lead, Payment Platforms, ANZ
Melbourne,VIC
Summary
Professional leader with strong experience Product Development in Financial Services and Technology. Brings strong problem-solving skills and proactive approach to new tasks. Known for adaptability, creativity, and results-oriented mindset. Committed to making meaningful contributions and advancing organizational goals. Eager to apply technical expertise and management as APAC Product Lead at Stripe.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications
2
2
Languages
Work History
Product Area Lead - Payments Platformsa
ANZ Banking Group
Melbourne, Victoria
01.2019 - Current
- Leading a cross-functional team of software engineering, architecture and platform engineering team whilst working with senior stakeholders and leaders across domain for modern platform ecosystem built using large scale event driven microservices architecture and cutting edge technology stacks and API's
- I'm accountable for product vision, strategic planning, effective prioritization and end to end delivery of best in-class software suits for Payments Platform ecosystem, handling annual budget allocations of ~8 Million investment to support road map execution, and operational maintenance of the platform
- I closely work with Senior Leadership and Customers to create a well-defined platform delivery backlog and influence priorities, and delivery execution of engineering team/products.
- I define quarterly OKR's, monitor and measure key product Metrics to drive growth and high performance aligning to market research and customer problems.
- I manage and maintain 3 large-scale distributed global platform, supporting high throughput payments processing capability of 400 TPS in cloud and on-prem instance, supporting banking services for global customers for clearing and settlement, supporting transaction volume growth of over 450% YoY and revenue contribution of ~40Million/Year across platform
- I have owned and delivered large scale products resulting significant revenue contribution to the domain, some of the critical deliverables includes - B2B API gateway, Immediate Payment Service, NPP PayTo, Cloud Simplification, Modern Batch Payments - Platform and Digital Asset Service for CBDC
- Responsible for continuous platform upliftment with tech stacks, Infrastructure and developer tools, drive alignment to best standard practices, Automation frameworks for the engineering community
- Solid experience in building teams from ground up to scale, setting the culture, inspiring and driving the outcomes with empathy and empowerment
- Responsible for the personal development and performance reviews of direct reports including coaching, development planning of individuals by promoting an 'always learning' culture, drive employee engagement and maintain workforce demand
Solutions Manager, Payments Platform
ANZ Banking Group
Singapore
01.2017 - 01.2019
- Accountable for establishing and setting priorities for the Engineering Squad to design and deliver Payments Platform capabilities for group technology division, delivering towards quarterly OKR's and measuring its progress
- Designed various payment flows from channel to clearing gateway and end to end payment value chain processing capability for a payment instruction at Platform level, and ensure components built are meeting business requirements, scheme rules and guidelines
- Identified and optimised critical business flow for new business opportunities for Retail Banking and Business banking Customers
- Proposed a business opportunity saving ~750K AUD/Quarter to reuse the solution for Other Financial Institution to be part of Real Time Payments Infrastructure
- Successfully designed and implemented Payment Service Platform in the Micro-Service Architecture Model, meeting the business demands in Real Time Payments World for Australia worth $200 Million AUD in total
Senior Business Analyst/Designer
ANZ Banking Group Limited
Singapore/Melbourne
06.2013 - 12.2016
- Acted as an Enterprise Analyst/SME for New Payments Platform (NPP), working closely with Business Stakeholders, Product owners, Technology stakeholders and Industry groups on the requirements, solutions and designs to meet Industry guidelines and ANZ strategic decision
- Accountable for representing ANZ in Industry forums to build NPP - Real Time Payments Infrastructure for Australia, in Design Working Group and Messaging Working Group to streamline and define the design guidelines, business rules, requirements, operating procedures for participants and member banks
- Accountable for design and deliver G3 - Real Time and Bulk Domestic Payment solution driven by the Singapore Regulators (MAS) involving 40 other banks in the region integrating with Cards processing Engine and Switch worth $10 Million
- Acted as Senior Analyst to Design and Deliver Global International Payment Solution using GPP product integrating to channels, middle office and core banking applications for countries like Singapore, Fiji, Cambodia, Vietnam and Philippines worth $80 Million
Technical Leader
HCL Technologies
08.2011 - 05.2013
- Company Overview: for Deutsche Bank, Singapore
- Acted as a Technical Delivery Lead in managing features and enhancements for Payment Processing Applications for Europe and MENA region, working extensively on SEPA payments and International Payments
- Accountable for understanding Functional capabilities and requirements to build end to end software design, delivery and managing team of engineers in their career growth
- For Deutsche Bank, Singapore
Principal Consultant
Oracle Financial Services Software Limited
Singapore
10.2006 - 07.2011
- Company Overview: for Deutsche Bank, Singapore
- Acted as Lead Delivery Consultant for Design, Develop and Deliver custom built Enterprise Payment Bridge Application for Asia Region worth $17 Million
- Integrated the payment gateways application across high value RTGS systems, International payment gateway, Low value domestic clearing house in Asia including Singapore, Hong Kong, India, China, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam
Education
MBA -
Great Lakes Institute of Management
Chennai 03.2022 - 04.2023
Product Management -
Indian School of Business - Executive Education
India 11.2021 - 03.2023
Bachelors of Technology - Information Technology
Anna University
Chennai 06.2002 - 04.2006
Skills
Product Management and Development
Strategy Execution
Engineering Management
Thought Leadership
Agile Delivery
Program Management
Systems Architecture
Systems Design
Solution Design
Google Cloud Platform
Amazon Web Services
Leadership skills
Certification
Amazon Web Services - Solution Architect Associate, 02/2018 - Present
Work Availability
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Timeline
MBA -
Great Lakes Institute of Management
03.2022 - 04.2023
Product Management -
Indian School of Business - Executive Education
11.2021 - 03.2023
Product Area Lead - Payments Platformsa
ANZ Banking Group
01.2019 - Current
Solutions Manager, Payments Platform
ANZ Banking Group
01.2017 - 01.2019
Senior Business Analyst/Designer
ANZ Banking Group Limited
06.2013 - 12.2016
Technical Leader
HCL Technologies
08.2011 - 05.2013
Principal Consultant
Oracle Financial Services Software Limited
10.2006 - 07.2011
Bachelors of Technology - Information Technology
Anna University
06.2002 - 04.2006