Lokeswara Kanithi

• Managing delivery for multiple clients simultaneously, including task assignment, priority setting, conflict resolution, and timely, quality task completion.
• Extensive experience managing cross-cultural teams across multiple geographies (e.g., Eviden, SPG, WGS (FS India), and WL colleagues).
• Acting as a Subject Matter Expert in Testing, guiding multiple teams, planning test strategies, ensuring timely deliveries, and diving into technical details when needed.
• Coached over 60 colleagues through Bootcamp initiatives for new joiners at Worldline.
• Conducting knowledge-sharing sessions for the Test Community.
• Contributing to test process improvements and content for the Test Community of Practice confluence page under the guidance of the current Testing Department Head.
• Worked across multiple product lines/Tribes within Account Payments, mainly for Citi client, and involved in projects like COBA, CSM, NEXI, and SEPA Batch Back Office (Citi, OP, and SEB).
• Strong understanding of different product workflows such as SCT, SDD, SCC, SCT Inst., MCP, HVP, MX converter, Archiving, etc.
• Expertise in Retail Banking in the following Areas: Online Banking, Account Migration(from UNISYS to SAP), Payment Processing Systems, Card Transactions (POS, ATM) (ISO 8583)in Base 24 application, SWIFT MT Messages (ISO20022), SEPA Payments, Payment Service Provider- Back Office, Payment Engine.
• Experienced in eliciting test automation requirements, understanding frameworks, reviewing automation strategies, and ensuring successful automation of test items.
• Fostering a positive team environment, promoting collaboration, openness, and accountability.
• Act as a budget keeper, always ensuring effective resource engagement. For example, in the RB23 changes project for Citi, managed high defect identification with a small testing team through committed teamwork.
• Providing constructive feedback to team members, managing leaves, collecting feedback, and suggesting improvements.
• Strong believer in bottom-up approach while maintaining an overview of applications and processes.
• Working in close collaboration with various teams such as BA, Architecture, BDM, ODM, Development, MD, Ops Deployment, and Release Management teams etc.
• Participated in client audits and conducted Root Cause Analysis from a test perspective.
• Certified ISTQB Test Manager.

• Completed ISTQB Advanced Level Test Manager Certification
• Completed ISTQB Foundation Level certification.
• Completed Azure Fundamentals certification
• IBM AIX Certification.
• Tricentis – TOSCA (Test Automation).
• Completed Brainbench certifications in the following areas: Software Quality Assurance (Transcript ID: 6800061), RDBMS (Transcript ID: 6896092)

Account Payments (RuleBook changes 2023, 2021, 2019, Brexit Changes), Acquiring (PSP Back Office) @ Worldline-NL, Cross Boarder & Urgent Payments, Internal Batch Migration –FTM @ Rabobank-NL , Global Platform Replacement @ HSBC-Switzerland , Contactless Payments, 7 Days Switch Guarantee Program, Proactive Risk Manager changes and PCI DSS changes, VISA & LINK Scheme Enhancements, Base 24 projects, Account Migration from Legacy systems to SAP, New Internet Banking @ Nationwide Building Society- UK, Internet Security Products- R&D Project @IBM-India.

• Intermediate level course on Wealth Management, Fund management and fund accounting.
• Business of Investment Banking and Trading
• Business of Core Banking
• Business of consumer payments
• Financial Transaction Manager
• Certified Professional Scrum Master Level I (PSM I)
• Leadership Communication Skills