International Banking Platform Upgrade

As a long standing strategic technical and change partner, we were asked to support the upgrade of a banking platform and the implementation of enhancements. The banking platform needed to be upgraded to remain compliant and feature rich.

To lead the management of the technical upgrade with the required urgency, diligence, risk appetite and governance.
To resource the full life cycle of the programme; including provision of a programme manager, project managers and business analysts from Prosperity 24/7.

To develop a business case for a full concept and redesign; engaging Vendors, Suppliers, Architects and SMEs to ensure the system remains best of breed, technologically up-to-date and aligning to security and functional standards.
To initiate and manage the Programme; adhering to Customer Governance and Risk Control standards.
To document and formalise the requirements; working alongside the Business and Technical SMEs. Lead the conversion of requirements into test cases fully documented using JIRA test management toolkits.
To manage the RFQ process, build a team of internal, partner and supplier upgrade specialists, align budget and resources and create a forecast for the 18-month upgrade window.
To lead multiple build phases within the respective projects; ensuring hardware was upgraded in line with Group Security Standards and vendor recommendations and managing the complex relationship between technical 3rd parties and group security architects.

This multi-million pound, multi-jurisdictional, multi-year, multi-vendor programme was delivered successfully; within budget tolerance and leaving the organisation with a positive trajectory towards it realising the benefits; aligned to its strategy in providing a wider range of products to its growing customer base.