G. Murali Ramakrishnan is a senior principal consultant with over 12 years of experience in business analysis, consulting, product testing, implementation support, and project management in the banking domain. He has extensive experience working with Oracle Financial Services Software and has handled projects for clients such as Caisse Centrale Desjardins and Wells Fargo. He is skilled in trade finance products, core banking systems, and testing solutions to meet clients' requirements.

1. G. MURALI RAMAKRISHNAN
Contact: +91 422- 2423729 / +91 99869-91281
E-Mail: glmurali@gmail.com
AN ACCOMPLISHED SENIOR PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT
Product Testing & Implementation Support ~ Project Management ~ People Management
A dedicated analyst, proficient in running successful method-oriented operations & taking initiatives for business excellence
through process improvement
Seeking challenging assignments in Business Analysis & Consulting with an organization of repute in Banking domain
PROFILE SUMMARY
• Post Graduate Diploma in Banking & Finance with 7.5 yrs. of banking experience and 4.5 yrs. of Business
Analysis
• Business Analysis & Consulting, Product Testing & Implementation Support, Project
Management & People Management
• Gained significant experience with domain knowledge in banking industry with excellent exposure of all
Trade Finance products
• Hands-on experience in the software industry to provide expert solutions to the clients functional need &
deliver the requirements in the specified time
• Skilled in analyzing & consulting on Swift Payments, Forex, Trade finance, Internet Banking and core
banking domain, product testing, etc.
• Excellent client relationship management skills, therefore secured more transactions & clients for the company
• Comprehensive understanding of project management life cycle including scope analysis, business study, requirements
study, design, development, testing & implementation
• A result - orbited with excellent communication, people and time management skills
CORE COMPETENCIES
• Consulting with clients to define business requirements; conducting gap analysis between delivered functionality & client
requirements and recommending solutions; supervising full life cycle implementations; inclusive of planning, analysis &
design, configuration, development, conversions, system testing, cutover and production support
• Creating functional requirements as an input to application design; developing and testing detailed functional designs for
business solution components and prototypes; coordinating for application build, test & deploy activities; designing and
specifying functional & technical solutions; providing project management through solution implementation
• Managing end-to-end application development from conceptualization and visualization to technology mapping and final
execution of projects; interfacing with clients for business gathering, conducting system analysis and finalizing technical /
functional specifications and high level design documents for the project
• Designing and executing test plans, test cases and test scripts/procedures, gap analysis to ensure that business
requirements and functional specifications are tested & fulfilled; providing post-implementation, application maintenance
and enhancement support to the client with regard to the product
ORGANIZATIONAL EXPERIENCE

2. Since Feb’12 Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd., Bangalore as Senior Principal
Consultant
Projects Handled: Caisse Centrale Desjardins, Canada; Wells-Fargo, USA.Bladex, Panama(Onsite Implementation
Support)
Role:
• Ensuring timely follow up of operations policies and leading a specialized area which have diverse functional elements
• Focusing on best practices & process improvements and ensuring the effective execution of operational plan while meeting
corporate requirements
• Identifying the customers’ requirements to prepare Functional Specification (FS) and guiding team to provide technical
support to deliver the requirement within the stipulated time
• Conducting development testing for all the products to identify whether the system works as per the customer
requirements/specifications
• Developing correspondence with any related party on intricacies of the transaction
• Handling UAT issue simulation and assisting the issues with all parties till closure & proving implementation support to the
onsite team during User Acceptance Test
• Coordinating with Kernel/Support Teams for resolution of issue raised
• Carrying out end-to-end testing of all business scenarios for the fixes provided by Kernel/Consulting teams during UAT
• Worked Extensively in module Funds Transfer and well versed with swift messages
Highlights:
• Handled implementation support in onsite for the client Bladex, Panama (Duration : 6 months).
• Successfully maintained with the internal teams to complete the work & delivered within the timeline.
• Skilfully created process flow for team about work and how it is being carried out that helps the new joinees to understand
the process without problem & gained knowledge about the team works
• Obtained good recognition in the office & received monetary benefits constantly
Jul’05 – Jan’12 The Bank of Nova Scotia, Coimbatore as Accounting Asst.
At Trade Finance Dept.
• Managed export & import documents and to follow up with Overseas Bank for the realization of Export Bills
• Handled issuance of Letter of Credit & Bank Guarantees
• Made import payments at the prescribed time frame by coordinating with the customers
• Handled the processing of R-Returns to RBI regarding Foreign Exchange transactions held for the fortnight
• Responsible for processing of customer transactions like import/non-import payments, handling of export bills/documents,
non-export remittances to the customers
• Coordinated with treasury regarding FX rates for the customer transactions & forward contract booking & cancellation
At Customer Service Dept.
• Managed the processing of the inward cheques & ensured the validity of the cheques received
• Headed the return clearing for both inward and outward cheques
• Oversaw outward clearing, CHEQUES deposit & encoding
• Helped customers for their transactions in Front Office Operations & Cross-Selling
• Developed RTGS and NEFT transactions
Highlights:
• Bagged monetary benefits for the good work done
• Successfully handled R-Return to be sent to RBI every fortnight to know the trade finance transactions happened in the
branch for the period as the data to be accurate and to capture all the transactions without omitting

3. • Deftly created a process flow that will capture the data every day and send the return before the timeline. Got appreciated
by my supervisor for that
• Significantly re-modified the communication channel between the customers and treasury from the branch side so that the
work is being done smoothly and quickly
• Expertise in maintaining cordial relationship with the customers and treasury, got very good feedback continuously
especially while leaving the organization
• Obtained good recognition in the office and received monetary benefits constantly
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Aug’04 – Jun’05 Investone, Group Company of Citibank, Coimbatore as Asst. Manager
CERTIFICATION
• Trade Finance Course from Indian Institute of Banking & Finance in 2008
TRAINING / WORKSHOP
• Foreign Exchange Rules & Regulations, UCP600 conducted by FEDAI & ICC in 2011
• Workshop conducted by Gary Collyer, Technical Committee Member to International Chamber of Commerce for issues
related to Letter of Credit in 2006
EXTRAMURAL ENGAGEMENTS
• Functioned as ‘Interact’ Club President
• Bagged various prizes for Quiz & Elocution Competition
• Holds valid USA B1/B2 Visa and Indian Passport
EDUCATION
• Post Graduate Diploma in Banking & Finance from Pondicherry University in 2008
• MBA in Marketing & Systems from Jansons School of Business, Coimbatore in 2004
• B.Sc. in Computer Science from Karpagam College of Arts & Science, Coimbatore in 2001
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of Birth: 17
th
April 1980
Languages Known: Tamil, English and Hindi
Permanent Address: 24, Kumaran Kudil, Abhirami Nagar (East), 5
th
Cross, Navavoor Pirivu, Bharathiar
University (PO), Coimbatore – 641046.