Tejas Shankarwala

11+ years of experience in Banking & Payments domain with specialization in real-time, high-value, and cross-border payment systems. Extensive expertise in Fusion GPP / GPP-SP, ISO 20022, SWIFT MT messaging, Faster Payments, RTGS, and payment hub transformation initiatives. Strong experience designing scalable payment solutions across Australia, US, Europe, and APAC payment ecosystems.

Proven track record delivering enterprise payment modernization programs for Westpac, Citibank, and Finastra. Experienced in solution design, payment routing architecture, GPP configuration, scheme integration, production support, and stakeholder management.

Senior Consultant at Infosys Limited (2024-10 – Present)

• Designing enterprise payment solutions on Fusion GPP for high-value and cross-border payment processing.
• Driving payment routing and orchestration design for the UNITE transformation program.
• Configuring and optimizing GPP rules, workflows aligned with business and regulatory requirements.
• Delivering solutions across both SWIFT MT and ISO 20022 payment ecosystems.
• Supporting SIT, UAT, and production rollout activities including defect triage and payment flow validation.
• Extensive exposure to Australian payment infrastructure including RTGS, RITS and Austraclear settlement systems.

Senior Consultant – Faster Payments (NAM Region) at Infosys Limited / Citibank (2021-06 – 2024-09)

• Led end-to-end solution design and implementation of Zelle over RTP infrastructure from greenfield setup to production rollout.
• Designed scalable payment integration architecture involving multiple upstream and downstream banking systems.
• Collaborated with Finastra, The Clearing House (TCH), and Early Warning Services (EWS).
• Supported production stability and operational continuity of TCH RTP payment infrastructure.
• Managed static data configuration and functional mapping within GPP-SP payment hub architecture.

Senior Software Engineer at Finastra (Fundtech) India Pvt Ltd (2015-07 – 2021-05)

• Developed and enhanced Fusion Global PAYplus (GPP-SP) functionalities across multiple product releases.
• Delivered enhancements for payment processing flows including credit transfers, cancellations, returns, and cross-border payments.
• Worked extensively on rule-based workflows, configuration-driven processing, and payment orchestration logic.
• Performed defect analysis, troubleshooting, and production issue resolution for critical payment modules.

PG Diploma in Advanced Computing in Advanced Computing – Know-IT CDAC, Pune (2015)

Bachelor of Engineering in Engineering – Dr. J. J. Magdum College of Engineering, Kolhapur (2014)