Tamati Ward
Wellington,WGN
Summary
A self motivated and highly passionate Technologist with over 20 years experience in the Financial Banking Industry. An abundance of knowledge, exposure and ability to operate small focused squads progressing through to global initiative leading teams. A strong ability and experience to manage workloads from inception right through to Production release, whilst managing conflicting dependencies, high prioritised work and resourcing to deliver a quality product. An exceptionally professional working ethos that consistently strives to achieve and will constantly look to demonstrate to the immediate team in a highly trusted, safe environment.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Head of Payments Technology (Acting)
ANZ Bank
07.2023 - Current
- Successfully driven organisational change through the Payments Technology Domain
- Developed and maintain excellent relationships at GM and Executive level to ensure clarity and stability
- Maintained strong relationships with internal and external Stakeholders allowing for greater lines of communication
- Developed and maintained a cohesive culture with strong engagement across Payments and Switch Tech Areas
- Resourced and Prioritised critical resourcing and workstreams for highly prioritised projects
- Assisted with and represented NZ Payments Technology for ANZ Bank Tech Initiatives
- Developed plans and attestation for BS11 initiatives for Payments and Settlements Separation Plans
Platform Lead - Domestic Payments
ANZ Bank
04.2019 - Current
- Successfully led BS11 (Banking Standards 11) deliverables for multiple squads across multiple geographies
- Developed resourcing forecasts and budgets to cater for projects when determining cross dependencies
- Worked collaboratively with ANZ Group Tech Area Leads to ensure success in globally led bank wide initiatives including 7 Day Payments, BS11 and ISO20022
- Developed sustainable operating models whilst identifying key critical resources and dependencies
- Built and maintained the first Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Payments Squad for ANZ NZ
- Empowered team members to drive change in a trusted and safe environment
- Developed excellent Stakeholder relationships both internal and external to ANZ
- Managed and maintained a Risk based profile for applications within the Domestic Payments Domain
- Built excellent Operational teams to ensure application stability and robustness
- Have extensive hands on knowledge and comprehension of Incident Management, Service Management, Change Management and Problem Management
- Worked strategically with other Technology Platform Owners to identify and build skill gap analysis matrices
- Identified and remediated Infrastructure and Application Lifecycle Management Risks through clear understanding of Technology stack - ILM/ALM Remediation
Lead Business Analyst
ANZ Bank
03.2016 - 04.2019
- Primary Support for Critical C1 Payment Applications
- Optimized business operations with thorough analysis of current systems, identifying areas for improvement and recommending actionable changes.
- Coordinated with IT teams to design and implement custom applications tailored to specific business needs, resulting in increased efficiency and effectiveness of workflows.
- Exercised critical thinking to resolve high severity incidents under extreme time pressures
- Developed an understanding of SWITCH (Card) Payment Processing within the ANZ Domain
- Mentored and led Intermediate and Senior Business Analysts through the BA Domain
- Developed and implemented an automated process to assist with file transfer processing as part of a Business Verification Test for Production Releases
Education
Bachelor of Commerce - Information Systems
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, NZBachelor of Commerce - Management
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, NZBachelor of Arts - Māori
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, NZSkills
- 10 Years experience in Payments Technology environment
- Demonstrable Leadership Experience
- Extensive knowledge of NZ Domestic Payments Landscape including FileAct, SWIFT Messaging and adjoining Payment Streams
- Forecasting and Budgeting experience for Resource Allocation in major projects
- Extensive Stakeholder Management Experience
- Organisational and Sustainable Operating Model Development
- Critical Analysis and Ability to Consolidate a Multitude of Workstreams and Priorities to determine best result
- Clear understanding of Technological Full Stack environments
- Experience in Legacy Application Environments and Progression towards Cloud Tenancy Solutions
- Excellent communication skills both verbally and in written form at any level of the organisation
- Strong self awareness for areas of strength, advocacy and development
- Immediate ability to build rapport in many differing situations
Accomplishments
- Head of Payments Technology 'Acting' for ANZ NZ
- Multi recipient for ANZ Tech 'Ka mau te wehi' quarterly awards
- Foundation member for Māori and Pasifica in Technology ANZ Group - Hangarau Aotearoa
- Foundation member for 'Kia Puawai' ANZ Kapa haka group
- Finalist for ANZ CEO of the Year award
Languages
Maori
Full Professional
Timeline
Head of Payments Technology (Acting)
ANZ Bank
07.2023 - Current
Platform Lead - Domestic Payments
ANZ Bank
04.2019 - Current
Lead Business Analyst
ANZ Bank
03.2016 - 04.2019
Bachelor of Commerce - Information Systems
Victoria University of Wellington
Bachelor of Commerce - Management
Victoria University of Wellington
Bachelor of Arts - Māori
Victoria University of Wellington
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