Thorsten Otremba

Workstream Lead (WS)

Thorsten Otremba
Düsseldorf, Germany

Experience

May 2025 - Oct 2025
6 months
Cologne, Germany

Workstream Lead (WS)

Bank-Verlag GmbH

  • Implementation of the Girocard with Visa debit card payment function (Combocard) for Commerzbank
  • Support for the Card Processing Team (card processing; clearing & settlement including dispute management teams) in project tasks
  • Creation of requirements for the Clearing & Settlement team, the Authorization team (AZ), and the Card Production team (KP) as part of a requirements catalog
  • Requirements engineering (requirements management) with specialist contacts
  • Participation in workstream meetings between VISA Inc., SRC Security Research & Consulting GmbH, Commerzbank AG, and consulting firms (PwC and Senacor Technologies AG)
  • Sprint planning with Jira tickets of type Task and using Confluence
  • Preparation and presentation of weekly status reports for the Clearing & Settlement, Dispute Management, and Reporting & GUI workstreams
  • Coordination with network and file transfer teams for connection tests of new interfaces, e.g., setting up host keys, using VPN or Sipnet connections
  • Coordination of delivery of test files, e.g., exchange rates (FX rates; TC 56 from VISA rates), VISA debit and credit transactions (Base II format), and EANSS/ISS Base II clearing files to the Debit Clearing System (DCS)
  • Conducting alignment meetings for the use of Visanet Settlement Service (VSS), PSD2 reports, and payment transaction statistics (ZVS)
  • Organizing workshops with FiServ (First Data) on dispute management and claims handling
  • Setting up and maintaining the Open Point List (OPL) in Confluence
  • Technologies/Methods: Jira, Confluence, Girocard, VISA debit card, payment transactions, Kanban board, BIN, routing, CIQ, VPAY, ScalaTest, dispute management
Apr 2025 - Oct 2025
7 months
Hamburg, Germany

Subproject Manager (SPM)

Berenberg Bank, Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG

  • Implementation of Instant Payments – Active ISO 20022 and Verification of Payee (VoP)
  • Test management & test planning within applicable banking regulations
  • Development of test strategy and plan in cooperation with subprojects
  • Advising the bank on choosing a payment transaction testing tool: Gravning Test Suite, unifits Test Engine, Tosca
  • Test coordinator for the introduction of Verification of Payee (VoP) for SEPA Standard and SEPA Instant Payments with RVM BV bank-verlag GmbH (Bank Verlag)/msg
  • Sprint planning with Jira tickets of type Epic and Task as test cases
  • Integration of Azure DevOps and Kubernetes cloud development environments into the testing process
  • Test case capturing and execution
  • Documentation of completed tests
  • Advising on the automation of end-to-end tests
  • Requirements engineering (requirements management) with the business department
  • Preparation and presentation of status reports for the subproject in Monday.com work management
  • Use of SAP Signavio Process Manager, Symphony, and SAP LeanIX for project transformation planning
  • Use of foconis payment GBS GEVA payment hub as a cloud solution
  • Payment formats: pain.001 (ACT), pacs.002 (RPY), pain.002 (RCP), camt.056 (RCL), camt.029 (RJT)
  • Tests of workstreams: GEVA foconis instant payments, pelican.AI Fraud and Sanctions scenarios, CoCoNet Corporate E-Banking on the bank mainframe and the corporate portal based on Electronic Banking Internet Communication Standard (EBICS) payments
  • Coordination of non-functional tests: Microsoft Azure Health Check, penetration tests
  • Technologies/Methods: Jira, Confluence, ISO 20022, payment transactions, XML, GEVA, foconis as payment hub, Kanban board
Aug 2024 - Mar 2025
8 months
Munich, Germany

Subproject Manager (SPM)

Sparda-Bank München eG

  • Co-lead of the Test & Cut-Over Management subproject
  • Core banking migration project from Sopra Financial Technology GmbH (SFT) to agree21 (Atruvia)
  • Rollout of agree21 in group 5 (A17)
  • Organization of cut-over, general rehearsals, and go-live
  • Topics: self-service devices, ATMs, Instant Payments ISO 20022, PSD2, telephone banking, online banking & mobile banking (TEO)
  • Support for test preparation and execution
  • Coaching and training of staff in coordination with the subproject manager on basic processes, customer and account processes, sales processes, credit processes, controlling and finance processes, and IT processes
  • Collaboration with the corporate communication and training & HR subprojects
  • Support, coordination, and coaching of internal staff and external service providers during the preparation phase, during, and after the cut-over
  • Preparation and presentation of status reports for the subproject
  • Participation in the archive migration to Atruvia
  • Participation and coordination of post-migration activities of Sopra Financial Technology GmbH (SFT), e.g., review of data deletion concepts and infrastructure components
  • Work in the liabilities management team and in cleaning business partner data, performing transactions as IKESA in BAP, and data entry
  • Technologies/Methods: BAP, omnichannel platform (OKP), aqua, Jira, Confluence, Lotus Notes, Deskbird, BankingWorkspace, GoTo Meeting, agree21, Rumba, Prisma, BASE, Matrix42 Ticket System, ITSM, iGrafix, IKESA
Apr 2024 - Jul 2024
4 months
Kornwestheim, Germany

Business Analyst

Wüstenrot Bausparkasse GmbH

  • Implementation of a new, standardized home savings system (Bausparen@wüstenrot Stage 2)
  • Business analyst and Scrum Master for the Annual Account Statement sprint team of the core banking subproject, Stage 2, Phase 1
  • Analysis of business processes, requirements, and data
  • Collecting, interpreting, and presenting data, e.g., flow models and process models
  • Identifying solutions for improvement
  • Creation of functional concepts, Jira requirements, Jira tasks, definition of done
  • Creation of test cases in Jira and Jira bugs for OSS notifications to SAP and iBS (Accenture)
  • Preparation of gap analyses between mainframe and SAP
  • Execution of SAP customizing and inclusion in SAP transport requests
  • Coordination with business analysts from SAP CYT, SAP CML, SAP BCA, iBS BASS Bausparen, and SAP business partner (SAP BP)
  • Topics: annual account statement, home savings contracts, loans, tax certificates, housing subsidy (WoP), capital-forming benefits (VL), SAP business partner, marital groups, correspondence addresses
  • Technologies/Methods: iBS BASS Bausparen, Jira, Confluence, SAP customizing, SAP BP, agile project management, refactoring, requirements engineering
Sep 2023 - Mar 2024
7 months
Munich, Germany

Senior SAP S/4 HANA Tester

Best Secret GmbH

  • Data migration from Microsoft Navision ERP to S/4 HANA for Fashion & Vertical Business as part of the SAP S/4 HANA implementation program
  • Functional tester & deputy test manager
  • Consulting in the S/4 HANA project (Application Framework: UI5, Version 1.84.7, SAP Logon: 770, MDG Foundation, MDG Applications)
  • Digitization of Product Lifecycle Management (SAP PLM)
  • Derivation of test scenarios from process descriptions for SAP Procure-to-Pay (P2P), SAP Order-to-Cash (OTC), SAP Master Data Management (MDM), and SAP Finance and Controlling (FICO)
  • Creation, structuring, and maintenance of test cases in JIRA Xray for positive, negative, and variant test cases
  • Test execution and documentation based on prioritization
  • Guidance of business testers / key users during acceptance tests
  • Participation in SAP trainings for employees and conducting Jira workshops
  • Testing of Kafka topics as producer and consumer
  • Processing of iDocs (TA BD87)
  • Specializations: Stock Transfer Order, Procure-to-Pay, Pricing Master, FI/CO, Asset Accounting, Electronic Bank Statements, Non-Trade Purchase Orders, EDI
  • Technologies/Methods: SAP S/4 HANA, SAP FIORI, SAP PTP, SAP MDM, SAP OTC, SAP FICO, agile/waterfall project management, Jira, Xray, Confluence, SharePoint, Microsoft 365, Kafka
Jul 2023 - Oct 2023
4 months
Frankfurt, Germany

Business Analyst

Wertpapier-Mitteilungen (WM) Gruppe

  • IT infrastructure project EDDy_neu (Enhanced Data Delivery)
  • Migration from host to in-house ETL developments
  • Subject matter expert for JIRA tickets: epics, user stories, requirements, defects, features
  • Point of contact for internal and external stakeholders
  • Analysis and specification of requirements
  • Liaison between business and IT departments
  • Planning, preparation, execution and documentation of functional tests (Jira Xray)
  • Role manager for operations in Business One Identity Manager
  • Creation and expansion of the roles and permissions concept for the group-wide dashboard EDDy Client
  • Documentation of business topics: equities, warrants, bonds, certificates, funds, trading venues, trading segments, WKN service, exchange codes, EKN service, Kompany notifications, bulk events
  • Processing of MiFID II / MiFIR and PRIIPS files (csv, XML)
  • Technologies/methods: in-house ETL development, Business One Identity Manager, agile project management, Scrum, Microsoft Teams, Confluence, Jira, Xray, Apache Kafka, draw.io
Feb 2023 - Jun 2023
5 months
Frankfurt, Germany

Test Analyst

DekaBank – Deutsche Girozentrale

  • Loans with ancillary agreements in portfolio models (loan products from SAP CML)
  • Business consulting for implementing changes based on regulatory requirements for loans with ancillary agreements
  • Adaptation of business documentation
  • Creation and execution of test cases
  • Testing adjustments to calculation rules and changes to transaction types
  • Focus areas: analysis of cash flows in a custom MS Access database for creating categories and source systems (SAP CML, S-Broker, and manual entries)
  • Technologies/methods: SAP CML, SAP BP, MS Office products, MS Access DB, in-house risk products, credit portfolio model
Jan 2022 - Apr 2023
1 year 4 months
Düsseldorf, Germany

Test Analyst and Business Analyst

Avaloq Sourcing (Europe) AG

  • Upgrade of web and mobile banking applications for apoBank
  • Quality engineer for the web banking application on the Avaloq Frontend Platform (AFP) and mobile banking application
  • Business analysis of product openings, cooperative shares, card business and tax information
  • Creation and adaptation of the test strategy for web banking using the GIM methodology
  • Defect management and creation of test cases in JIRA Zephyr
  • Preparation of status reports, SIT exit report and project test plan
  • Representation of the product owner and the Scrum Master
  • Focus areas: payments, limits, taxes, MiFID, reporting, collaboration, authorizations, messaging and banking products, savings, daily money, bank and credit cards, trading, funds, equities, securities
  • Technologies/methods: ACP, AFP customizing, Jira, Zephyr, Figma, SmartClient, agile development, test management methodology (GIM)
Nov 2021 - Dec 2021
2 months
Düsseldorf, Germany

Business Analyst

Deutsche Bundesbank

  • Upgrade to SAP Enhancement Package 8 (EHP8) for SAP ERP 6.0 powered by SAP NetWeaver
  • Activation and analysis of business functions using the Switch Framework Technology (SFW)
  • Technical and business consulting for the in-house BCA process
  • Review of customizing settings, end-of-day processing and job streams (SAP IMG)
  • Creation and maintenance of report variants and use of TVARV
  • Examination of parallel processing of reports in the EoD (balance sheet preparation, account statement generation)
  • Review of business configuration sets (BC-Sets) and assessment of SAP notes
  • Execution of impact analysis on SAP roles and authorizations
  • Technologies/methods: SAP BCA, SAP IMG, ABAP coding, MS Office
Aug 2021 - Nov 2021
4 months
Ludwigsburg, Germany

Test Analyst

Wüstenrot Bausparkasse AG

  • Implementation of a new, standardized home savings system (Bausparen@wüstenrot Level 1 Phase 3)
  • Test manager for Sprint Team 1 BCA of the test subproject; resource planning for 13 team members
  • Preparation of status reports for subproject leadership and test management
  • Scheduling of test cases, creation of JIRA runs and coordination of regression tests
  • Conducting employee meetings across all test objects
  • Main point of contact for JIRA error tickets from SAP BCA
  • Technologies/methods: SAP BCA, risk-based approach
Nov 2019 - Jul 2021
1 year 9 months
Ludwigsburg, Germany

Test Analyst

Wüstenrot Bausparkasse AG

  • Introduction of a new, standardized home savings system (Bausparen@wüstenrot Stage 1 Phase 2)
  • Test coordinator for the test subproject, Team BCA-Test; Lead SAP BCA tester; SAP BCA expert
  • Creating test case matrices based on requirements and specifications
  • Reviewing functional requirements and checking testability
  • Executing test cases and documenting test results and defects
  • Supporting test case automation (JIRA and Adaptavist)
  • Conducting stand-ups for Team BCA-Test (approx. 21 participants) and participating in scrums/sprints
  • Organizing meetings and workshops (introduction to Adaptavist)
  • Shadower and re-shadower for topics: BCA archiving, account statements, SAP BP roles, person-contract relations
  • Carrying out approval processes for test case matrices and test cases
  • Testing data archiving from SAP ECC 6.0 to Informatica ILM Archive including purge
  • Technologies/methods: SAP BCA, SAP BP, CDH, EAK, TOM, KAP, Informatica ILM Archive, Jira, Adaptavist, shadower methodology
May 2019 - Nov 2019
7 months
Hamburg, Germany

Consultant

DZ HYP

  • Organizing and conducting AG training sessions (SAP CML, SAP BP, SAP ERP) as part of the bank21 to SAP ERP migration project
  • Independently delivering trainings in person and via video conference
  • Creating training materials and following the process model
  • Specializing in retail new business and existing customer support
  • Preparing exercises and test data (loan application to credit approval, posting, dunning process)
  • Planning and organizing training data in the internal SAP training system
  • Technologies/methods: SAP CML, SAP BP, SAP CIC0, bank21, DOXIS, LORA, MS Office
Dec 2018 - Apr 2019
5 months
Düsseldorf, Germany

Test Analyst

DZ Bank

  • Instant Payments ISO 20022 – Level 2 – Debtor Agent
  • Test management and test team for the ZV processing module
  • Test case creation and execution between XML Center and TPH
  • Executing ISO 20022 test cases in the test engine (pain.001, pacs.028, pain.002)
  • Focus areas: data migration (TPH version change), instant payment – Loro accounts, regression tests, embargo, recalls, bank merger (BIC merge)
  • Technologies/methods: SAP BC, XML Center, Travic Payment Hub (TPH), risk-based approach, ISO 20022
Apr 2018 - Nov 2018
8 months
Düsseldorf, Germany

Test Analyst

DZ Bank

  • Instant Payments ISO 20022 – Level 1 – Creditor Agent
  • Implementing TRAVIC Payment Hub (TPH)
  • Test management and test team for the ZV processing module
  • Developing and aligning the test strategy
  • Creating and executing instant payment tests in SILK
  • Executing ISO 20022 test cases (pacs.008, pacs.002, camt.056, pacs.004, camt.029)
  • Focus areas: TPH GUI, liquidity management, bank account disposition, SAP BCA account master data deliveries, defect management in JIRA
  • Technologies/methods: SAP BCA, Jira, Travic Payment Hub (TPH), ISO 20022
Nov 2017 - Mar 2018
5 months
Düsseldorf, Germany

Test Analyst

DZ Bank

  • agree21 integration of Geno Pago AZV – levels 1 and 2
  • Creating and executing payment transaction tests
  • Generating and importing CBPR+ foreign payment orders (DTAZV, MT101, MT103, MT400)
  • Focus areas: GUI, conditions and standing orders
  • Technologies/methods: agree21, HP ALM, SWIFT, CBPR+
Jan 2017 - Oct 2017
10 months
Frankfurt, Germany

Test Analyst

DZ Bank

  • Integration of WGZ Bank
  • Supporting the business unit in test execution across all test levels in the SAP BCA environment
  • Aligning concepts with business units, IT, and project management
  • Support during go-live and stabilization/post-live phase
  • Coordination and facilitation of workshops
  • Technologies/Methods: SAP BCA, SAP BP, HP ALM
Jun 2015 - Dec 2016
1 year 7 months

Governance, Risk & Compliance Tools (GRC) Consultant / Compliance Officer / Team Governance Coordinator

Deutsche Bank AG

  • Project Document Management & Archiving: Preparation of documents for internal and external bank audits; conducting compliance assessments (ServiceNow)
  • Coordination of supporting documentation for regulatory requirements and audit closure
  • Project GIRM: Reviewing applications for electronic communication and governance policies (data retention, archiving rules)
  • Performing and documenting assessments; presenting findings to the management committee
  • Collaborating with Vendor Risk Management (VRM) and handling escalations
  • SAP archiving expert: monitoring test systems and license evaluations of IBM Content Management Systems
  • Technologies/Methods: SAP DM, SAP BA, SAP BW, ServiceNow, Information Security
Dec 2012 - May 2015
2 years 6 months

Sub-Project Lead / Business Analyst / Test Analyst

Deutsche Bank AG

  • Project church tax (KiSt) automation: SIT tests with the Federal Central Tax Office (BZSt) using the AIMA interface; test case creation and SAP Business Partner expert support
  • Project RunTheBank (RTB) – SAP archiving: expert support for archiving processes in production; management of UC4 job chains
  • Project SAP BA/BW Phase II Archiving: Sub-project lead for SIT Test Management; data archiving from SAP BA RDL to the MARS system
  • Project SAP DM Archiving: data archiving from SAP DM Giro to MARS; led a team of three members
  • Project SAP Business Partner: implementation of corporate template; conversion of BP from slave to master; test planning and execution of SIT tests for ETL data reconciliation
  • Project SAP Bank Analyzer Archiving: data archiving from the source data layer to MARS; creation of test cases and test concepts
  • Technologies/Methods: SAP BA, SAP BW, SAP DM, SAP BP, UC4, MARS, ETL, Agile development, Scrum
Jan 2011 - Dec 2011
1 year

Test Coordinator

DZ Bank

  • Introduction of SEPA payment transactions as test coordinator
Jan 1999 - Dec 2008
10 years

Developer and Solution Architect

WestLB

  • Current account data migration from the Wholesale Banking System (TVS) to SAP
  • Branch rollout participation: Tokyo, Istanbul, Madrid, Dublin, Paris, Milan
  • 3rd level support for SAP BCA
  • Customizing new bank areas in the SAP IMG
  • Performing data migration and reconciliation with SAP FI
  • Setting up new Control-M job chains and integrating them into the global job schedule
  • Conducting SAP Business Partner data migrations (roles, relationships)
  • ABAP programming: exits, BDT enhancements, list reports, and branch-specific reports (IBAN generator, SAP HR integration)
  • Technologies/Methods: SAP BCA, SAP IMG, SAP BP, SAP FI, ABAP, Control-M

Summary

From the world of mainframes with PL/1 programming to global SAP Banking module implementation, development and consulting. Over the past years, I have focused on contributing to the execution of implementation projects.

Skills

Consulting Focus

  • Requirements Analysis
  • Business Analysis
  • Requirements Engineering
  • Test Management
  • Payment Transactions
  • Support Of Core Banking Systems

Industry Experience

  • Financial Institutions
  • Retail

Methods

  • Independent Working
  • Proactive Thinking And Acting
  • Interdisciplinary Collaboration
  • Confident Appearance
  • Organizational Talent
  • Structured Work Approach
  • Problem-solving Skills
  • Analytical Thinking

Technologies

  • Programming Languages: Abap, Jcl, Rexx, Pl/1, Sql
  • Standard Software: Windows Office Products, Vista To 10, Version 1909, Microsoft 365, Lotus Notes, Release 8.5.3, Fp6, November 22, 2013, Basic Config., Jira V7.5.1, Ms Outlook 2013, Hp Application Lifecycle Management (Alm) Edition V12.55.113, Computer Associates (Ca) Ppm, Clarity Or Niku, Quest One Identity Manager (Q1im), Atlassian Jira Project Management Software V6.4.133, Silk Central, V1700.0.0.7, Build 6777 From 2016-05-11, Uc4 Automic Enterprise Control Center (Ecc) V2.1.4, Servicenow, Agiliance Compliance Manager, Release 7.5, Agiliance Riskvision – Vendor Risk Management (General Computer Controls (Gcc)), Atlassian Confluence, V7.7.4, Hrworks.de, Login Server V0.10.116, Unifits Xml Center V3.1.5, Travic Payment Hub (Tph) R2.2, Sap Erp 6.0 (Ehp8), Sap Netweaver 7.5, Sap Appl Rel. 618, Lora V3.0 (By On-geo Gmbh), Doxis (By Ser), Cic0 (Sap), Skype For Business 2015, Microsoft Lync 2013 (15.0.5233.1000) Mso (15.0.5327.1000), Test Automation Framework (Taf) With Smartbear, Atlassian Team Calendars 6.1.1, Informatica Version 6.5 Hf1 And Ilm Engine 6.4.4 (26.07.2018), Vmware Horizon Client V5.2.0, Build-14569086, Zephyr, Figma, Avaloq, Avaloq Core Platform (Acp), Avaloq Frontend Platform (Afp), Citrix Workspace App, Airlock V7.4, Microfocus Is Now Opentext Alm V17.01, Nexthink V23.3.1-b2d817f5 (Saas), Greenshot V1.2.10, Collmex (Cloud-based Accounting), Smartsheet

Specialization

  • Sap Banking (Deposits Management (Dm), Bank Current Account (Bca))
  • Core Banking
  • Sap Erp
  • Sap Erp Central Component (Ecc)
  • Csc Module
  • Abap Workbench
  • Test Management
  • Banking Governance
  • Data Retention And Archiving
  • Church Tax (Kist)
  • Payment Transactions
  • Customer Consulting
  • Current Accounts
  • Banking
  • Interest Processing
  • Business Accounts
  • Banking Environment
  • Account Assignment Features
  • Bank Interfaces And Reporting
  • Sap Data Migrations
  • Card Payments

Languages

German
Advanced
English
Advanced

Certifications & licenses

telc Language Tests, German B1

Institute für internationale Kommunikation Deutschland (IIK) e.V.

g.a.s.t. onSET Certificate C1

Münchener Volkshochschule GmbH

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