ERG Within Finastra:
Women@Finastra Inclusion Network
At Women@Finastra, we&rsquo;re supporting Finastra&rsquo;s mission to become the most loved and inclusive company in fintech, by enabling and empowering women to achieve their professional and personal aspirations through the following actions:
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<li>Creating a safe environment.</li>
<li>Embodying diversity and inclusion.</li>
<li>Providing equal opportunity.</li>
<li>Building a network.</li>
<li>Encouraging unbiased decision making</li>
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At Finastra, we&rsquo;re committed to:
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Achieving 50/50 gender parity by 2030. Our leadership team has achieved 38% female representation and?our innovation?team surpasses this with 52%. The programs we have in place will accelerate this across the business.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Promoting woman?in fintech and STEM.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Enabling financial inclusion?everywhere, by promoting access to affordable?financial services, financial literacy, youth hackathons, Girls Who Code, helping bank?the unbanked and funding small &amp; minority businesses.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Challenging algorithmic bias in financial services.</li>
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Join Finastra on March 6th for an insightful LinkedIn Live focusing on "Balancing Act: Inspiring Inclusion and Excellence in Fintech"&nbsp;
This engaging discussion aims to shed light on the distinctive hurdles women encounter while striving to maintain equilibrium in the fast-paced tech sector.&nbsp;
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The panel:
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<li aria-level="1">Anagha Dongre - Senior Director</li>
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Head of GPPe Engineering, R&amp;amp;D Payment Finastra
Anagha leads a global team of engineers delivering innovative solutions for leading banks. With 20 years of experience, including 17 in finance, she excels in engineering, agile transformation, and team management across multicultural settings. Anagha is passionate about team building, collaboration, and music-inspired creativity.
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<li aria-level="1">Cristina Talaba</li>
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COO, Treasury and Capital Markets; Country Head @ Finastra Romania
Over 15 years at Finastra, Cristina Talaba advanced from junior roles to COO of Treasury &amp; Capital Markets. She now focuses on enhancing customer experiences, addressing pandemic-induced client disconnection by driving initiatives for loyalty and improvement.
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<li aria-level="1">Elona Ruka - Wright</li>
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EVP, Global Chief Risk &amp; Compliance Officer
Elona oversees diverse risk management areas at Finastra, emphasizing top-notch strategies in information security, regulatory compliance, and enterprise risk. With over 20 years of experience in financial institutions, she drives transformative efforts in risk management, governance, and compliance programs.
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<li aria-level="1">Kimberly Thompson</li>
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VP, Human Resources, Global
Kimberly Thompson, a seasoned HR executive, brings over 20 years of diverse industry experience and academic credentials in Organizational Leadership and Behavioral Sciences. As HR Leader at Finastra, she drives talent, strategy, and culture, aligning people strategies with sustainable growth. Passionate about diversity and community advocacy, she balances professional excellence with personal pursuits.
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Discover practical solutions such as flexible working hours, remote work opportunities, and supportive workplace policies tailored to help women thrive both personally and professionally.&nbsp;
Don't miss this opportunity to gain valuable insights and connect with like-minded individuals.&nbsp;
Register now to secure your spot and take a step towards achieving a harmonious work-life balance in the dynamic world of technology.
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About FINASTRA 
At Finastra our purpose is to unlock the power of finance for everyone &amp; redefine finance for good. We provide critical, leading solutions to the global financial services market. We&rsquo;re the orchestrator of open finance; building and delivering innovative, next-generation technology on our open Fusion software architecture and cloud ecosystem. We&rsquo;re one of the world&rsquo;s largest FinTechs, working with over 9,000 customers including 90 of the top 100 banks globally.
We are more than just a workplace; we are a responsible business that believes in doing well by doing good. Now is the time to embrace new challenges, seize your opportunity and make your mark. Our people are our greatest asset.
 Note: Shortlisted candidates will be notified via email.

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The Global Flexible Vacation Policy defines Finastra&rsquo;s commitment to life-work balance. At&nbsp;Finastra, we promote OPENworking, and we believe that everyone is more efficient without artificial limits on vacations/holiday entitlement and encourage you to take vacation as and when you need to&mdash;there will be no cap on holidays.

At Finastra we are committed to providing a safe and respectful work environment for all, we will not tolerate inappropriate behavior, including harassment, bullying, or abuse of authority. No one has to endure any type of harassment at Finastra, for any reason, at any time. Likewise, no one is permitted to harass anyone else at Finastra. Finastra does not tolerate any harassing behavior and treats all complaints of harassment seriously whether they are made informally or formally. We will instigate disciplinary or legal action against people who harass, bully, or abuse their authority. We will treat each other respectfully and challenge any unfair behavior. By respect, we mean due consideration for the feelings, wishes, and rights of others. We are all responsible for ensuring harassment doesn&rsquo;t happen at Finastra and Finastra will investigate all complaints to ensure they are resolved quickly and fairly.

Maternity Time off allows us to comply with both the letter and spirit of the law on maternity rights and to make the maternity leave process transparent and supportive for the employees. 
A female employee of Finastra India is entitled to be paid maternity leave before and after childbirth, for a total of not more than twenty-six (26) weeks (Inclusive of public holidays and weekly offs), with up to eight (8) weeks of maternity benefit to be given preceding the date of her delivery. 
In compliance with the Maternity Benefit Act 1961, female employees adopting a child below the age of three months and commissioning mothers having children through surrogacy are entitled to paid maternity leave for a period of twelve (12) weeks from the date the child is handed over to them. If the age of the adopted child is more than 3 months, the adoptive mother will not be entitled to the maternity benefit under the existing rules.
A female employee who undergoes a tubectomy operation, on submission of prescribed proof, will be entitled to two (2) weeks paid leave, immediately following the day of the tubectomy operation. In addition, every female employee who undergoes a medical termination of pregnancy or miscarriage, on submission of prescribed proof, will be entitled to six (6) weeks of paid leave immediately after the day of medical termination of pregnancy or miscarriage.
In the event of any illness arising out of pregnancy, delivery, premature birth, miscarriage, medical termination of pregnancy, or a tubectomy operation, the employee will be eligible to take an additional paid leave of up to four (4) weeks. 
Finastra reserves the right to seek a medical certificate from a doctor confirming the need for such leave due to pregnancy-related problems.

The SAFELeave &amp; Domestic Abuse Policy recognizes the unfortunate reality of domestic violence. At Finastra we are committed to tackling the issue of by providing the necessary resources and work adjustments to Personnel who need help.

Safe Leave and Domestic Abuse

The Adoption Policy defines the support provided to you by Finastra if you are expanding your family through adoption. It confirms the reimbursement of costs associated with adopting a child that Finastra will meet and that local parental leave rules equally apply to adoption. Finastra recognizes the valuable contribution that its employees can make in providing a safe and loving home for children around the world via adoption and this policy provides the family with the support that they will need.

Adoption Policy

The Finastra group of companies (&ldquo;Finastra&rdquo;) places the principles of Environmental, Social &amp; Governance (ESG) and our business mantra of &lsquo;doing well by doing good&rsquo; at the heart of its OPEN and inclusive culture. Our corporate purpose is to unlock the potential of people, businesses, and communities through open, inclusive, and sustainable finance. By focusing on our technology, talent, and network we have created a platform for positive social and environmental change through philanthropy, education, job creation, economic growth, and innovation. This strategic approach and vision for corporate responsibility was formed at the inception of Finastra. The purpose of this policy is to inform our stakeholders how Finastra will leverage its ecosystem to improve the world around us. The policy also describes various employee responsibilities and requirements, as well as the governance structure applied to the ESG agenda at Finastra.

Environment Social and Governance Policy

This policy outlines the processes involved in paternity leave. Paternity Leave provides for a short period of paid leave immediately following the birth or adoption, or within a relatively short time thereafter.
An employee is eligible for a maximum of 10 working days in the service career towards Paternity Leave. It can be utilized at a maximum of 5 working days per Child or adoption of a child, for the first two children.
Paternity leave will need to be consumed at one stretch and not in parts. No Carry forward / Accumulation / Encashment is possible with Paternity leave. The Request for Paternity Leave Approval will need to be supported by a copy of the Birth Certificate or Adoption Certificate issued by the competent governmental body.
Any inappropriate claim or usage of Paternity Leave will result in disciplinary action.

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Reporting to the VP, Head of GPP Engineering, the Director, Research & Development will lead a global, cross functional engineering organization responsible for the technical strategy, AI adoption, product innovation, and delivery of the Global Pay Plus (GPP) platform.This role is accountable for modernizing engineering practices using AI augmented development, driving intelligent automation, enabling AI driven decisioning, and embedding AI capabilities into both the engineering organization and the product itself.You will lead architecture, design, data engineering, performance engineering, and software delivery while building high performing distributed teams across multiple geographies.AI Leadership & Engineering Transformation• Champion the adoption of AI augmented engineering practices (e.g., code copilots, automated unit test generation, intelligent refactoring, AI driven defect prediction).• Establish the AI first engineering vision, ensuring productivity and quality improvements using AI tools and frameworks.• Drive AI enabled automation across SDLC — including coding, testing, release management, documentation, and operations.• Partner with architecture and product teams to identify areas where AI can enhance the GPP product, such as:o predictive analyticso anomaly detectiono intelligent routingo fraud insightso operational intelligence• Establish best practices for MLOps, data governance, and responsible AI usage.Leadership & Strategy• Provide technical and organizational strategy for all R&D areas supporting GPP.• Build, mentor, and scale global engineering teams with a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.• Define engineering roadmaps aligned with modernization, cloud, and AI initiatives.• Ensure disciplined execution, metrics-driven delivery, and strong cross-functional alignment.Technology & Architecture• Lead data architecture initiatives—data modeling, Oracle/Postgres optimizations, performance engineering, and cost-efficient design.• Guide modernization from legacy systems to cloud-native, modular, AI ready architectures.• Drive adoption of DevOps, CI/CD, test automation, and early-stage testability.• Oversee analytics and BI strategy using Power BI, SSRS, MicroStrategy, and cloud-native analytics stacks.Execution & Delivery• Deliver high-quality, secure, scalable releases on time and within budget.• Drive measurable improvements in defect leakage, release stability, cycle time, and stakeholder satisfaction.• Oversee global hiring, talent development, and team performance.• Partner closely with Product, Architecture, Program Management, Operations, and Customer Support.Required Qualifications & ExperienceEducation & Technical Background• BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or similar technical field.• Deep technical understanding with the ability to dive into complex architecture and engineering challenges.AI Specific Experience (Critical)• Proven experience driving AI transformation within engineering organizations.• Hands-on understanding of:o LLM-based development toolso generative AI patternso AI driven analyticso MLOps and model lifecycle managemento AI-assisted test automation• Ability to integrate AI into the product roadmap and engineering workflows.• Experience evaluating and adopting emerging AI frameworks and platforms.Leadership Experience• 10+ years of engineering leadership in technology or product companies.• Experience managing large global teams (100+ people) across multiple time zones.• Strong talent development and organizational scaling capabilities.Engineering & Delivery Expertise• 5+ years of senior-level software development or architecture leadership.• Extensive experience building enterprise software with high performance, reliability, and scalability requirements.• Strong background in database systems, data engineering, performance engineering, and distributed systems.• Experience delivering SaaS, cloud-native, and containerized applications.• Deep knowledge of Agile, DevOps, and metrics-driven engineering disciplines.Domain & Collaboration• Payments or financial services domain experience is highly desirable.• Strong communication, executive presence, and stakeholder management.• Experience partnering with:o Architectso Developers & QAo Infrastructure & Operationso Program/Project Managerso Business Analysis teamso Offshore engineering & testing teamso Customer support

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