Entry

Score

Action

Category / Wining Level

Final Score

Validated Score

Judging Score

Published

Information Technology - Technical Professional of the Year
(Platinum Winner)

PO#

#TBA05203

Payment Status

Paid

PO Created Date

2025-09-18 16:46:54

Paid Date

2025-09-18 16:48:27

Competition

2025

Season

Entry ID

TBE105804

Entry Submission Date

2025-09-18 16:02:21

Member's Name

Shakeel Anwar Mohammed

Member's Email

shakeel@promantusinc.com

Entry Level

Information Technology

Results Publish

Published

Private Entry

Yes

Hide Entry

Yes

Review

Entry Status

Category

View Entry Info

IF25002 - Technical Professional of the Year

Title

Company

Entrepreneur/ Executive’s Name

Submission Type

Country

Client

Linkedin Profile Link

Project Description

Project Description for Judges

Question 1 : Provide a brief description / background of your nominated organizational, departmental, team, or individual circumstance. (Your response to this question will be used for public display if your entry is awarded.)

About Shakeel Anwar Mohammed

CA Shakeel Anwar Mohamed, a Chartered Accountant and SAP Practice Head at Promantus Inc., is a financial technology expert with over 23 years of experience. He has significantly transformed global financial systems and treasury automation, notably through the groundbreaking SAP-Kyriba integration, enhancing compliance and generating substantial revenue for multinational corporations.

About Promantus Inc

Promantus Inc., founded in 2011, is a global IT services and consulting firm headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, with offices in India and Germany. Specializing in digital
transformation, the company offers expertise in ERP, cloud computing, AI, CRM, and cybersecurity. As a premium SAP partner, Promantus delivers end-to-end solutions including
SAP ECC to S/4HANA migrations, SAP Financial Products Subledger implementations, and support services.

As of 2025, Promantus employs around 211 professionals across three continents, with estimated annual revenue between $10 million and $50 million. The company has shown
steady growth, including a 5% increase in headcount over the past year. Its strategic focus on emerging technologies and a world-class workforce makes it a trusted partner in
driving business efficiency and innovation.

Promantus diverse client base includes industry leaders like AT&T, Capital One, PwC, CIBC, Equitable Life Insurance, and the U.S. Green Building Council. It serves sectors such
as banking, insurance, finance, healthcare, real estate, and government. With capabilities across platforms like SAP, Workday, Salesforce, AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, and
IBM, Promantus tailors’ solutions to meet clients’ evolving needs.

Overall, Promantus Inc. has established itself as a trusted partner in the IT services and consulting industry.

Question 2 : Outline your nominated organizational, departmental, team, or individual achievements, dated 1-3 years prior, based on your selected categories.

From 2023 to mid-2024, CA Shakeel Anwar Mohammed led a groundbreaking SAP S/4HANA Kyriba Treasury Management System integration at Promantus Inc., achieving a 100% payment transaction success rate. His innovation standardized payment flows removed bottle necks by sending payment details in a single, standardized flow from SAP to Kyriba.

Kyriba’s 40,000+ bank connectivity templates automatically convert each transaction into the correct format for the receiving bank, eliminating the need for repeated file maintenance.

Core Metrics
• 0% rejection rate since 2024, validated by real deployments
• 300M+ potential SAP users can adopt the certified connector
• Up to 70% reduction in IT overhead for payment configuration
• ~$100K license, $150K implementation, $80K/year maintenance per user

Technical Expertise and Key Contributions
1. API Development & ABAP Enhancements 
Built secure HTTP-based API and enhanced SAP’s Payment Program for real-time data flow
2. Data Transformation & Mapping
Streamlined IDoc/XML parsing into Kyriba structure with full field integrity
3. Monitoring & Reporting
Developed SAP reports for real-time global transaction visibility
4. Certification & Security
Led SAP ICC certification for enterprise-grade quality and trust
5. Global Training
Trained 100+ Kyriba staff in SAP payment integration and troubleshooting
6. Ecosystem Enablement
Unified cross-functional teams around modernized, scalable payment operations

This innovation has saved enterprises millions by reducing downtime, accelerating onboarding, and ensuring compliance. Shakeel’s strategic leadership and technical blueprint have empowered Kyriba to scale seamlessly across the 300M+ SAP ecosystem, positioning him as a frontrunner for Technical Innovation of the Year.

Question 3 : Provide examples of the strategies / plans you have introduced, in order to attain your nominated organizational, departmental, team, or individual achievements. Explain why the highlighted achievements are significant / unique.

CA Shakeel Anwar Mohammed’s innovation stands out for addressing a long-standing challenge in enterprise financial operations: fragmented payment workflows due to inconsistent bank file formats. Traditionally, SAP users had to invest heavily in maintaining multiple file configurations, which were prone to failure when banks updated their specifications. This introduced significant risk, delayed payments, and drove up IT overhead.

What makes Shakeel’s contribution truly unique is the creation of a unified, API-driven connector between SAP S/4HANA and Kyriba’s Treasury Management System—eliminating these dependencies entirely. By leveraging Kyriba’s 40,000+ prebuilt bank format templates and building a secure, real-time communication channel, he enabled plug-and-play integration for over 300 million potential SAP users globally.

In comparison, industry peers typically rely on semi-manual or middleware-intensive approaches that still require format-specific adjustments. Shakeel’s solution reduces payment configuration effort by 70%, achieves 0% rejection rates, and drastically lowers operational costs, setting a new benchmark in the financial technology landscape.

Further distinguishing his work is the breadth of his impact—he not only delivered the technical solution but also secured SAP certification, led global training, and aligned stakeholders across Promantus, SAP, and Kyriba. Few professionals in the industry demonstrate such end-to-end ownership, from code development to enterprise enablement.

This innovation has saved enterprises millions by reducing downtime, accelerating bank onboarding, and ensuring global compliance—all while future-proofing operations against ongoing regulatory and technical changes. Shakeel’s work is a rare blend of technical excellence and strategic foresight, making it a standout innovation in enterprise financial systems.

Optional Context for Judges (Not for publication. This section is solely for judges' evaluation.)

1. The innovation has undergone SAP Certification, and the SAP Certificates can be found on SAP's Certified Solutions Directory. There are 2 certificates. One is for certificate no. 21781 which is for integrating SAP ECC systems to Kyriba and the other one is for certificate no. 21782 and this for integrating SAP S4 Hana systems to Kyriba.

Each has its own link and after opening the link, click on “Display Certificate” to view the certificate

Hard copy of both the certificates has been provided in PDF format in a single file in the attachment

Official Test report from SAP ICC team is attached as PDF for both the certifications - ECC and S4 Hana

2. Post successfully completion of certification SAP team congratulated and appreciated Shakeel’s innovation,

PDF copy attached for reference.

3. The Innovation has been published in 2 media articles:
- Transforming Financial Operations SAP and Kyriba Integration: The Visionary Contributions of CA Shakeel Anwar Mohammed - Tech Times
- Empowering Financial Institutions: Shakeel Anwar Mohammed's Innovations in Banking and Insurance Technology - International Business Times

both the links are provided for reference.

4. Consulting contractual agreement between Promantus Inc and Kyriba demonstrating Shakeel’s engagement as Solution Architect is attached for reference and its clearly marked for easy reference and judgement

Thumbnail

Cancel
Last email notification sent on 2025-09-22 09:51:49

Link List

Link	Password Protected	Display (Winner Info)
https://www.sap.com/dmc/exp/sap-certified-solutions/#/solutions?search=kyriba&id=s:b16f5feb-999f-4b2b-bb15-a6bb5a4446f1	No	Display
https://www.sap.com/dmc/exp/sap-certified-solutions/#/solutions?search=kyriba&id=s:5b2434d7-0a44-4877-b9ec-e7a1c98e0de7	No	Display
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/308862/20241223/transforming-financial-operations-groundbreaking-sap-kyriba-integration-visionary-contributions.htm	No	Hide
https://www.ibtimes.sg/empowering-financial-institutions-shakeel-anwar-mohammeds-innovations-banking-insurance-77031#google_vignette	No	Display

Credit List

Actions	Name	Title Organization
	Shakeel Anwar Mohammed	Software Engineer (SAP Practice Head)

File List

File Link	File Size	File Link (System Resize)	File Size (System Resize)	Display(Winner Page)
upload/entry/files/TBE105804/11231758213486.pdf	1.01MB	upload/entry/files/TBE105804/11231758213486.pdf	1.01MB	Hide
upload/entry/files/TBE105804/18201758213500.pdf	554.02KB	upload/entry/files/TBE105804/18201758213500.pdf	554.02KB	Hide
upload/entry/files/TBE105804/20951758213512.pdf	158.19KB	upload/entry/files/TBE105804/20951758213512.pdf	158.19KB	Hide
upload/entry/files/TBE105804/17861758213521.pdf	498.29KB	upload/entry/files/TBE105804/17861758213521.pdf	498.29KB	Hide
upload/entry/files/TBE105804/12861758213535.pdf	528.22KB	upload/entry/files/TBE105804/12861758213535.pdf	528.22KB	Hide
upload/entry/files/TBE105804/42291758541718.jpeg	406.87KB	upload/entry/files/TBE105804/small/42291758541718.jpeg	180.21KB	Display

Activity Logs

Action	Details	Performed By	IP Address	Date

Edit Entry

Score

Link List

Credit List

File List

Activity Logs