Senior Consultant / Manager

Reeracoen (Malaysia); Malaysia; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 290,000; Full time

Job summary

ABeam Consulting Malaysia is seeking a Senior Consultant or Manager to grow our Financial Services consulting practice and deliver client engagements across Malaysia and ASEAN. You will act as a business-focused consultant, helping financial institutions address complex challenges, craft transformation strategies, and implement practical solutions.

Role covers business transformation, AI-enabled initiatives, system implementation, and pre-sales.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and structure complex business, operational, data, and technology challenges.
• Define business requirements and develop As-Is and To-Be processes, Target Operating Models, business cases, and transformation roadmaps.
• Facilitate client interviews and workshops and provide practical, executive-ready recommendations.
• Support transformation initiatives from strategy and planning through implementation and organizational adoption.
• Identify and assess AI, generative AI, analytics, and automation opportunities for financial services clients.

Job description

About the Role

ABeam Consulting Malaysia is seeking a Senior Consultant or Manager to contribute to the growth of our Financial Services consulting business and the delivery of client engagements in Malaysia and across ASEAN.

You will work as a business-focused consultant, helping financial institutions structure complex business challenges, develop transformation strategies, and implement practical solutions.

The role covers business and operational transformation, AI-enabled transformation, Financial Services system implementation, project delivery, and pre-sales. Depending on your experience and project needs, you may also support data governance and regulatory data initiatives.

Manager-level candidates will additionally be expected to lead projects as a Project Manager or Engagement Manager and drive sales and business development activities.

Key Responsibilities

1. Business Consulting and Transformation

• Analyze and structure complex business, operational, data, and technology challenges.
• Define business requirements and develop As-Is and To-Be processes, Target Operating Models, business cases, and transformation roadmaps.
• Facilitate client interviews and workshops and provide practical, executive-ready recommendations.
• Support transformation initiatives from strategy and planning through implementation and organizational adoption.

2. Project Delivery

• Lead or support projects across banking and non-bank finance domains.
• Coordinate business users, IT teams, vendors, headquarters, and regional stakeholders.
• Support requirements definition, process and solution design, testing, migration, business readiness, rollout, and post-implementation activities.
• Manage assigned deliverables, schedules, risks, issues, and dependencies.

3. AI-Enabled Business Transformation

• Identify and assess AI, generative AI, analytics, and automation opportunities for financial services clients.
• Develop business use cases, PoC plans, business requirements, business cases, and implementation roadmaps.
• Support business-led validation, benefits assessment, governance, controls, human oversight, and organizational change.
• Coordinate with data, technology, and implementation specialists to translate business needs into practical solutions.

This is a business consulting role. Hands-on coding or technical development of AI agents is not required.

4. Data Governance and Regulatory Data Management

Optional, depending on experience and project requirements

• Support initiatives related to data governance, data quality, data ownership, metadata management, and data lineage.
• Contribute to BCBS 239, Key Data Element mapping, and regulatory data management projects.
• Support the implementation and business adoption of tools such as Collibra and Alteryx.
• Work with business, risk, finance, data governance, and IT stakeholders to establish practical governance solutions.

5. Pre-Sales and Practice Development

• Identify client needs and potential consulting opportunities.
• Support or lead proposal development, including scope, approach, work plan, team structure, and commercial assumptions.
• Participate in client presentations, workshops, and proposal discussions.
• Collaborate with ABeam teams across Malaysia, Japan, Singapore, and other ASEAN markets.
• Coach junior members and contribute to the development of our Financial Services capabilities.

Why Join Us?

• Work across banking, non-bank finance, AI-enabled transformation, data, and operational transformation.
• Gain exposure to the full consulting lifecycle, from pre-sales through implementation.
• Collaborate with ABeam teams across Malaysia, Japan, Singapore, and the broader ASEAN region.
• Build a career at the intersection of business consulting, technology, data, and financial services transformation.