APAC Core Banking Transformation Lead

Abeam-Consulting-

Singapore

On-site

SGD 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

ABeam Consulting is a global professional services firm delivering business transformation and technology solutions. In Singapore, the Country Project Management (CPM) bridge supports APAC core banking transformation programs, coordinating country activities, risks and decisions across regional and country teams.

You will lead issue resolution, maintain logs, develop options, and prepare concise updates to enable timely decisions.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
Minimum 5 years of experience in project/program management, PMO, business analysis or transformation delivery, preferably within banking or financial services.
Proven stakeholder management and facilitation skills across Regional, Country, business, IT and vendor teams.
Experience in core banking transformation, renewal or regional/APAC rollout programs.
Knowledge of banking operations such as Trade Finance, Lending/Loans, Payments/Collections, Cash Management, Treasury & Markets, Deposits or Accounting.
Experience working with a Centre of Excellence (CoE), governance, standardisation or knowledge‑management function.
Strong ability to structure ambiguous issues, identify business impacts and translate them into actionable tasks, owners, decisions and deadlines.
Strong ownership, self‑discipline and ability to work effectively in a multinational environment.
Proven experience managing complex issues, risks, dependencies, decisions and escalations within large‑scale system implementation or transformation programs.
Strong capability in integrated planning, cross‑workstream coordination, RACI/decision‑right design and management reporting.
Ability to develop solution options and recommendations, rather than simply coordinating or forwarding issues.
Experience coordinating multiple releases, projects or workstreams while maintaining an end‑to‑end view of business and IT activities.
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint for project tracking, analysis and management reporting.
Strong English communication and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

Act as the Country Project Management (CPM) bridge between Regional and Country teams across the APAC core banking transformation program.
Lead cross-release coordination across multiple releases, maintaining an end-to-end view of country activities, dependencies, risks, issues and decisions.
Manage and structure Country-level issues by assessing business impact, urgency, required response dates and downstream dependencies.
Coordinate with Regional teams, Country stakeholders, CoE/domain experts and vendors to drive issue resolution and timely decision‑making.
Maintain integrated issue, risk, action and decision logs, ensuring clear ownership, deadlines and appropriate escalation.
Develop solution options, recommendations and interim workarounds to support project continuity while decisions are pending.
Communicate Regional decisions and requirements to Country teams, ensuring alignment, understanding and follow‑through to closure.
Conduct regular Country progress, risk and issue reviews and identify recurring issues or common themes across countries and releases.
Translate recurring Country issues into structured improvement initiatives and support the enhancement of Regional standards, guidelines and governance.
Define and maintain clear RACI, decision rights, escalation routes and Regional/Country responsibility boundaries.
Prepare concise management reports and project updates for Regional and Country stakeholders to facilitate timely decision‑making.
Foster effective collaboration across geographically dispersed business, IT, Regional, Country and vendor teams.