Manager, Banking / Financial Services Technology Transformation (Japanese Speaking)

ABeam Consulting (Singapore); Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

ABeam Consulting (Singapore) seeks a seasoned Payments Transformation Lead to drive domestic and regional programs, focusing on payments modernization, ISO 20022 transitions, and Finastra GPP implementations. You will guide workshops, manage deliverables, and coordinate cross-functional teams with senior stakeholders.

The role emphasizes advisory excellence, business development support, and team leadership within a dynamic regional practice.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in a relevant field.
• 10+ years of consulting experience preferred.
• Banking/financial services experience with payments focus.

Responsibilities

• Lead workstreams in payments modernization programs.
• Advise on ISO 20022, Finastra GPP and related topics.
• Facilitate workshops, Fit-Gap analysis, and clarify requirements.
• Oversee deliverables, testing, migration, and readiness.
• Support proposals, RFPs, and know-how development.
• Lead and coach junior team members; ensure quality outputs.

Skills

Payments modernization

ISO 20022

Finastra GPP

Stakeholder management

Workshops facilitation

Requirements analysis

UAT & migration

PowerPoint

Excel

Project leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

About Us:

ABeam Consulting is a global professional services company that specializes in delivering business transformation and technology solutions to clients across a wide range of industries. With a global presence and over 9000 employees worldwide we aim to be the transformation partner of choice for all of our clients.

Responsibilities:

Payments Transformation Delivery

• Lead workstreams in Vietnam’s domestic payments modernization programs.
• Analyze and redesign payment processes, operating models, and controls.
• Assess impacts of ISO 20022 adoption and Finastra GPP implementation.
• Facilitate workshops, Fit-Gap analysis, and requirements clarification.
• Oversee deliverables, testing, migration, and operational readiness.

Client Advisory & Stakeholder Management

• Advise stakeholders on domestic payments, ISO 20022, and Finastra GPP.
• Translate complex requirements into clear recommendations and decision materials.
• Support senior leaders in steering committees and decision forums.
• Manage risks, issues, dependencies, and scope changes.

Practice Growth & Sales Support

• Contribute to business development through proposals, RFPs, and client research.
• Develop methodologies, templates, and knowledge assets to strengthen practice.
• Support internal operations including resource planning and reporting.

Team Leadership

• Lead consultants and analysts in project delivery.
• Coach junior team members and ensure quality of outputs.
• Capture and share project learnings across the practice.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
• Minimum 10 years consulting experience, ideally within a leading consulting firm.
• Banking/financial services expertise with focus on Payments, Cash Management, Transaction Banking, or Core Banking.
• Strong knowledge of Vietnam payments including domestic transfers, interbank, instant, and bank to bank operations.
• ISO 20022 understanding covering message structures, data requirements, and transformation impacts.
• Finastra GPP experience or exposure to payment system implementation and modernization.
• Payments modernization background including hubs, ISO 20022 adoption, and operational transformation.
• Business analysis skills in requirements definition, Fit Gap, process design, issue management, UAT, and migration.
• Stakeholder engagement through workshops, interviews, and consensus building.
• Team leadership managing junior members, reviewing deliverables, and coordinating workstreams.
• Strong deliverable creation using PowerPoint and Excel for executive materials and project documentation.
• Problem solving and communication with proven issue management capability.
• Flexibility to contribute beyond client delivery, including sales support, proposals, and internal operations.
• Payments processing knowledge in routing, validation, exception handling, repair, reconciliation, accounting, settlement, sanctions screening, AML, and fraud monitoring.
• Transaction Banking expertise including Cash Management, Liquidity Management, and Treasury Operations.
• Vendor and partner collaboration with system integrators, product teams, and operations teams.
• Proposal and RFP support including client presentations, estimation assumptions, and solution options.
• Multilingual project experience in English or Vietnamese environments for stakeholder liaison.
• Japanese language proficiency is considered an advantage, as it supports effective communication with Japanese speaking clients and stakeholders.

Why Join Us

At ABeam Consulting, we place a strong emphasis on collaboration, and helping our employees grow and develop their skills, offering a supportive and empowering work environment. With a presence in multiple countries and a diverse range of clients, ABeam Consulting offers an exciting and dynamic workplace for individuals looking to build a career in consulting. ABeam Consulting has also recently joined SAP’s regional strategic partner initiative as their first regional partner in the region and has also been recognized by UiPath as a Diamond Partner in providing RPA solutions. With such accolades, we aim to continue driving enterprise and digital transformation initiatives in order to transform the way people work and communicate in the digital age. In addition, our industry team is working tirelessly in order to bring more solutions to the banking and finance sector.

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