Regional CoE Manager: Core Banking Standards

ABeam Consulting; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

ABeam Consulting is seeking a seasoned professional to establish and operate the Regional Center of Excellence (CoE) for the APAC Core Banking Rollout Program. You will define regional standards, playbooks, templates, and governance, aligning them with country delivery needs.

Key focus areas include coordinating cross-country deployments, identifying gaps, and driving regional improvement backlog while collaborating with CPM, Country teams, IT, and SMEs to deliver scalable banking

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field required.
• Minimum 5 years in business/ IT consulting, system implementation, or CoE/ standardization activities.
• Strong analytical, facilitation, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience developing methodologies, operating models, governance frameworks, templates, and RACI/decision rights.

Responsibilities

• Establish and operate the Regional Center of Excellence (CoE) function for the APAC Core Banking Rollout Program.
• Identify gaps in standards, playbooks, methodologies, ownership, quality, and applicability by Country delivery needs.
• Define and develop Regional standards, templates, and estimation guidance.
• Establish boundaries between Regional standards and Country requirements, including RACI and approvals.
• Collaborate with domain SMEs and Country teams to develop solution options and guidelines.
• Coordinate cross-functional reviews to ensure consistency across countries and releases.
• Support Country teams with workshops, guidance, and rollout support.
• Pilot with Thailand/BKK to validate standards and capture lessons learned.
• Publish Regional standards and manage version control and deployment.
• Prioritize the CoE backlog based on impact, maturity, and dependencies.
• Work with CPM and Country teams to drive continuous improvement of standards.

Skills

CoE setup

Regional standards

Stakeholder management

Cross-country coordination

PowerPoint

Excel

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

Trade360

Oracle FLEXCUBE

Murex

ACBS

Finastra GPP

Oracle ERP

Job description

ABeam Consulting is seeking a seasoned professional to establish and operate the Regional Center of Excellence (CoE) for the APAC Core Banking Rollout Program. You will define regional standards, playbooks, templates, and governance, aligning them with country delivery needs.

Key focus areas include coordinating cross-country deployments, identifying gaps, and driving regional improvement backlog while collaborating with CPM, Country teams, IT, and SMEs to deliver scalable banking