About Us:

From business process re-engineering to global business expansion for Japanese corporations, ABeam Consulting has served our clients through more than 40 years of growth. With our vision of being the No.1 global consulting firm from Asia, ABeam Consulting helps our clients take on the challenge of business transformation. With 4,400 consultants in Japan, and3,100 in overseas offices concentrated in Asia, our 7,500 consultants and global alliance partners provide truly comprehensive services.

Responsibilities:

• Plan and oversee the Local Settlement MX Migration project following the official announcement expected in early 2026, including requirements confirmation, impact analysis on operations and systems, system development, and testing.
• Coordinate with branches to ensure ownership of planning tasks, including potential buddy bank testing if requested by local authorities.
• Manage the ISO20022 Hybrid Address Format System Enhancement and SWIFT Standards Release2026 projects, monitoring timelines, deliverables, and dependencies across branches.
• Identify, escalate, and resolve delays or risks, while preparing and consolidating weekly or monthly project status reports for stakeholders.
• Facilitate communication and issue resolution by coordinating cross-functional teams such as IT, Compliance, and APAC branches.
• Create clear and impactful deliverables in PowerPoint and Excel to visualize project progress and provide stakeholders with concise reporting materials.
• Organize issues and discussion points, compare potential solutions, and prepare decision-support materials for clients.
• Analyse information required for decision-making and present findings using graphs, charts, and other visual formats.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in any related fields.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in similar roles involving stakeholder coordination within a financial institution, preferably banking.
• Demonstrated proactive communication and relationship-building skills, actively engaging with bank staff, local site personnel, and stakeholders to maintain frequent communication and foster strong working relationships that support consultation and alignment.
• Proven self-driven project management capability, independently identifying key issues, engaging stakeholders, driving tasks forward, and preparing materials to support decision-making, even when counterparts are not deeply involved in daily operations.
• Ability to prepare structured materials tailored for multiple audiences, including progress reports for management, operational documentation for staff, and coordination materials for stakeholders.
•  Strong issue structuring and problem management skills, with the ability to analyze background, root causes, impacts, action plans, and decision points beyond simple task tracking.
• Business-oriented PMO and project execution capability, ensuring alignment of system-related tasks with user-side and operational requirements to drive projects in line with business operations.
• Effective review and quality assurance capability, providing clear instructions to junior staff, reviewing deliverables, ensuring quality, and supplementing external communication when necessary.
• Good communication skills in English are required. Proficiency in Japanese language will be an added advantage to support coordination and reporting with headquarters, FCCD, and Japanese-speaking stakeholders across different regions.
• A business process improvement mindset, with the ability to identify improvement opportunities, prioritize issues, and propose solutions beyond basic operational support.

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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