Senior Consultant, AML (Japanese Speaking/ Banking Industry)

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: • Understand and document existing AML model risk governance and data governance processes, systems, governance frameworks, controls, and periodic validation activities. • Conduct gap analyses to identify risks, control weaknesses, and improvement opportunities against internal policies, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices. • Assess the design, implementation, and operating effectiveness of business processes and controls across AML functions and supporting systems. • Develop remediation plans for identified control gaps and process deficiencies, and partner with stakeholders to drive implementation and issue resolution. • Perform analysis of transaction, alert, and other relevant data to evaluate control effectiveness, identify root causes, and recommend process enhancements. • Engage and collaborate with business, Compliance, Model Risk Management, IT, and APAC stakeholders to gather requirements, conduct interviews, and achieve alignment on key initiatives. • Prepare and present assessment findings, risk evaluations, recommendations, management reports, meeting materials, and other project deliverables. • Document observations, issues, and actionable recommendations clearly and concisely for both management and project stakeholders. • Proactively identify project activities, key risks, issues, dependencies, and next steps, exercising sound judgment to advance deliverables independently. • Manage project plans, timelines, risks, issues, and deliverable quality to ensure successful and timely completion of assigned responsibilities. • Monitor progress of remediation activities and provide ongoing follow-up to ensure effective and sustainable implementation of agreed actions. • Support continuous improvement initiatives by recommending enhancements to AML governance, controls, processes, and data management practices. Requirements: • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Risk Management, Information Systems, or a related discipline. • Minimum 3 years of experience in the banking, financial services, or consulting industry, supporting banking or financial institution clients. • Knowledge of AML/CFT frameworks, regulations, and operational processes, including KYC, Transaction Monitoring, Transaction Filtering, and Name Screening. • Experience in evaluating and enhancing business processes, governance frameworks, risk management practices, and internal controls. • Exposure to model risk governance, data governance, compliance, risk management, independent reviews, or control effectiveness assessments is advantageous. • Strong analytical skills with the ability to understand and map complex business processes, governance structures, controls, and validation activities. • Ability to perform gap assessments against internal policies, regulatory requirements, and industry standards, and identify risks and improvement opportunities. • Experience assessing the design, implementation, and effectiveness of business processes and controls, and developing practical remediation recommendations. • Ability to analyze issues, determine root causes, assess business impacts, and recommend sustainable solutions. • Demonstrated ability to work independently, exercise sound judgment, and proactively drive assigned responsibilities to completion. • Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage priorities, timelines, risks, issues, and deliverable quality in a fast-paced environment. • Proven stakeholder management skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across business, Compliance, Model Risk Management, IT, and regional teams. • Ability to conduct stakeholder interviews, gather and validate requirements, clarify issues, and facilitate alignment and consensus among diverse stakeholder groups. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, with the ability to present complex findings, assessments, and recommendations clearly to management and stakeholders. • Ability to review and interpret system documentation, including design documents, specifications, data flows, and processing logic. • Understanding of system functions, key data elements, data lineage, and their relationship to business processes and controls. • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, and Word. • Strong documentation and presentation skills, with the ability to prepare clear, structured, and high-quality reports, presentations, and project deliverables. • Experience preparing and maintaining data governance artifacts, including data dictionaries, data flow documentation, and Key Data Element (KDE) inventories. • Familiarity with planning and conducting periodic data governance validation and review activities. • Business-level proficiency in Japanese is mandatory to effectively engage, communicate, and collaborate with Japanese-speaking stakeholders and clients. 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…