Uat Manager, Core Banking System Renewal Project (For 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: Develop and manage end-to-end User Acceptance Testing (UAT) plans across multiple APAC markets, aligned with core banking release schedules. Define UAT scope, user roles, test coverage, and market-specific business scenarios for corporate banking products, including Lending, Trade Finance, Payments, and Treasury. Coordinate with country UAT leads, business users, and operations teams to assess readiness and consolidate UAT requirements across APAC branches. Facilitate alignment of test scenarios, resource allocation, user access provisioning, and execution plans across markets. Support the development and review of test cases, business scenarios, and expected results to ensure completeness, accuracy, and cross-market consistency. Oversee daily UAT execution activities, including test progress tracking, defect management, retesting, and sign-off readiness. Lead UAT war-room sessions and act as the primary liaison between business users, IT teams, and PMO stakeholders. Identify, monitor, and escalate testing risks, dependencies, environment issues, and execution challenges in a timely manner. Coordinate defect triage and resolution activities, ensuring proper logging, prioritization, validation, and closure of issues. Prepare and maintain UAT dashboards, status reports, defect metrics, and testing readiness assessments for stakeholders and senior management. Develop governance and steering committee materials, highlighting key risks, issues, project progress, and mitigation plans. Partner with business and operations teams to assess change impacts, support user readiness activities, and ensure successful cutover preparation. Requirements: Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, Finance, Accounting, or a related discipline. Minimum 3 years of experience in a top-tier consulting firm or leading consulting practice, delivering banking industry projects and large-scale transformation initiatives. Business-level proficiency in English with strong verbal, written, and presentation skills. Excellent stakeholder management and collaboration skills, with the ability to engage effectively across business, operations, technology, and project teams. Proven ability to work successfully with geographically dispersed teams across APAC and global locations. Strong sense of ownership, accountability, attention to detail, and commitment to delivering high-quality outcomes. Experience with core banking platforms such as Oracle FLEXCUBE, Finastra GPP, ACBS, Murex, Trade360, or similar banking systems. Proven track record in banking IT delivery and coordinating UAT activities within multi-country and complex program environments. Significant experience leading and coordinating UAT stakeholders, including Business Users, Operations Teams, IT Teams, Vendors, and System Integration (SI) Partners. End-to-end UAT lifecycle management experience, including:UAT strategy and approach definitionScope and test coverage planningEntry and exit criteria managementTest environment and data readiness coordinationBusiness sign-off management and audit-ready documentation Strong understanding of test scenario design, business process validation, and user acceptance testing methodologies. Demonstrated capability in stakeholder communication, progress tracking, issue management, risk management, and escalation handling. Advanced documentation and reporting skills, including proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, dashboarding, and project reporting tools. Knowledge of corporate banking products (e.g., Lending, Trade Finance, Payments, Treasury, and Deposits) would be advantageous for understanding business requirements, validating end-to-end processes, and engaging effectively with business stakeholders. Experience working with Japanese banks or financial institutions would be advantageous for navigating organizational structures, governance processes, and stakeholder expectations within Japanese banking environments. Proficiency in Japanese would be an advantage to facilitate communication and collaboration with regional stakeholders, clients, and teams across APAC where these languages are used. Why Join Us…