Senior Business Consultant

Project overview

A Japanese IT company is currently recruiting a Senior Business Consultant (Assistant Manager) to work with a major Japanese financial institution in London.

The role combines client-facing transaction banking implementation with team management. You will support H2H and SWIFT FileAct implementations, working with clients, IT, operations, sales teams, and external vendors from requirements gathering through to go-live.

As an Assistant Manager, you will also support team management, staff development, performance management, strategy, and recruitment.

(Ref: YC60996 - Please include this when making any enquiries.)

Main Responsibilities

Client-facing

Management

Ideal Candidate

Conditions

Following the initial one-year contract, extension or transition to a permanent contract may be considered depending on visa status, relevant conditions, business requirements, internal policies, and required approvals.

Visa Support

Visa arrangements will be considered subject to the candidate's visa status, right to work, business requirements, internal policies, and required approvals.

Application Notes

If your application is successful, you will be contacted within two business days. We regret that due to the high volume of applications we receive we cannot provide feedback on individual CVs.

• Transaction Banking / H2H & SWIFT FileAct / Team Management -
• Support transaction banking implementations, including H2H and SWIFT FileAct
• Confirm client requirements and coordinate implementation plans
• Support ISO 20022 file and message validation, including pain.001, pain.002, and camt.053
• Coordinate UAT, end-to-end testing, production setup, and go-live support
• Manage implementation issues, risks, dependencies, and stakeholder communication
• Monitor team progress, workload, issues, and delivery risks
• Support staff development, objective setting, coaching, and performance management
• Promote knowledge sharing and standardisation within the team
• Support team strategy, resource planning, and recruitment
• Experience in transaction banking, payments, cash management, or related financial services
• Experience in implementation, consulting, or client onboarding
• Practical knowledge of H2H, SFTP, SWIFT FileAct, or API connectivity
• Working knowledge of ISO 20022 and payment/reporting messages
• Experience with UAT, testing, production migration, and stakeholder management
• Leadership or team management experience
• Strong English communication skills
• Japanese language skills are advantageous
• Location: London, UK
• Working Style: hybrid (3 days per week at the client site / 2 days from home)
• Salary: depending on experience
• Job Type: initially 1-year fixed-term contract
• Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00–17:00
• Start: ASAP
• Benefits: company pension, health insurance, life insurance, performance-related bonus, and more

Project details

• Start: flexible
• Location: London, South East England, GB, GB