Technical Consultant - Risk Practice

Hybrid | Based in Tokyo

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About the job

The financial services industry is evolving rapidly as organisations respond to changing regulatory expectations, emerging risks and increasing pressure to make better, faster decisions. 

As a Technical Consultant within SAS' Financial Risk Solutions practice, you will combine financial risk expertise, consulting capability and technical understanding to help banks and financial institutions address complex risk management priorities. You will work with client stakeholders to translate regulatory and business requirements into practical, technology-enabled solutions that improve risk and finance processes, optimise capital management and deliver measurable outcomes. 

As a Technical Consultant, you will:

• Advise banks and financial institutions on credit, market, liquidity, interest-rate and operational risk management, including regulatory capital, IFRS 9, enterprise stress testing and asset and liability management. 
• Interpret regulatory and industry requirements, including Basel frameworks, IFRS 9, IRRBB, LCR and NSFR, and assess their implications for capital, operations, P&L, risk management and and solvency. 
• Lead or support discovery workshops with senior banking executives, risk leaders, finance stakeholders and technology teams to understand business priorities, challenges and solution requirements. 
• Translate complex regulatory, business and functional requirements into solution designs, analytical approaches, configuration requirements and implementation plans. 
• Advise clients on integrating risk and finance processes and automating RWA, expected credit loss, regulatory capital, ALM and stress-testing workflows. 
• Provide technical and functional guidance throughout the solution lifecycle, including architecture discussions, data preparation, configuration, validation, testing and implementation support. 
• Support solution demonstrations, proofs of concept, executive presentations and other activities that communicate the business value of SAS risk solutions. 
• Collaborate with SAS sales, consulting, delivery, product and industry teams to shape client solutions, support business development and deliver successful engagements across Asia Pacific. 
• Ensure all applicable security policies and processes are followed to support the organization's secure software development goals.
• Embrace curiosity, passion, authenticity and accountability. These are our values and influence everything we do.

Required qualifications

• 4+ years of relevant experience in financial risk management, risk advisory, enterprise risk technology or risk and finance transformation. 
• Hands-on experience translating business and regulatory requirements into solution designs, data requirements, configurations, testing approaches and implementation outcomes. 
• Strong understanding of banking risk technology architectures, including data integration, ETL, data preparation, analytical processing and enterprise solution implementation. 
• A successful track record in client consulting, solution advisory, software pre-sales, solution architecture or large-scale risk and finance transformation programmes. 
• Good knowledge of credit risk, IFRS 9 expected credit loss, Basel regulatory capital, end-to-end RWA calculations, credit risk mitigation and enterprise stress testing; or, strong understanding of asset and liability management, including IRRBB, liquidity risk, balance-sheet optimisation, funds transfer pricing and associated regulatory frameworks. 
• Strong communication skills, with professional-level Japanese and business-level English proficiency.
• An advanced degree in quantitative finance, economics, statistics, risk management or a related discipline, with FRM or PRM certification highly regarded.
• Equivalent combination of related education, training and experience may be considered in place of the above qualifications.

Benefits highlights

• Cafeteria‑style benefits plan with annual points allocation
• 7‑hour standard workday
• Flexible working hours plus a Work@Anywhere policy
• Long‑term, employment‑oriented retirement benefits, including an optional Defined Contribution Pension Plan
• Company‑supported clubs & communities (sports, theatre, international groups, and more)
• In‑office perks — free massage chairs and complimentary drinks
• Training & development programs, including English language learning
• Extra time off — vacation leave, birthday leave, and paid annual leave

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