Senior Business Consultant, Asset Finance

The future of money is being built right now. At FIS, we help the world’s businesses, banks and communities move, manage and grow money with confidence. Join a team that values fresh thinking, works together to solve complex challenges, and creates technology that powers everyday life. About the role: As a Business Consultant, Asset Finance, you will work with financial services clients within the auto leasing domain in Japan to understand their business needs and help implement software solutions that support their operations. You will act as a bridge between client business teams and technology teams, translating business processes and requirements into practical solutions. What you will be doing: Lead and participate in client workshops to understand business processes, operating models, challenges and requirements. Document business requirements through user stories, process flows, acceptance criteria and clear solution decisions. Analyse client requirements, identify functional gaps and recommend practical solutions using standard product capabilities, configuration or agreed product changes. Configure the Asset Finance solution to support agreed business processes and functional requirements. Support accounting, finance, operations, reporting and integration discussions where these affect the end-to-end business process. Support testing activities by maintaining requirements traceability, reviewing test coverage, clarifying expected system behaviour and assisting with defect triage. Act as a bilingual bridge between Japanese-speaking clients and English-speaking regional or global teams throughout the implementation and client engagement lifecycle. What you will need: Required qualifications Effective bilingual communication skills in Japanese and English, with JLPT N2 or above , or equivalent business-level Japanese proficiency, required for client-facing work in Japan. Experience working with financial services software, gained either from a software vendor or consulting environment, or as an end user within a bank, financial institution or capital markets. Relevant experience in areas such as banking, payments, lending, asset finance, leasing securities, trading, treasury, capital markets, risk, clearing, settlement, or other financial technology. Experience understanding business processes and translating business needs into requirements, workflows, system changes or functional solutions. Strong client and stakeholder communication skills with the ability to work between business users and technology teams. Working understanding of financial and accounting concepts, with the ability to understand how business events and system transactions can affect accounting, balances and financial reporting. We welcome candidates from either a consulting/software vendor background or financial institutions as well as financial services professionals who have worked as business analysts, product specialists, subject matter experts or experienced users of financial technology. Preferred qualifications Experience as a Business Consultant, Functional Consultant, Business Analyst, Product Specialist, Implementation Consultant, or subject matter expert supporting financial software. Hands-on involvement in financial system implementation, configuration, testing, user acceptance testing, migration, upgrades, production support or change initiatives. Experience working with Japanese financial institutions and collaborating with regional or global technology and delivery teams. Knowledge of software development lifecycles and enterprise software implementation methods. Experience in asset finance, auto finance, equipment finance, leasing or lending. Experience using Jira or similar tools to document and manage requirements, user stories, defects, testing activities and delivery progress. What we offer you: Bring your ideas. Build your future. At FIS, you'll find the support, resources and opportunities to develop your career while helping shape the future of financial technology. We offer: Internal career growth opportunities Opportunities to innovate in fintech Inclusive and diverse team atmosphere Professional and personal development Resources to contribute to your community #LI-OY1 Privacy Statement FIS is committed to protecting the privacy and security of all personal information that we process in order to provide services to our clients. For specific information on how FIS protects personal information online, please see the Online Privacy Notice . Sourcing Model Recruitment at FIS works primarily on a direct sourcing model; a relatively small portion of our hiring is through recruitment agencies. FIS does not accept resumes from recruitment agencies which are not on the preferred supplier list and is not responsible for any related fees for resumes submitted to job postings, our employees, or any other part of our company. #pridepass