Senior Practice Lead

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About Us

Kyriba is a global fintech leader empowering CFOs and finance teams with cloud-based treasury payments and risk management solutions. We serve 3000 customers worldwide managing $15 trillion in payments annually and helping businesses optimize liquidity performance across the enterprise.

Were on a mission to become the most sought-after cloud technology company globally. We think big innovate relentlessly and challenge the status quo every day. If you are a problem-solver whos ready to push boundaries and achieve more than you thought possible-youll find an exceptional career within an extraordinary business.

About Kyriba:

Kyriba empowers CFOs and their teams to transform how they activate liquidity as a dynamic real-time vehicle for growth and value creation while also protection against financial risk. Kyribas pioneering Active Liquidity Network connects internal applications for treasury risk payments and working capital with vital external sources such as banks ERPs trading platforms and market data providers.

About The Role:

This is a client-facing consulting leadership role focused on delivering high-impact Treasury Management outcomes for enterprise clients in APJ APAC and Japan. You will lead complex transformation and implementation programsoften involving multiple entities banks and internal stakeholderswhile ensuring delivery quality commercial performance and executive-level client confidence.

The ideal candidate brings top-tier consulting training (consulting firm background strongly preferred) hands-on treasury domain expertise (TMS cash & liquidity payments bank connectivity risk controls) and the ability to operate fluently in Japanese and English. You will manage projects directly with clients and also govern delivery executed through subcontracted partners ensuring consistent methodology risk management and measurable outcomes.

What You Will Do (Key Responsibilities):

You will be accountable for end-to-end program success from shaping the work through to value realization.

Client consulting & solution leadership

• Lead discovery and diagnose client treasury operating model pain points and priorities; translate into a structured roadmap and business case.
• Design and present end-to-end treasury solutions (process technology governance controls) with executive-ready storytelling in Japanese and English.
• Facilitate senior stakeholder alignment across Treasury Finance IT Risk/Compliance Procurement shared services and banking partners.

Program delivery ownership (APACJapan)

• Own delivery for domestic Japan engagements and regional APAC programs: scope plan RAID governance cadence decisioning and go-live readiness.
• Drive key workstreams such as cash visibility cash pooling and liquidity payments factory in-house bank concepts bank account management forecasting and controls (as relevant to project scope).
• Ensure successful implementations by leading requirements solution design testing strategy cutover planning hypercare and adoption.

Partner governance (subcontracted delivery)

• Oversee projects subcontracted to partners: define delivery approach roles/RACI quality gates documentation standards and escalation paths.
• Hold partners accountable to timelines deliverables and quality; validate outputs and ensure alignment with client expectations and Kyriba methodology.
• Manage multi-party dependencies with banks integrators and regional stakeholders to keep delivery on track.

Commercial management & growth support

• Shape and support sales cycles by defining delivery model governance resourcing risks/assumptions and commercialsensuring scoped outcomes are deliverable.
• Manage project financials to achieve margin targets (budget control write-offs change control resourcing optimization).
• Identify expansion opportunities (upsell/cross-sell) through trusted advisor relationships and clear articulation of incremental value

Team leadership & capability building

• Lead and mentor consulting resources; establish strong delivery standards repeatable playbooks and best practices for Japan/APAC engagements.
• Act as escalation point for delivery issues and executive communications; maintain a high bar for client satisfaction and quality.
• Contribute to enablement (training templates certifications) and strengthen regional delivery infrastructure for growth.

What Success Looks Like (Outcomes & Measures)

• Clients achieve measurable treasury outcomes (visibility control efficiency risk reduction) and adopt the solution effectively.
• Projects are delivered on-time within agreed scope and budget with strong governance and minimal escalations.
• Partner-delivered work meets Kyriba standards and passes quality gates without rework.
• Commercial targets are met through disciplined delivery economics and consultative growth support.

Required Qualifications

• Japanese (native/fluent) and English (native/fluent) able to lead workshops and executive discussions in both languages.

• Domestic Japan experience delivering treasury or finance transformation/implementation projects plus regional APAC exposure (multi-market programs stakeholders or rollout governance).

• Consulting background strongly preferred (management consulting / Big 4 / System Integrator / specialist treasury consulting) with proven structured problem solving and executive presence.

• Direct treasury management experience (in-house treasury or deep treasury consulting) including core treasury processes and controls.

• Demonstrated ability to lead complex multi-stakeholder projects and manage governance with C-level / VP-level stakeholders.

• Proven experience managing third parties/partners and subcontracted delivery with accountability for outcomes and quality.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Treasury Management Systems (TMS) and bank connectivity models (e.g. host-to-host SWIFT connectivity file formats payment/security controls).

• Experience with change management and adoption for finance/treasury operating model changes.

• Experience delivering multi-entity or multi-country rollouts in APAC.

Education

• Bachelors degree required (Business Finance Engineering or equivalent).

• Relevant certifications are a plus (treasury project/program management or Kyriba certifications as applicable).

Our Values Guide Everything We Do

• Think Big & Constantly Innovate: We have the confidence to think big embrace change challenge the status quo and continuously evolve - incorporating new technologies and driving industry progress.

• Put our Customers Needs First: We are passionate about delivering the highest value for our customers and supporting them with end-to-end care throughout their journey with us.

• Act with Integrity: Integrity is at the heart of everything we do. We take personal responsibility for our actions own our decisions and honour each others contributions. We empower each other through honesty respect trust and transparency.

• Work as One Team: We are driven by our common goals and share in each others successes and failures learning and working together as a team where everyone can bring their best selves.

• Strive for Excellence while Having Fun: We enjoy tackling new challenges together and revel in continuous improvement as we deliver with ultimate professionalism the very best for our customers while exceeding our own expectations.

Kyriba offers a comprehensive compensation package including a range of health welfare and wellbeing benefits designed to support both your professional and personal life.

Kyriba believes that everyone has the ability to make an impact and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to providing employment opportunity regardless of sex race creed color gender religion marital status domestic partner status age national origin or ancestry physical or mental disability medical condition sexual orientation pregnancy military or veteran status citizenship and genetic information.

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