Senior Functional Consultant | Copperleaf | Japan

IFS is a billion-dollar revenue company with 7000+ employees on all continents. Our leading AI technology is the backbone of our award-winning enterprise software solutions, enabling our customers to be their best when it really matters–at the Moment of Service™. Our commitment to internal AI adoption has allowed us to stay at the forefront of technological advancements, ensuring our colleagues can unlock their creativity and productivity, and our solutions are always cutting-edge.

At IFS, we’re flexible, we’re innovative, and we’re focused not only on how we can engage with our customers but on how we can make a real change and have a worldwide impact. We help solve some of society’s greatest challenges, fostering a better future through our agility, collaboration, and trust.

We celebrate diversity and understand our responsibility to reflect the diverse world we work in. We are committed to promoting an inclusive workforce that fully represents the many different cultures, backgrounds, and viewpoints of our customers, our partners, and our communities. As a truly international company serving people from around the globe, we realize that our success is tantamount to the respect we have for those different points of view.

By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to be part of a global, diverse environment; you will be joining a winning team with a commitment to sustainability; and a company where we get things done so that you can make a positive impact on the world.

We’re looking for innovative and original thinkers to work in an environment where you can #MakeYourMoment so that we can help others make theirs. With the power of our AI-driven solutions, we empower our team to change the status quo and make a real difference.

If you want to change the status quo, we’ll help you make your moment. Join Team Purple. Join IFS.

We embrace flexibility and hybrid work opportunities to support diverse needs and lifestyles, while also valuing inclusive workplace experiences. By fostering a sense of community, we drive innovation, strengthen connections, and nurture belonging. Our commitment ensures you can work in a way that suits you best, while also engaging with colleagues to share ideas and build meaningful relationships.

IFS Copperleaf ’s software helps some of the world’s largest energy firms make better strategic decisions. 

We’re looking for a proactive Senior Functional Consultant to join our IFS Copperleaf's APJ team, as we continue to enable our clients to build more resilient and sustainable infrastructure,

This is a hands-on role working directly with our customers; you will have consultancy experience ideally in projects related to either asset management, analytics or software development and implementation.

Responsibilities :

• Act as a key client interface for large and complex implementations, working with them to 
  understand and articulate their requirements, leveraging internal teams and expertise to 
  implement innovative and elegant solutions that delight
• Working collaboratively with customers and partners at customer sites across the APJ region 
• Owning the end-to-end process with our clients from scoping out requirements, system
• Customization, integration and user training 

Location and Languages:  

• You will be based in Japan

• You will be expected to travel approximately 25-40% of your time, to work with clients across the APJ region  

• Business fluency in Japanese and English is essential.

• You’re a Consultant with 5+ years experience in one or more of the following attributes:
• You have customer facing consulting skills – you’re able to influence, advise, mediate, and control 
  scope
• You know how to drive the efforts of internal & external teams to consistently achieve project 
  landmarks over a 3 month to year rollout
• You have experience with software deployment technologies, networks, and databases
• Your technical skills are matched with an understanding of business processes
• You’re numerate with strong analytical skills and knowledge of operational research techniques 
  such as simulation, optimisation, failure rate modelling, cost benefit analysis
• You have a technical degree in Engineering or similar related subject
• You enjoy the consulting lifestyle – flying often, working in different cities, meeting new people, 
  working with large organisations, able to respond to a multitude of challenges that makes a 
  difference daily 
• You have experience working with large industrial organizations in the region – Utilities, O&G, Transport/Rail sector, etc.  

We believe that coming together as a community, in person, is important for innovation, connection and fostering a sense of belonging. Our roles have the right balance of remote and in-office working to enable flexibility for managing your life along with ensuring a real connection with your colleagues and the broader IFS community.