SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group. Headquartered in Tokyo and with a 400-year history, SMBC Group offers a diverse range of financial services, including banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance. The Group has more than 130 offices and 80,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) is the holding company of SMBC Group, which is one of the three largest banking groups in Japan. SMFG’s shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York (NYSE: SMFG) stock exchanges.

 

In the Americas, SMBC Group has a presence in the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Peru. Backed by the capital strength of SMBC Group and the value of its relationships in Asia, the Group offers a range of commercial and investment banking services to its corporate, institutional, and municipal clients. It connects a diverse client base to local markets and the organization’s extensive global network. The Group’s operating companies in the Americas include Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC), SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., SMBC Capital Markets, Inc., SMBC MANUBANK, JRI America, Inc., SMBC Leasing and Finance, Inc., Banco Sumitomo Mitsui Brasileiro S.A., and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd.

 

The anticipated salary range for this role is between $175,000.00 and $227,000.00. The specific salary offered to an applicant will be based on their individual qualifications, experiences, and an analysis of the current compensation paid in their geography and the market for similar roles at the time of hire. The role may also be eligible for an annual discretionary incentive award. In addition to cash compensation, SMBC offers a competitive portfolio of benefits to its employees.

Role Description

The Project Manager Lead (Japanese/English Bilingual required) is a part of the Treasury & HOMIS group within JRIA. This role plans and implements treasury applications in coordination with other technical teams in JRIA, business departments in SMBC and Tokyo application development/support teams. The role includes on-going application maintenance activities and production support.

 

The Project Manager Lead supports the Head Office managed treasury systems such as Foreign Exchange Dealing support system and Treasury dealing support system applications that interface with various internal/external applications in NA/EMEA and the Tokyo Head Office. SMBC is driving System Grand Design (SGD) initiative to restructure global treasury technology ecosystem. This project manager lead role is expected to build capability to drive the SGD projects and support the newly introduced applications post Go Live. Daily routine include end-to-end project management, troubleshooting of user and production issues and on-going application maintenance activities. Acts as a technical expert who works cross-functionally on multi-disciplinary projects within area of expertise.

Qualifications and Skills

•Business level fluency in Japanese as well as English (Bilingual required)
•Experience in managing large-scale projects by defining business and technical requirements, tracking schedule, estimate workload, obtain quotes from external vendors, budget approval process support, coordinate development effort with internal & external parties such as network team, storage team, and UNIX SA Team, mitigate issues and risks.
•Meet with business users to gather requirements and translate them into functional requirements, then consult with SME to execute.
•Manage/Oversee the several projects under Treasury departments as program level
•Find the dependencies between the projects and manage with other projects not limited to Treasury systems
•Review the project plan and evaluate feasibility, and suggest better implementation scheme when available
•Organize testing effort including UAT.
•Present technical requirements to the budget owners and obtain necessary project budget.
•Banking business knowledge such as back office business analysis and design experience including payment, settlement, cash flow, accounting and reconciliation is a plus.
•Knowledge of project management methodology/SDLC/PLC processes in IT financial services environments is a plus.
•Manage the SDLC deliverables(e.g. BRD, ITb/UAT documents) and provide the consistency and quality in program level
•Ability to prioritize tasks, and work on multiple projects simultaneously.
•An analytical, problem-solving mindset and delivery focused with a customer first mentality.
•Ability to work on cross-functional teams in a fast-paced development environment.

The role requires occasional long hour and weekend work. Must be able to provide occasional weekend and late night support for production support and implementation.

SMBC’s employees participate in a Hybrid workforce model that provides employees with an opportunity to work from home, as well as, from an SMBC office. SMBC requires that employees live within a reasonable commuting distance of their office location. Prospective candidates will learn more about their specific hybrid work schedule during their interview process. Hybrid work may not be permitted for certain roles, including, for example, certain FINRA-registered roles for which in-office attendance for the entire workweek is required.

 

SMBC provides reasonable accommodations during candidacy for applicants with disabilities consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application process, please let us know at accommodations@smbcgroup.com.