IT Governance and Controls Associate

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, Ireland, 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.

 

• This is a hybrid role, requiring the successful candidate to attend our Tralee office.
• 9 month fixed term contract role with the possibility to extend. 

Role Description

This is an important role on the AD IT Controls team that has been established to provide support for governance and reporting activities of IT Controls across the group companies that comprise the Americas Division of Sumitomo Banking Corporation.

In this role you will leverage your governance and reporting skills to support the AD IT Controls team to produce relevant metrics, reports and presentations that will be used by stakeholders including IT Controls team, Senior management and Executives in various review forums. You will be responsible to validate data collected from each different sources and to aggregate and create meaningful summary reports. As an AD IT Controls team member, you will also assist other team members as they work towards monitoring IT Controls related to Application Management / SDLC, Change Management, Incident Management, Service Continuity, Service Delivery and Operations, and Data Management.

This role is for an IT Governance and Reporting associate, to support monitoring, tracking, and reporting as it relates to AD IT Controls and related programs.

Role Objectives

• Gain familiarity with the AD IT Controls suite and understand the various governance and reporting requirements, including reports that support the AD IT Controls team in their day-to-day review and monitoring activities, and Senior management and Executive reports that aim to provide management updates and escalation.
• Provide support to govern AD IT Policy related documents (PRD) including policies, standards and procedures, per the bank’s policy. Provide guidance as appropriate for timely completion of activities related to maintenance of PRDs, including annual review and approval workflows.
• Provide active monitoring of Issues impacting IT controls. Review IT issues on a regular basis, assist relevant stakeholders with regular reminders and follow ups for timely remediation of issues, produce management reports as required that serve to provide timely updates and escalations.
• Review and maintain IT Control ratings for SMBC Americas Division and each group company, working alongside IT Control Officers on a regular basis to ensure ratings and corresponding rationale are captured consistently. Produce monthly reports and communication to keep CxOs and key stakeholders updated.
• Maintain the AD IT Controls team PowerBI dashboard that provides insights into IT Issues, Control Ratings and other reports relevant to the IT Control environment.
• Support in collating and reviewing AD IT metrics (Key Risk Indicators, Key Performance Indicators, etc.) from the different group companies and help in timely submissions to different forums. Also provide recommendations and best practices to improve the process of reporting and efficient utilization of the reporting platforms. Maintain the Metrics repository and ensure that the relevant procedures are up to date.
• Provide support to the AD IT Controls team for all reporting needs. Examples