Cyber Operations-Vice President

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 Rail Services LLC, Manufacturers Bank, 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 $137,000.00 and $185,000.00. 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

Reporting to the Director of Cyber & Operational Resilience, this role supports the 1st Line of Defense (LOD) Information Security Group Department Americas Division’s (GPDAD) and International Group Companies managing activities related to Cyber Resilience and Application Security Testing in accordance with applicable regulations, Head Office policies and industry practices for Information Security and Operational Resilience.
The Cyber Operations VP will be responsible for partnering with security teams to detect, analyze, prioritized, report, and manage the closure of vulnerabilities discovered from a combination of manual and automated penetration testing, agent-based code scans and applications scans. Focus areas include security testing vulnerabilities management, cyber resilience controls enhancements, and cyber resilience assessments from the attack lens. Additionally, improving our cyber resilience operational partnerships and collaboration to increase readiness in cyber resilience. This includes driving alignment and enhancement of cyber resilience focused controls, data, and risks. Represent Cyber & Operational Resilience by participating in information technology, data management, asset management, cybersecurity, and operational resilience management across various businesses group companies, and functions of the bank. This includes regional resilience coordination and reporting of progress to executive leadership.

Role Objectives

Vulnerability Management - manages team that will perform remediation management, reporting, and escalation of vulnerabilities identified through Cyber Resilience testing activities to include penetration testing and application security testing.
•Manage and enhance the remediation management function in partnership with the SMBC America Division and Affiliated companies.
•Assist in the analysis and remediation of findings discovered during scheduled internal and third-party vulnerability scans penetration testing, threat modeling, insider threats, exercise after action reports and cyber resilience assessments.
•Help build, design, and/or enhance dashboard reporting that provides actionable information and status report such as: vulnerabilities categorized, prioritized and action taken to manage exposure, mitigation plans and closure timeline.
•Create a “Report Card” approach for providing and reporting of applications, and group companies. Communicates the results of cyber resilience activities, will present remediation items for technical debt reduction to the business, application, security, and group company owners and prioritize efforts.
•Review and triage ad-hoc vulnerability alerts in collaboration with the Security Operations Center (SOC), Security Testing Team, and other SMEs (Subject Matter Expert), as necessary.
•Work with global security teams such as Global SOC and remediation management to identify thematic patterns and propose strategic actions to reduce risk.
•Collaborate with leadership to analyze trends, variances, and intelligence across the SMB