Strategy & Transformation Business Analyst - Fixed Income Operations

 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 $122,000.00 and $175,000.00. 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

As part of SMBC Americas' strategy to build a commercially competitive, U.S. regulatory-based Commercial and Investment Bank, SMBC Americas Division has launched an organizational transformation initiative aligning all end-to-end efforts across the organization.

 

The Operations Strategy & Transformation Vice President will engage with stakeholders across multiple business lines to ensure alignment and participation and agree on target end state and ownership, as well as monitor delivery throughout the life of the transformation effort and assess outcomes to ensure completeness and sustainability. The position will primarily interface with Bank and Broker Dealer Operations with the incumbent acting as a key contributor in support of governance and oversight while applying critical thinking to organizational change. The role will manage end-to-end delivery for large-scale transformation program or portfolio of transformation and remediation programs.

Role Objectives: Delivery

Lead high priority remediation and transformation program or portfolio of programs, that cover, among other components, organizational design, process improvement, and system implementation.

• Define program stakeholders, scope, timing, resource requirements and deliverables.
• Engage stakeholders across multiple business divisions to ensure alignment and participation and agree on target operating model.
• Identify and mobilize subject-matter experts throughout the organization to contribute as required.
• Implement standardized templates and communication channels to drive transparency and consistency across work-streams.
• Monitor delivery throughout the life of the transformation effort and assess outcomes to ensure completeness and sustainability.
• Modify program plan and/or timelines as necessary in coordination with business stakeholders.
• Coordinate the development of project artefacts incl. project charters, business cases, governance materials, etc. to ensure effective governance and delivery of projects.ccccccc

Role Objectives: Interpersonal

Form strong partnerships with business stakeholders across the organization to agree and refine program scope, timelines, and target deliverables.

• Promote coordination between program work-streams to ensure alignment and awareness of over-arching program objectives.
• Partner with impacted product and process owners to inform program delivery and objectives.
• Share expected outcomes and impact assessments to encourage buy-in on