Compliance Transformation Project Manager - 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 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

The Vice President, Compliance Transformation Project Manager manages Compliance transformation projects through their lifecycle. This includes coordinating and advising on business case development, creating requirements documentation and project plans, directing cross-functional project teams, managing scope/schedule/budget, defining deliverables, facilitating Steering Group meetings, facilitating management reporting, ensuring completeness of deliverables and their effectiveness, and transitioning completed projects into day-to-day operations. The role requires forming and maintaining effective stakeholder relations across cross-functional teams, the ability to collaborate to align projects with business goals, understanding the firm’s regulatory environment, and maintaining effective communications and reporting. The successful Vice President, Compliance Transformation Project Manager has demonstrated experience in Commercial/Corporate Banking, Investment Banking, or Capital Markets, the ability to adapt to changing requirements/priorities, drives successful project outcomes to transform Compliance functions, and thrives in a challenging environment.

Role Objectives: Delivery

• Manage daily project activities in accordance with the bank’s project management standards
• Lead project planning and implementation through all phases, tasks, and timelines
• Develop and implement comprehensive project plans
• Define and track project objectives and deliverables
• Manage resources, budgets, schedules, and project dependencies
• Ensure that projects are delivered on time and on budget
• Encourage buy-in across all stakeholder groups
• Set a tone of collaboration and transparency amongst project stakeholders
• Proactively identify, monitor, and manage project risks and issues
• Collaborate with cross-functional subject matter experts
• Ensure completeness of project deliverables
• Ensure that plans and schedules account for transition and sustainability of project outcomes
• Lead project Steering and Working Groups, and planning, design, and other relevant meetings
• Monitor project progress and facilitate all project communications and applicable management reporting
• Highlight and escalate key blockers to governance for decision-making
• Use effective project change control to adapt plans, schedules