What are the responsibilities and job description for the Strategy & Transformation - Analyst position at SMBC Group?
The anticipated salary range for this role is between $70,000.00 and $85,000.00. 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 Analyst, Transformation Governance & Oversight will serve as a business partner to project teams that lead SMBC Americas Division Transformation Initiatives. The candidate will build and maintain effective relationships with Portfolio Managers and Project Managers to improve the data quality of the Transformation Project Portfolio and provide better transparency to the Leadership Team. The candidate is results-oriented with the ability to pay close attention to details, learn quickly, and communicate effectively. Experience with project management and project governance a plus. Reports to : Americas Strategy & Transformation Department, Transformation Governance & Oversight.
Role Objectives
- Support the governance and oversight of the change portfolio, which consists of large-scale transformation projects
- Review change portfolio project data in internally developed tracking tool to identify inconsistencies, missing values, incorrect formatting, and other data quality issues
- Take corrective actions to clean and rectify identified data quality problems, which may include data standardization to SMBC standards
- Create and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) by Department / Business Unit and / or portfolio to track data quality over time, including accuracy rates, completeness percentages, and data validation metrics
- Investigate the root causes of recurring data quality issues to identify areas for process improvement and prevent future problems
- Work closely with portfolio managers and project managers to communicate data quality issues, and collaborate on reports and dashboards
- Support and enable project teams to meet key deliverables through better metrics
- Strengthen project portfolio data holistically across the project portfolio and provide better transparency to the Leadership Team
- Develop and report metrics to ensure projects are continuously updated with relevant, accurate, and timely data suitable for a senior management audience
- Partner with other team members in Strategy & Transformation to drive continuous alignment and advance the adoption of best practices
- Collaborate on developing and enhancing project, program, and portfolio management standards, templates, and best practices, as well as controls and metrics reporting approaches
Qualifications and Skills
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.
Salary : $70,000 - $85,000
