What are the responsibilities and job description for the Transformation Officer - Enterprise - Vice President position at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation?
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
Support the initiation, planning, delivery, and closure of enterprise-wide transformation initiatives across SMBC Americas Division. Leverage project management knowledge and communication skills to help drive the successful delivery of projects within time, budget, scope, and quality constraints while tracking and reporting initiative status and identifying / communicating / managing risks. Engage stakeholders across multiple business divisions to ensure alignment and participation and agree on target end state and ownership. Monitor delivery throughout the life of the transformation effort and assess outcomes to ensure completeness and sustainability.
Role Objectives: Delivery
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Supports day-to-day execution, timeline management, and delivery milestones, ensuring that individual initiatives contribute effectively to the overall strategic objectives.
- Supports all aspects of project management.
- Manages relationships with diverse functional contributors and stakeholders.
- Operates within a structured program/project governance framework designed to ensure focused execution, clear ownership, and measurable outcomes on every initiative, from project initiation through completion.
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Project Initiation:
- Works with key stakeholders to define objectives and strategic direction, supports due diligence on potential solutions and resource requirements, supports creation of project charter, engages steering and oversight groups, socializes with relevant senior management and functional stakeholders as required, and onboards project in internal project management tracking tool.
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Project Planning:
- Supports creation of project plan, assesses dependencies, and risks, creates associated project artifacts as required, defines and plans operational effectiveness & sustainability, reviews project plan with relevant stakeholders, and onboards workstreams and tasks in internal project management tracking tool.
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Project Delivery:
- Assists in coordination and tracking of project delivery activities, updates project plans as required, manages dependencies, updates RAID and Change Logs as required, engages in stakeholder communications on solutions, status, and risks, orchestrates project governance, operational transition plans, updates internal project management tracking tool, ensures Operational Effectiveness & Sustainability.
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Project closure:
- Supports acceptance of project outcomes and validates objectives are met, collects and documents relevant artifacts, reviews and finalizes closure documentation with relevant stakeholders including developing closure packs, and supports and ensures independent validation where required.
Qualifications and Skills
- 5-7 years of project management experience in the financial services industry
- Experience with enterprise risk management framework and coordination with technology teams a plus
- Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Bachelor’s or master’s Degree
- PMP certification a plus
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 : $122,000 - $175,000
