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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 will support strategic initiatives and transformation efforts within the Cash Management business, with a particular focus on ensuring business readiness for the project’s go-live. This includes assisting with pricing and billing strategy, operational process documentation, policy and procedure readiness, risk mitigation planning, and the development of operational metrics and monitoring frameworks.

This role will support senior leadership, technology, operations, and product teams to ensure seamless execution and adoption of change initiatives. The Vice President will collaborate with internal stakeholders to align business objectives with execution plans and ensure delivery of scalable, compliant, and competitive cash management solutions.

Role Objectives

+ Support business readiness efforts for the Cash Management platform go-live, ensuring all operational, procedural, and risk-related components are in place ahead of launch.

+ Assist in the execution of readiness plans across pricing and billing strategy, operational process documentation, policy and procedure alignment, and risk mitigation.

+ Define and implement operational metrics and monitoring frameworks to support post-go-live performance and control sustainability.

+ Leverage data analysis to identify readiness gaps, track progress against key milestones, and inform decision-making across workstreams.

+ Coordinate closely with product, technology, operations, and risk teams to ensure seamless implementation and adoption of new capabilities.

+ Identify and resolve cross-functional issues that could impact delivery, client experience, or operational integrity.

+ Attract, develop, and retain top talent within the transformation team, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture.

Qualifications and Skills

+ 7+ years of experience recommended.

+ Strong business and data analysis skills.

+ Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

+ Ability to put customer as driving force in all work delivered.

+ Strong skills in analyzing data and developing insights.

+ Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.

+ Ability to influence people outside the immediate span of control, including business users, other staff and vendors.

+ Ability to synthesize information from various sources to develop concise fact-based recommendations.

+ Experience working in an environment where adherence to banking compliance and regulatory standards is essential.

+ Adaptability to work in a fast-paced environment that will face changes over the coming periods of time.

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 [email protected].