Finance Planning & Analytics (Analyst)

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 $65,000.00 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

This position provides support to senior management and other business stakeholders for the U.S FP&A ("Financial Planning and Analytics") Team in Finance & Strategic Planning Department, Americas Division ("FSPDAD)". U.S. FP&A reports directly to the U.S. Chief Financial Officer ("U.S. CFO"). This function requires strong influencing and negotiation skills and provides the opportunity to demonstrate thought leadership to senior management.

Scope of responsibility includes driving execution and management of key initiatives inclusive of financial and management reporting, flash and actuals reporting, budgeting and producing standard management reports and presentations, including ad-hoc analysis for U.S. CFO and other senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Drive management of key strategic initiatives within the U.S. CFO office inclusive of project execution
• Provide timely and relevant updates/communication of key messages to senior stakeholders
• Produce recurring and ad-doc packages for U.S. CFO and other key stakeholders;
• Assist with key strategic initiatives by performing analysis and review of organization financial performance by collecting, analyzing, and reporting financial data
• Support senior business leaders with financial insights including reviewing financial results, peer comparable; what-if analysis with regards to new initiatives and/or new business;
• Collaborate to develop forecasting processes to enable entity, business, and regional views of both local and global financial resource consumption and constraints
• Liaising with key business contacts to gather, analyze and provide overall narrative of key business drivers and performance metrics to senior management
• Build models and metrics to drive business decisions and help guide senior management in making strategic decisions
• Innovate and improve existing processes around management reporting; and build new processes where none exist

Qualifications and Skills

• 1-3 years of working experience in financial industry in Finance, Consulting , or FP&A departments
• Ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously and plan/prioritize appropriately;
• Ability to lead and drive initiatives through creative thinking and pragmatism;
• Strong attention to detail and ability to independently work across functional groups inclusive of front/middle/back office functions;
• Well-developed listening skills and ability to engage at the senior management level;
• Strong influencing skills with the ability to mediate discussions and draw consensus;
• Outstanding analytical and problem solving skills
• Proficiency with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI, Qlikview (along with ability to quickly learn new programs and applications)
• Collaborative and demonstrated ability to manage a team in dynamic environment

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 View email address on click.appcast.io.