Senior Recruiter

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.

Role Description

SMBC is in the process of leading a Digital Transformation as we continue to modernize our technology, focus on our data driven approach, grow as well as plan for the future. As a result of this exciting growth, we are seeking a Senior Recruiter to join our team and help support this expansion. In this position you will manage full-cycle recruitment in Charlotte, NC, for Technology, Operations, and Cybersecurity (amongst other pillars), including sourcing, engaging, pre-screening, interviewing, negotiating offers, facilitating strategic hiring and on-boarding processes. You will oversee a volume of open positions within assigned business verticals and help grow relevant talent pipelines.

Role Objectives

• Partner with senior Technology, Operations, and Cybersecurity stakeholders to support the full-cycle recruitment process by preparing and conducting candidate screens, facilitate interview scheduling, completing system requirements, and monitor hiring progress through data reporting.

• Serve as a strategic talent partner to hiring managers and business leaders, leading recruitment efforts for critical hiring needs and leveraging market intelligence, stakeholder relationships, and SuccessFactors to deliver exceptional talent outcomes that support organizational goals.

• Prepare communications for hiring managers regarding interview guidelines, diverse interview panel criteria and/or other internal policies.

• Facilitate internal offer terms, letter approvals and deliver key offer terms to the candidate (i.e., comp, benefits, etc.).

• Collect and aggregate data to support recruiting updates, ensure reporting and analytics track key talent acquisition metrics (i.e., open positions, interview and candidate status, etc.) to help ensure clients, hiring managers, and key stakeholders remain aligned and informed.

• Work closely with our internal immigration team regarding candidates requiring visa sponsorship for employment (H-1B, OPT, CPT, TN, H4).

• Partner and manage relationships with third party recruitment agencies where relevant.

• Conduct intake calls with hiring managers and key stakeholders to advise on recruitment strategy and understand the specific requirements for their open positions.

Qualifications and Skills

• 7+ years of professional experience working in a recruiter position.

• Professional experience working in both an agency and corporate environment preferred.

• Demonstrated track record of delivering hiring results in high-volume, data-driven environments, including building recruitment strategies and talent pipelines from inception through scale across, Technology, Operations, and Cybersecurity.

• In-depth understanding of application and software development languages and frameworks, databases and platforms, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data, and Cloud environments.

• Experience partnering with HR Business Partners and the broader HR functions.

• Demonstrated ability to build relationships to effectively partner and provide a high level of service across incoming hiring teams.

• Ability to communicate effectively (written and verbal) and advise key stakeholders, and hiring teams around recruiting, and talent acquisition strategy.

Additional Requirements

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.

EOE, including Disability/veterans