Vice President

Vice President

Job Level: Vice President Job Function: Data Design Location: Jersey City, NJ, US Employment Type: Full Time

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 $140,000.00 and $180,000.00. 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 Objectives

• Manage a portfolio of prioritized Finance data governance initiatives/workstreams.
• Lead the identification and establishment of the Key Data Uses (KDU) inventory for the Finance function.
• Establish the process for the identification and onboarding of the Key Data Elements (KDEs) for the identified KDUs, including documenting definitions, gathering, and validating technical metadata, liaising with data owners and data stewards, as per the guidelines from the Chief Data office team.
• Develop, implement, and maintain key aspects of the firm’s Data Lineage exercise - in line with best practices and industry expectations.
• Lead the development and implementation of data quality controls & rules that meet the standards laid out by the Chief Data office team.
• Support the Finance functions ongoing initiative to source reference data from the firm's strategic data sources.
• Perform gap assessments against data policies, standards, and reporting (management or regulatory) requirements to identify any data risks and determine remediation plans.
• Identify data quality issues /exceptions and ensure they are captured in the data quality issues repository.
• Work closely with the Finance data governance team to perform root cause analysis of the data quality issues and drive remediation.
• Partner with Finance SMEs, Chief Data Office, IT, and other stakeholders in implementing target state data controls and data governance framework.

Qualifications and Skills

Master's degree in information management or a related field plus 3 years of experience. Experience must include the following: data management; data quality rules, SQL, Oracle database; data lineage; regulatory and financial reporting; project management; and data governance. The required skills do not need to be maintained over the full term of required experience.

*Hybrid remote work is permitted. 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.