IT Business Manager - Vice President

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 and . 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 VP, IT Business Manager will report to the Director, IT Business Management, and will be responsible for creating executive content, populating monthly and quarterly committee decks, sending CIO-wide communications, coordinating with multiple groups in IT, HR, Audit, Risk, etc., and keeping updated calendars reflecting key events.

• Prepare management presentations with strong technological background to deliver high quality content and strong visuals for senior management

• Leverage relationships to develop subject matter expertise and facilitate delivery of business management responsibilities

• Prepare CIO-wide communications from CIO mailbox e.g. Volunteer Challenge, All-hands, Org announcements, etc.

• Work collaboratively with counterparts in other regions or business verticals to share best practices and identify emerging themes

• Coordinate we have enough representation in tech for Corporate Citizenship, follow up with the leads, and report regularly on the status.

• Create and construct materials for all hands meeting and manage logistics and screen share of materials

• Manage newsletter strategy and review from CIO groups.

• Update, design, maintain SharePoint site

• Manage technology goals and keep track of achievements against goals for the year

• Review inventory of End User Computing (EUC) under IT Business Management and procure sign-off

• Responsible for consultant onboarding, support in business continuity and other corporate wide initiatives

• Lead & execute on resilience efforts

• Verify and review changes to the status of IT employees in the Mandatory Time Away (MTA) annual verification

Qualifications and Skills

• BA/BS in Finance, Mathematics, Business Administration, Computer Science, or similar field

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in IT business management or business planning, with at least 7-10 years of experience

• Advanced PowerPoint skills with timely and elegant design of deliverables

• Ability to work under changing priorities

• Ability to influence people outside the immediate span of control, negotiate and resolve conflicts, and work with business users, IT partners and vendors.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Licenses /Certifications (preferred but not required) – PMP

• Language Skills: Business fluency in English

• Software Systems: MS PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Visio

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