Planning Administrator

Planning Administrator

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 $48,000.00 and $75,000.00. 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

Global Trade Finance Department (GTFD) is a global department with major offices in Tokyo, Singapore, London and New York. The business is diverse and dynamic, comprising of four business lines (documentary trade and trade loans, receivables finance, structured trade & commodity finance) and multiple teams.

The purpose of the role is to support GTFD management in the delivery of its strategy and its financial and qualitative targets, and the maintenance of a robust control framework as a "First Line of Defense". This person will support relevant projects and initiatives of the Bank. They will coordinate through SPCU the "planning" (financial control, strategic monitoring and policy implementation) responsibilities related to GTFD's global activities and to contribute to its global strategic, planning and control capabilities. This arises from the role of SPCU in Tokyo to jointly manage GTFD's global net income budget, resources and key performance indicators. This role will require interaction with a broad range of staff in other departments at various levels, including within FSPDAD, Front Office Business Management in Vertical, RMDAD and BCDAD, the GTFD's senior management, group heads and other staff within the Americas Division (AD) as well as with SPCU colleagues in other regions.

Role Objectives

• Produce periodic and ad hoc presentations and reports.
• Track and prepare detailed reports reflecting GTFD's financial and qualitative performance.
• Investigate together with other stakeholders errors or anomalies in processes.
• Develop data management and reporting capabilities.
• Support ad hoc projects and activities.
• Handling business travel bookings and travel expense reimbursements.
• Expense management.
• Ordering office supplies and managing building maintenance requests.

Qualifications and Skills

Required :

Preferred :

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 accommodations@smbcgroup.com.