AD IT Governance and Controls (Vice President) in Tralee, Ireland

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, Ireland, 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

This is an important role on the AD IT Controls team that has been established to lead and provide support for governance and reporting activities of IT Controls across the group companies that comprise the Americas Division of Sumitomo Banking Corporation.

In this role you will leverage your governance and reporting subject matter expertise to support the AD IT Controls team to produce relevant metrics, reports and presentations that will be used by stakeholders including IT Controls team, Senior management and Executives in various review forums. You will be responsible to validate data collected from each group company and to aggregate and create meaningful summary reports. As an AD IT Controls team member, you will also assist other team members as they work towards monitoring IT Controls related to Application Management / SDLC, Change Management, Incident Management, Service Continuity, Service Delivery and Operations, and Data Management.

Role Objectives

This role will serve as the IT Governance and Reporting lead, to support monitoring, tracking, and reporting as it relates to AD IT Controls and related programs.

Responsibilities:

• Gain familiarity with the AD IT Controls suite and understand the various governance and reporting requirements, including reports that support the AD IT Controls team in their day-to-day review and monitoring activities, and Senior management and Executive reports that aim to provide management updates and escalation.

• Provide support to govern AD IT Policy related documents (PRD) including policies, standards and procedures, per the bank’s policy. Provide guidance as appropriate for timely completion of activities related to maintenance of PRDs, including annual review and approval workflows.

• Provide active monitoring of Issues impacting IT controls. Review IT issues on a regular basis, assist relevant stakeholders with regular reminders and follow ups for timely remediation of issues, produce management reports as required that serve to provide timely updates and escalations.

• Review and maintain IT Control ratings for SMBC Americas Division and each group company, working alongside IT Control Officers on a regular basis to ensure ratings and corresponding rationale are captured consistently. Produce monthly reports and communication to keep CxOs and key stakeholders updated.

• Maintain the AD IT Controls team PowerBI dashboard that provides insights into IT Issues, Control Ratings and other reports relevant to the IT Control environment.

• Support in collating and reviewing AD IT metrics (Key Risk Indicators, Key Performance Indicators, etc.) from the different group companies and help in timely submissions to different forums. Also provide recommendations and best practices to improve the process of reporting and efficient utilization of the reporting platforms. Maintain the Metrics repository and ensure that the relevant procedures are up to date.

• Provide support to the AD IT Controls team for all reporting needs. Examples include creating decks for Senior Management forums with topics of relevance, progress updates for major programs, etc.

• Provide support and expertise to other AD IT Controls streams of work in coordination with other AD IT Controls team members

Qualifications and Skills

• 5-10 years of IT governance and reporting experience in the financial services industry.

• Experience working and supporting IT Governance and reporting processes.

• Experience working with IT teams to strengthen their adherence to organizationally defined IT controls and collecting data and information, relevant for reporting.

• Advance to Expert skills in Excel with particular expertise in Power Queries, Pivots, Formulae including VLOOKUP, etc. Ability to digest data from different sources and formats and produce meaningful summaries and reports.

• Excellent presentation skills with expertise in PowerPoint, Visio and exposure to BI Analytics tools like PowerBI, QlikView, etc.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with ability to articulate concepts and ideas to diverse audiences.

• Able to work well autonomously as well in a team with AD IT Control team, Risk and Control team and other IT Teams.

• Exposure to IT Risk and Controls, or Audit is a plus.

Additional Requirements

D&I Commitment

Responsible for fostering a culture of diversity and inclusion, holding leaders accountable for creating an inclusive environment through awareness and practice of equity in recruiting, developing, and promoting diverse talent.

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.

We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. SMBC provides reasonable accommodations for employees and applicants with disabilities consistent with applicable law. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application process, please let us know at [email protected].