Transformation Programs - Front Office
About The Position
SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group with a 400-year history, headquartered in Tokyo. It offers diverse financial services including banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance, with over 130 offices and 80,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) is the holding company of SMBC Group, 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 operates in the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Peru. Backed by the capital strength of SMBC Group and its relationships in Asia, the Group provides commercial and investment banking services to corporate, institutional, and municipal clients, connecting them to local markets and its extensive global network. 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 $92,000.00 and $140,000.00. The specific salary offered will depend on individual qualifications, experience, and market analysis. The role may also be eligible for an annual discretionary incentive award. SMBC offers a competitive portfolio of benefits to its employees.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree
- 2–5 years of experience in project coordination, project management, business transformation, or a similar role
- Strong organizational, documentation, and follow‑up skills
- Ability to work across multiple workstreams and manage competing priorities
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) and familiarity with project management tools
Responsibilities
- Manage end-to-end delivery for large-scale transformation program or portfolio of programs.
- Engage stakeholders across multiple business divisions to ensure alignment and participation and agree on target end state and ownership.
- Monitor delivery throughout the life of the transformation effort and assess outcomes to ensure completeness and sustainability.
- Supporting project initiation activities, including project charters, scope definition, and workplan development
- Maintaining project plans, schedules, RAID logs (risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies), and action trackers
- Coordinating cross‑functional inputs and dependencies across business, technology, legal, risk, and operations teams
- Tracking deliverables and milestones to support timely execution
- Prepare regular project status reports, dashboards, and materials for working groups and steering committees
- Ensure project documentation adheres to internal governance, audit, and regulatory standards
- Assist in maintaining project repositories and ensuring appropriate version control and documentation integrity
- Support compliance with enterprise project lifecycle requirements from initiation through closure
- Produce workflow diagrams, process maps, and presentation materials as needed to support project execution and decision‑making
- Organizing and facilitating project meetings, including preparing agendas, taking minutes, and following up on action items
- Acting as a coordination point between project stakeholders to ensure alignment and issue resolution
- Escalate risks, issues, and potential timeline impacts to the Senior Project Manager as appropriate
Benefits
- Competitive portfolio of benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
