Senior Project Manager

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SMBC Group is a top‑tier global financial group headquartered in Tokyo with a 400‑year history. It 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, one of the three largest banking groups in Japan.

SMFG’s shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya and New York stock exchanges (NYSE: SMFG). In the Americas, SMBC Group has a presence in the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Peru, backed by its capital strength and relationships in Asia. The Group offers commercial and investment banking services to corporate, institutional and municipal clients, connecting 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.

SMBC is enhancing its stress‑testing capabilities to meet the CCAR capital planning and stress‑testing commitments to the Federal Reserve. A talented and motivated leader will guide the strategic initiative, reduce time to market and ensure successful delivery on regulatory commitments. The platform will leverage the SMBC Technology stack—including Databricks, Power BI, and Azure Cloud Platform—to support CCAR, internal stress testing, CECL reporting and other requirements.

• Work directly with business users on requirement elicitation, analysis, user acceptance testing and post‑production SME support.
• Collaborate closely with business users and cross‑functional teams to understand root cause analysis and solutions for data quality issues.
• Assist developers and QA team members during the development phase.
• Master complex tasks with minimal supervision, effectively communicating ideas.
• Apply strong analytical and problem‑solving skills to conduct root cause analysis and provide viable/creative solutions.
• Analyze business processes, recommend improvements and translate business needs into IT requirements.
• Provide senior management updates on emerging risks and action plans.
• Create and maintain documentation for various ongoing projects and business processes.
• Conduct gap analysis and provide current state versus future state analysis.

• 15+ years of professional experience at large banks, focusing on regulatory initiatives (CCAR, DFAST, Basel III).
• Prior experience with CCAR and stress testing implementations at leading banks.
• Coordinate cross‑functional teams to ensure timely and accurate submission of FR Y‑14 reports.
• Develop and maintain documentation for stress testing methodologies and assumptions.
• Ensure compliance with Federal Reserve regulations and internal risk‑management policies.
• Present stress‑testing results and capital impact assessments to senior management and regulators.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to understand business requirements.
• Knowledge of market risk, VaR, credit risk, reporting, etc. is desirable.
• Experience working with market data sources, financial instruments and trading systems.
• Self‑starter with strong ability to multi‑task and solve business problems.
• Highly developed sense of accountability and follow‑through, effectively prioritising multiple tasks, projects and goals to completion.
• Understand complex and highly technical concepts, and translate/synthesize them for the tech team.
• Knowledge of project‑management frameworks, including Waterfall and Agile, is required.
• Proficiency in SQL and tools such as JIRA, MS Project, Visio and Excel is required.
• Knowledge of Databricks is desirable.
• Prioritise work by setting realistic deadlines, forecasting, and communicating changes resulting from risks and issues, while ensuring strong fiscal control and accountability for…