Finance Data Strategy and Management - Business Analyst

Overview

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.

Role Description

To support SMBC Americas ' business growth strategy, SMBC Finance is executing a major initiative to review and enhance critical Finance processes within its US operations, including financial planning, reporting, and data management. Working with core Finance teams and other key colleagues (Technology, Risk, Compliance, etc.), Finance Change is primarily responsible for establishing and managing large-scale programs focused on implementation of processes, methodologies, and systems that meet regulatory requirements and industry best practices.

Within the larger Finance Change team, Data Strategy team is focused on developing and executing on a long-term vision of Data Management capabilities (Data Sourcing and Governance) across all finance functions (e.g., Treasury, FP&A, Controllers etc.). SMBC is seeking a Business Analyst to support our enterprise‑wide Finance Transformation initiative. This role is ideal for an experienced finance and data professional with deep accounting knowledge, strong financial product expertise, and hands‑on experience working with subledger and general ledger systems.

The Vice President will play a pivotal role in ensuring data integrity, defining accounting rules, strengthening governance, and shaping SMBC’s target‑state financial reporting architecture.

Responsibilities

• Oversee identification, gathering, and management of financial and accounting data across subledgers, with emphasis on financial product behaviors.
• Lead subledger data analysis to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with accounting standards.
• Serve as the accounting and product SME during the Oracle On‑Prem to Cloud GL migration.
• Define data and file structures for source‑to‑Cloud GL data feeds.
• Partner with Finance, Product Control, IT, and the Chief Data Office to implement strong data governance practices.
• Identify accounting data gaps, develop Business Requirements Documents (BRDs), and coordinate technical remediation with IT.
• Develop and refine the accounting rules engine used for debit/credit generation.
• Lead finance data strategy work streams and prepare updates and presentations for senior management.
• Support the development of reconciliations, reporting processes, and financial control frameworks.
• Troubleshoot complex accounting and data issues across Finance, Risk, and IT teams.
• Support ongoing Finance Transformation programs and broader organizational improvement initiatives.

Qualifications And Skills

• 4-7+ years of experience in finance, data management, product control, or business analysis within a financial institution.
• Strong product‑level accounting knowledge across lending, deposits, securities, derivatives, leasing, and fee‑based products.
• Demonstrated experience with Oracle Cloud GL (AP, AR, FA, AHCS, ARC) and related data conversions.
• Experience with data governance disciplines including data…