Associate, Finance Data Quality and Analytics

Job Level: Associate

Job Function: Reporting & Analytics

Location:

Jersey City, NJ, US, 07311

Employment Type: Full Time

Requisition ID: 6511

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 $83,000.00 and $125,000.00. 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

The department is seeking for a financial data experienced associate who mainly focuses on for data quality over financial regulatory reporting data attributes/elements to make sure that the regulatory reports to various regulatory agencies are prepared timely, accurately and with complete appropriate data. In addition, this function requires to communicates and coordinate with various business functions external to finance and establish, support, maintain and continuously improve stronger regulatory reporting data governance. This role will also ensure compliance with data procedures with respect to time-to-remediate and data quality issues, as well as internal team expectations.

Responsibilities

Execute and maintain regulatory reporting data analytics and data quality initiatives.
Execute associated data initiatives, drive procedure operationalization and execution
Work across teams to translate regulatory requirements into implementable data controls
Ensure data quality compliance, and control for various financial regulatory reports according to company policy and standards.
Report and monitor data issues related to data quality from regulatory reports. Work with stakeholders for root causes analysis and resolutions.
Provide the forward-looking data analysis, presentations for MIS and analytics in support of Executive reporting
Facilitate project update communications and meetings.
Develop templates, guides, and other accelerators to enable the team members to execute activities in a repeatable manner
Basic understanding of AI technologies and principles, such as supervised/unsupervised learning, generative AI, data labeling, model drift, algorithm selection, and model governance.
Knowledge with AI platforms and tools, including but not limited to IBM Watson, or OpenAI, as well as data engineering pipelines (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks).
Exceptional communication skills, including the ability to clearly articulate AI transformation roadmaps to both technical and business audiences.
Demonstrated agility in understanding ambiguity and evolving AI technologies, with a commitment to continuous learning and improvement.

Qualifications and Skills

4-7 years on data analytics, data quality, and compliance of finance or financial regulatory reporting.
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
Experience working on complex business analysis and cross functional projects
With proficient IT skills including but not limited to various Microsoft applications, Power BI or SQL, is a plus.
Demonstrate ability to challenge the status-quo and drive results
Knowledge of various financial products, banking, or accounting (preferable)
Team-worker with ability to work independently.
Bachelor of Science in Accounting, Business or equivalent ; MBA a plus

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.