1. This is a hybrid role, requiring the successful candidate to attend our Tralee office.
2. 9 month fixed term contract role with the possibility to extend.
Role Description
This is an important role on the AD IT Controls team that has been established to 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 skills 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 different sources 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.
This role is for an IT Governance and Reporting associate, to support monitoring, tracking, and reporting as it relates to AD IT Controls and related programs.
Role Objectives
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. Provide support and expertise to other AD IT Controls streams of work in coordination with other AD IT Controls team members
Qualifications and Skills
11. 4-6 years of IT governance and reporting experience in the financial services industry.
12. Experience working and supporting IT Governance and reporting processes.
13. 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.
14. Excellent presentation skills with expertise in PowerPoint, Visio
15. Exposure to ETL processes and BI Analytics tools like PowerBI, QlikView, etc. is a plus
16. Excellent verbal and written communication skills with ability to articulate concepts and ideas to diverse audiences.
17. Ability to work well autonomously as well in a team with AD IT Control team, Risk and Control team and other IT Teams.
18. Exposure to IT Risk and Controls, or Audit is a nice to have.
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.
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.