Risk Business Management Associate

SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group headquartered in Tokyo with a 400-year history, offering a diverse range of financial services including banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance. The Group operates over 130 offices and employs 80,000 people worldwide across nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) serves as the holding company and is one of Japan’s three largest banking groups, with shares traded on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York (NYSE: SMFG) stock exchanges. In the Americas, SMBC Group provides commercial and investment banking services to corporate, institutional, and municipal clients, connecting them to local markets and its extensive global network.

About the role

The Associate will join the Office of the Chief Risk Officer (CRO) Business Management team, working closely with risk verticals to develop executive-quality presentations, reports, and dashboards. The role involves distilling complex risk information into clear, actionable insights for executive, board, Head Office, and regulatory audiences. Additional responsibilities include supporting budget management, governance routines, committee materials, and risk reporting process improvements.

Responsibilities

• Develop executive-level materials that distill, visualize, and present complex risk issues concisely and accurately for diverse audiences.
• Translate technical risk data into clear narratives, highlighting key messages, implications, decisions, next steps, and trade-offs.
• Support recurring and ad hoc CRO reporting, including materials for senior management, Board, Head Office, regulatory meetings, and risk committees.
• Assist with budget management, headcount tracking, dashboard visuals, and reporting routines to advance CRO Office priorities.
• Coordinate inputs across risk verticals, challenge unclear content, and ensure timely completion of high-quality materials.
• Support risk committee processes, including agenda preparation, meeting minutes, action item tracking, and governance documentation.
• Identify opportunities to improve reporting processes, data quality, visual consistency, and risk communication effectiveness.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in a risk management function at a large U.S. bank/FBO, consulting firm serving the banking sector, U.S. banking regulator, or comparable financial services environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convert complex content into clear PowerPoint presentations and executive-ready narratives.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills, with attention to detail and the ability to identify key issues, implications, and required actions.
• Ability to articulate challenges, decisions, options, pros/cons, resolution paths, next steps, and accountabilities in a structured manner.
• Working understanding of enterprise risk management and major risk disciplines, including Credit, Market, Liquidity/Treasury, Operational, Model, Technology/Data/Cyber, and Compliance/Regulatory risk.
• Ability to translate technical risk concepts into accessible content for senior management and non-technical audiences.
• Interest in connecting risk information across functions and assessing how market, macroeconomic, regulatory, and business developments may affect the organization’s risk profile.
• Effective interpersonal skills and diplomacy when working with internal departments, senior management, Head Office, and regulatory stakeholders.
• Independent, solution-oriented worker comfortable with ambiguity and managing multiple time-sensitive deliverables.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, especially PowerPoint and Excel; familiarity with Power BI, dashboarding, or similar reporting tools is preferred.
• Sound judgment, integrity, professionalism, and discretion in handling sensitive information and management-level materials.

Schedule

SMBC follows a Hybrid workforce model, requiring employees to live within a reasonable commuting distance of their office location. Specific hybrid work schedules will be discussed during the interview process. Certain roles, such as FINRA-registered positions, may require full-time in-office attendance.