Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation - SMBC Group Engineering Lead - Risk & Regulatory - Vice President

The new role is within our Risk and Regulatory Technology team in EMEA ITSD Cross - Product Platforms department. This team drives the delivery and support of Technology solutions critical to enable SMBC EMEA Risk, Regulatory and Compliance obligations. The purpose of this role is to design, build, implement and support Technology solutions for Risk Management, Regulatory Reporting and Compliance functions to meet SMBC internal and external obligations across EMEA locations. Key Job Functions

• Deliver solutions in line with EMEA CIO strategy, vision and target operating model aligned to EMEA Risk Management, Regulatory Reporting and Compliance strategy and according to IT Standards
• Implement and execute an optimal application and data architecture, change delivery processes, service excellence and operating model
• Ensure the environment is secure, stable and resilient and SMBC Group Companies and Branches meet internal and external regulatory obligations and compliance requirements through sustainable Technology solutions
• Define, plan, coordinate, and execute relevant technology applications enhancements
• Manage IT budget relevant to in-scope delivery
• Manage stakeholder relationships with Finance, Compliance, Risk, Business and Operations functions
• Manage direct and/or indirect technical subject matter staff including involvement in their recruitment, career development and succession planning
• Manage vendor relationships, selection and procurement of new or additional vendor systems
• Manage relationships with other Technology teams within SMBC Group providing solutions, delivery and support to EMEA Risk, Regulatory and Compliance functions
• Implement and execute best practices and applicable IT standards to all change delivery
Responsibility and Authority
• This role will report into one or more domains within EMEA Cross-Product Technology departments e.g. Risk, Regulatory and Compliance IT
• Factual impact of the role goes beyond the number of staff directed by this role particularly given its Compliance aspect
• Responsible for function-specific deliverables and representing Risk, Regulatory and Compliance Technology on specific projects and strategic initiatives
• Liaison with all relevant departments within EMEA as required. The role includes participation, from time to time in Steering Committee and other relevant Risk, Regulatory and Compliance management forums
• Responsible for managing internal technology providers (JRIA,JRIE and Outsourced service providers)
• Responsible for ensuring that our business partners' requirements are captured, filtered and developed in line with regulations and within the bank's strategy and standards
  
  Knowledge of Risk, Regulatory Reporting and Compliance Landscape with working experience in delivering change impacting Financial Risk Management, Prudential Regulation, Transaction and Trade Reporting, and Compliance functions of major EMEA banks
• Communication skills with stakeholders at the most senior level in the Bank and with third parties, including the ability to set and explain Risk, Regulatory and Compliance Technology changes to a non-technical audience and de-escalate issues and business impact caused by incidents
• Ability to think strategically in terms of value creation, coupled with a strong commercial acumen.
• 10+ years' experience in a similar technology role
• Extensive relevant industry experience
• Driving Change - programme and project management skills to drive effective change delivery
• Leadership skills at an Enterprise level to motivate and inspire direct reports and the wider group
• Judgement and decision making - on both complex technical issues and under pressure during system incidents
• Global Liaison - ability to operate, influence and provide thought leadership globally, particularly with our core partners in the Americas and the EMEA region
• Experience and understanding of change delivery across the software development lifecycle with a working knowledge of Agile Scrum methodology and managing Agile teams
• Management of a portfolio of products that contains a combination of in-house and vendor products that need to interact to enable Risk, Compliance, and Regulatory Reporting
• Implementation of Cloud infrastructure and Data Lake architectures
• Strong problem-solving skills and be able to provide recommendations and solutions for remediation or improvement
• Driving continual improvement and service delivery
• Knowledge of tooling and vendor management with leading industry tools used for Regulatory Reporting, Compliance and Monitoring (including Suade Labs, WKFS, S&P GRRS, Surveil X, Smarsh, BAIS etc)
• Strong history of managing stakeholders at various levels up to and including Board level
• Experience of leading at a senior level, devising and delivering strategies
• Deep knowledge and exposure to banking and capital markets products and losses
• Proven ability to drive productivity improvements through enhanced processes, policies and systems
• Strong external network for market intelligence
• Culturally aware
• Strong influencing skills
• Literate in Finance and Accounting Standards and practices
• Understanding of data management principles and advanced Office skills
Qualifications - Not essential as experience will play a large factor
• University Degree (or equivalent) in Finance, Business, Computer Science, Engineering or other similar subjects
• Agile Scrum Certification
• PRINCE2 or other Project Management qualification
• Business Analysis Certification
• Accountancy or other Financial Qualifications