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 $125,000.00 and $165,000.00. 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.

Job Summary

While being an integral member of SMBC Americas Division (AD)'s Talent Management & Development CoE, this role serves as TM consultant to SMBC MANUBANK. In addition to the consultancy role, this role is responsible for the execution of all elements of the Talent Management cycle (Performance Management, Talent Reviews, Succession Planning, Employee Engagement, Employee Value Proposition, Development Planning, Internal Mobility, and Promotion) across the Americas to offer a holistic Talent Management experience that will scale up during business growth and align our talent strategy to the business strategy.

Primary Responsibilities

The job responsibilities are described herein:

• Responsible for Talent Management portfolio execution & delivery across Americas including project planning, tracking & management, content and communications development and consulting of various stakeholders across the bank.

• Help to continiously enhance existing talent management solutions and facilitate talent management processes.

• Ensure Talent Management portfolio and solutions enhance business culture and support the bank's brand, values and culture and employee value proposition.

• Collaborate with stakeholders to assess talent needs and determine the best way to design, develop and deliver processes

• Independently plan and execute TM related projects and processes

• Develop, track, report and maintain related statistics and metrics

• Create content including, job aids, process descriptions and tool user guides

• Remain current about external trends and best practices in talent management and integrate this knowledge into deliverables

• Audit control responsibilities

• Serve as back-up for other team members

Critical Job Knowledge and Core Competencies/Skills

• Contribute solid experience in building & execution of talent management solutions and processes. Able to serve as strong facilitator and communicator of our TM portfolio. Project manage end-to-end effectively. Creates effective communications, materials for manger and employees that helped implement our TM portfolio and delivers briefings on TM processes and topics to HR and Business. In addition to supporting SMBC AD Talent Management, run the yearly talent management cycle at SMBC MANUBANK.

• Drive results; strives for excellence

• Strong communicator in writing and verbally

• Analytical and detail oriented

• Cross-cultural competence

• Collaboration: able to build trusting relationships with colleagues and stakeholders

• Planning/Organizing/Executing - project management skills

• Emotional intelligence

• Strong consulting skills - in person and remotely

• End-to-end development and roll-out of talent management processes and tools

Role Objectives: Expertise

• Work Experience: 7 to 10 years of specialized experience. Experience with designing, building and implementing talent management processes and tools like performance management, succession planning, development planning, promotion, employee engagement and talent review. Strong project management and analytics skills. HR/TM consultancy experience in similar KAM role. Effective communicator. Experience working in cross-cultural environment.

• Required Education: BA / BS

• Preferred Education: MA / MS / MBA in adult education

• Business fluency in the following language(s): English

• Software Systems / Programming Languages: Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills, SuccessFactors knowledge and experience preferred; knowledge of WebEx or equivalent systems

• Percentage of Travel Required: 0-10%

Additional Requirements

D&I Commitment

Responsible for fostering a culture of diversity and inclusion, holding leaders accountable for creating an inclusive environment through awareness and practice of equity in recruiting, developing, and promoting diverse talent.

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.

We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. SMBC provides reasonable accommodations for employees and applicants with disabilities consistent with applicable law. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application process, please let us know at accommodations@smbcgroup.com.