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.
This role serves as SMBC Americas Division Information Security’s Product Specialist for the organizational GRC platform (SAI360), responsible for the design, configuration, and continuous improvement of integrated governance, risk, and compliance capabilities.
The SAI360 platform supports core GRC functions including risk management, controls management, assessments, issue management, and regulatory compliance. This role will partner with business, risk, and technology stakeholders to translate regulatory and operational requirements into scalable system configurations and workflows. This role also contributes to the standardization of control frameworks, risk taxonomies, and regulatory mappings to support consistent reporting and regulatory alignment across regions.
The Product Specialist is responsible for ensuring Information Security modules are effectively configured, integrated with upstream and downstream systems, and support efficient, audit-ready processes.
The Product Specialist delivers configuration, design, and support services for SAI360 users across Information Security and broader control functions. Key responsibilities include:
Module Design, Configuration, and Maintenance:
Reporting:
Testing and Deployment:
Stakeholder Engagement and Training:
Preferred Qualifications:
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.