Finance Change (Corporate Banking Expert) - Vice President (f/m/d)

Who we are

United by a sense of purpose towards our customers – to be a trusted partner for the long-term – and our universal banking platform in EMEA, SMBC Group has an international growth agenda and award-winning products, meaning we provide exciting opportunities to work on a diverse range of projects and initiatives. We deliver a full suite of corporate finance products and solutions to our customers as well as investment banking and advisory services, and a range of innovative solutions in global capital markets. Read on to find out how you could enhance your skills and gain valuable experience, by joining us to support our clients transition to a sustainable future.

Business Area

The FINANCE CHANGE departmement is a cross function, which supports all departments of the FINANCE & CONTROL division of SMBC BANK EU including the following departments:

• Accounting & Reporting: ongoing bookkeeping & accounting, preparation of annual financial statements and coordination of external audit, compliance with accounting standards (IFRS, GGAP), maintenance of internal control system for financial accounting, financial (non-regulatory) reporting to internal& external parties, management of IT projects, calculation of SLA charges
• Financial Control & Product Control: ongoing monitoring of financial performance incl. lead of annual financial forecast/MYP process, development of a product control function in line with MaRisk including daily monitoring of trading result, market conformity checks of valuation&pricing,
• Tax: monitoring of changes to tax legislation, maintenance of tax compliance system, review of all tax declarations, maintenance of transfer pricing documentation, support for other teams on all tax related matters
• Regulatory Reporting: Compliance with all European&German regulatory&ESG reporting requirements, Coordination of ongoing prudential reporting

FINANCE CHANGE supports the conception and implementation work of projects and has a strong focus to deliver full solutions including business, process, data and system perspective. The department is in strong contact with the business stakeholders, IT architects, the developers and the data management units.

From a legal perspective the department is responsible for all legal entity of SMBC BANK EU including SNBL.

Position Description

GENERAL duties of a “Finance Change Manager”:

• The change manager run initiatives and projects on business side and is the link and translator between the business subject experts of F&C and the data and IT experts on the IT side.
• The change manager has the full architecture design in focus and take care about, that a change fit in the current data flows and system architecture.
• The change manager must find a solution covering the legal/regulatory requirements, the data landscape / data flows and the IT-System Architecture.
• The change manager is responsible for SMBC BANK EU including all booking and non-booking entities and the SMBC BANK EU Group with the daughter entities.
• The benchmark of a change manager are the requirements of an ECB regulated large universal bank.

Role Summary

SPECIFIC duties of the role “Corporate Banking Expert”

• Supporting the conception and the implementation work in finance projects, if a change hit bank book products or processes like credit loans or bank book derivatives for example.
• Responsible to understand the full process from front office to the reporting end and to support the solution design with impact analysis work.
• Responsible to understand new bank book products and to assume the impact to the finance IT and Data infrastructure.
• BAU support in case of problems with the bank book portfolio.

Skill Requirements

• several years of project management expiriences
• several years of expiriences as a business or data analyst in a finance division
• several years of expirience of transforming change issues into a business concept and explaining the requirements to developers 
• Creativity to develop solutions
• able to create a simplified holistic picture of complex challenges
• good knowledge of regulatory reporting requirements
• good knowledge of accounting requirements
• advanced user of MS Excel and maybe MS Access
• high understanding of data strcutures and data flows and high ability to do data analysis
• very good communication and moderation skills
• very good english language skills
• good knowledge of credit products and credit processes

Competencies

What we offer

For all the expertise and experience you bring to help us make a difference, it’s only sustainable if we support you to build your career and be your best self so we offer competitive company benefits, centred around promoting positive well-bring and work-life balance. We also believe in fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment, where all team members perspectives and contributions are valued. Initiatives in place which promote a diverse and inclusive culture and healthy work life balance include hybrid working, Sport & Social Clubs and Diversity and Inclusion networks.

As an employee of SMBC you have access to a host of both useful and exciting benefit offerings. See below some of the benefits on offer to you:

• Hybrid and flexible working 
• Competitive paid leave days
• Benefits to support your physical wellbeing, including private medical insurance and life and invalidity insurance 
• Various policies to support your mental wellbeing, including a robust behavioural health network with counselling and coaching services  
• Access a wide range of learning and development opportunities and career progression opportunities 
• Ambitious remuneration package

So, if you like a challenge and want to continuously grow and develop in a role where you will be supported along the way by a dynamic and diverse team, apply today!!