VP - Capital Management 1

Headquartered in Tokyo, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) is a leading global financial institution and a core member of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMBC Group). Built upon our rich Japanese heritage since 1876, we put our customers first and provide seamless access to, from and within the Asia Pacific region.   SMBC is one of the largest Japanese banks by assets and maintain strong credit ratings across our global integrated network.  We work closely as one SMBC Group to offer personal, corporate and investment banking services to meet the needs of our customers.

With sustainability embedded within our strategy and operations, we are committed to creating a society in which today’s generation can enjoy economic prosperity and well-being, and pass it on to future generations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Portfolio Management: Monitor and manage the credit portfolio, ensuring that it aligns with the company’s risk appetite and strategic objectives. Analyze portfolio performance metrics and implement strategies to optimize returns.

• Stakeholder Management: Track record in engaging and collaborating with various internal stakeholders including risk functions such as credit, legal and compliance teams.
• Reporting: Prepare and present comprehensive reports on portfolio performance, risk analysis, and strategic initiatives to internal stakeholders and portfolio reports to external stakeholders in relation to capital efficiency transactions.
• Actively manage capital efficiency transactions, which is key to the growth plans as the bank seeks to increase profitability as well as return on equity
• Data Analytics: Key support in management of capital efficiency transactions, including portfolio data analytics, data mining & optimization and preparation of surveillance reports for internal and external stakeholders.
• Deal Execution: To be involved in all aspects and provide support for capital efficiency transactions, from deal initiation, portfolio creation, internal approvals, stakeholders management, execution and post -closing surveillance reporting to investors (including replenishments).
• Strategic Development: Provide support and work closely with the local and regional teams to share ideas and analysis that can help develop the credit portfolio management and capital efficiency platform.

Candidate Qualifications

• Extensive Experience: 7-10 years of direct experience at leading financial institutions in credit portfolio management, balance sheet management, establishing reporting frameworks and credit risk management.
• Technical Proficiency: Comprehensive technical expertise across a range of products and markets in the APAC region, including an in-depth understanding of banking regulations to optimize capital efficiency, and expertise in data analytics.
• Strong understanding of credit risk management, financial analysis, and portfolio management

Behavioral Competencies

• Strong Collaboration Abilities: Ability to work effectively across internal functions even when dealing with conflicting objectives.
• Stakeholder Management: Ability to manage internal stakeholders from transaction platform perspective. Additionally produce professional reports for external stakeholders as required under the capital efficiency transactions.
• Detail oriented and analytical thinking: critical thinking and focus on key details to understand relevant challenges and deliver credible solutions.