Operation Trainee Programme (Mar 2026 intake)

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 20,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A major banking institution in Kuala Lumpur is seeking candidates for its Operation Trainee Programme. This role involves a 6-months structured training program that covers various banking operations such as deposit processing, remittance services, loan operations, and trade finance transactions. Fresh graduates or those with less than one year of experience are highly encouraged to apply. Candidates must have a Bachelor's Degree with a minimum CGPA of 3.5, along with excellent communication skills and participation in extracurricular activities.

Qualifications

• Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor's Degree with a minimum CGPA of 3.5 or above preferred.
• Possess excellent communication skills: verbal and written.
• Actively involved in extracurricular activities during university.
• Fresh Graduate or less than 1 year of working experience are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

• Undergo a 6-months structured training program.
• Participate in various operational services including Deposit Services, Remittance Services, Loan Operations, and more.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Involvement in extracurricular activities

Education

Bachelor's Degree (minimum CGPA of 3.5)

Job description

Operation Trainee Programme (Mar 2026 intake)

All Trainees will undergo a 6-months structured training program with SMBC SSC Sdn Bhd, a banking operation Shared Service Centre supporting SMBC branches in the APAC region. Trainees will have a structured onboarding program which will develop and nurture self-leadership and various banking products before the on the job training with one of the operations department.

Operational Services

• Deposit Services - Processing of deposit placements, opening of accounts from different currencies, cheque clearing as well as any transactions relating to deposit products and money market facilities.
• Remittance Services - Processing remittance transactions and cover global payments such as outward and inward SWIFT payments, cross-border pooling and local payments such as IBG, RENTAS, direct debit and cheque transactions.
• Loan Operation Services - End-to-end processing of Syndication and Bilateral loans which includes drawdown, rollover, repayment, rate fixing and prepayment.
• Trade Bill Services - Processing of all trade finance transactions of both import and export bills.
• Treasury Operation Services - Processing of Foreign Exchange and Money Market transactions and handling of NOSTRO cashflow. Perform treasury deals verifications and confirmation of interbank trades/customer transactions, derivatives, internal deals, Forex (Spot, SWAP & etc).
• Anti-Money Laundering - Conducts pre-screening functions such as sanction screening to mitigate any material operational risks that may result in operational failure/fraudulent activity.
• Credit Operation Services - To deliver daily credit operations activities from branches that includes Financial Statement Data Input, Credit Document checking, Credit Limit implementation, Credit applications and Credit monitoring activities.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor's Degree with a minimum CGPA of 3.5 or above preferred.

Possess excellent communication skills: verbal and written.

Actively involved in extracurricular activities during university.

Fresh Graduate or less than 1 year of working experience are encouraged to apply.