Data Analytics Automation Specialist and Business Analyst, Associate

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.; Jersey City (NJ); Hybrid; USD 97,000 - 156,000; Full time

Job summary

SMBC Group seeks a Data Analytics Automation Specialist and Business Analyst to join their Compliance Department in Jersey City. The role involves driving technological transformation, building automated business processes, and supporting compliance initiatives with a focus on data management and reporting solutions. Candidates should have experience with BI tools, data mapping, and analytical skills to support decision-making within the organization.

Benefits

Competitive portfolio of benefits

Hybrid work model

Qualifications

• Direct experience in lightweight solutions delivery.
• Experience in Agile software development lifecycle.
• Strong understanding of compliance laws and risks.

Responsibilities

• Analyze data sets, build workflows, and create reports.
• Develop user-friendly forms and lightweight user interfaces.
• Author Business Requirement Documents (BRDs) and Functional Requirements Documents (FRDs).

Skills

Business Intelligence tools

Database design

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Interpersonal skills

Tools

Microsoft Power Apps

Microsoft Power Automate

SharePoint

Job description

Data Analytics Automation Specialist and Business Analyst, Associate

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 $97,000.00 and $156,000.00. 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.

Role Description

This exciting opportunity to drive the transformation of the Compliance department by supporting strategic Compliance processes, technology, and reporting projects within a dynamic environment, the Analytics Automation Specialist and Business Analyst should have experience in the areas of, but not limited to, business processes, data sets, reference data, and automation. This role will analyze data sets, build workflows, create various reports, design forms, and build lightweight user interfaces, with a focus on, but not limited to, understanding bank related process risks, communications risks, as well as financial crime, and manipulation risks. Moreover, ensure that any solutions can integrate with the bank's various systems/platforms and control framework.

This is a Jr. level role sitting within the Analytics team and is a key part of the Compliance Department Americas Division (CPAD). In this role they will also be expected to build automated business processes, create / review reports, architect scalable designs, and bring inventive solutions to a variety of challenges across the Bank. This role will also be expected to have a functional understanding in the areas of compliance surveillance, transactional data sets, and bank related reference data. They will occasionally be expected to author Business Requirement Documents (BRDs), Functional Requirements Documents (FRDs), map workflows and dataflow. The role supports all areas of Compliance across the Americas and interfaces heavily with Compliance SMEs and key data owners throughout the Americas Division (AD).

Role Objectives

• Work with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) across Compliance to plan and deploy rapid and dynamic solutions within Business Intelligence (BI) development suite such as Microsoft Power Apps, Microsoft Power Automate, and SharePoint.
• Gather and interpret Compliance SME input and logically convert input into processes or reporting solutions.
• Implement file and data checks and controls to ensure data is fit for use.
• Enrich and/or transform data to support business processes and reporting.
• Build user intuitive workflows.
• Develop user friendly forms and lightweight easy to follow user interfaces.
• Be able to develop escalation alert paths via email or other interfaces depending on the use case.
• Track defects and enhance processes and reports in an agile manner.
• Create Business Requirement Documents (BRDs) / Functional Requirements Documents (FRDs) needed for successful technology integration.
• Draft, update, and review design documents.
• Document Data Flows and Workflows
• Build User Acceptance Test Scripts
• Contribute to, as well as track, testing plans and project plans.
• Escalate Issues as they arise, ensure issues are addressed and closed.
• Act as the Compliance interface with key data owners to identify, map, link, or update/enrich required source data.

Qualifications and Skills

• Direct experience with the accurate and timely delivery of light weight solutions.
• Experience working within the agile software development lifecycle.
• Direct experience with Business Intelligence (BI) development tools such as Microsoft Power Apps, Microsoft Power Automate, and SharePoint
• Experience with systems architecture and designing scalable solutions.
• Awareness of Compliance laws, rules, regulations, risks, and typologies.
• Strong understanding of database design, UI design, experience with data mapping, and be able to use tools to select data sets from a database as required.
• Experience with accurate and timely delivery of Business Requirement Documents (BRDs), Functional Requirements Documents (FRDs), test plans, test scripts, and workflows.
• Meticulous attention to detail and demonstrated ability to produce high quality, accurate work consistently .
• Strong presentation skills with the ability to articulate complex problems and solutions through concise and clear messaging.
• Strong interpersonal skills for building strong relationships with stakeholders and engaging teams.
• Excellent oral communication and writing skills in interacting with non-executives, technology management, data owners and across business lines and control functions.

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 [e-mail].