NEW POSITION
DEPT: BCDAD Account Control (Open Jobs - Quantity 5)
TITLE: KYC (Know Your Customer) Data Analyst
SALARY: Commensurate With Experience
DESCRIPTION: Identifies, records, escalates, and resolves exceptions found in the CIP (Customer Identification Program)/KYC data. Validates CIP information through documents and non-documentary methods. Performs and records enhanced due diligence (EDD) on KYC data as required. Provides customers with CIP/KYC notice on account opening. Reviews new accounts against Government Lists. Performs periodic KYC reviews on risk-based schedule. Assists with due diligence on correspondent accounts.
EXPERIENCE: Working knowledge of KYC requirements. 2+ years compliance or audit experience in a large financial institution or regulator.
SKILLS: Good computer skills. Good interpersonal skills. Detail oriented. Good analytical skills.
The BCDAD KYC group will eventually be relocating to Harborside (Jersey City, NJ).
DEPT: CBDA I
TITLE: CMS (Cash Management Services) Sales Specialist
SALARY: Starting at 70k
DESCRIPTION: Responsible for the development and direct sales of cash
management products. Conducts customers prospect needs analysis and develops solutions for corporate customers to make efficient use of cash.
Develops sales strategy to increase the use of cash management services for the existing customers.
EXPERIENCE: Minimum of 3 years experience in sales or customer support of cash management or Minimum of 3 to 5 years experience of sales in corporate banking.
SKILLS: Thorough knowledge of the practice and regulations that govern the banking industry and state and local regulations affecting cash management.
Written and verbal communications skill in English & Japanese is Preferable.
DEPT: CBDA I
TITLE: CMS (Cash Management Services) Sales Officer
SALARY: Starting at 45k
DESCRIPTION: Conducts direct sales of cash management products to
corporate customers. Present proposals on the products and conducts demonstration of the internet banking. Examines customer's prospect needs and develops solutions to make efficient use of funds, working closely with the corporate treasurer.
EXPERIENCE: Minimum of 2 years experience in sales or customer support
or Minimum of 2 years experience of sales in financial institutions
(corporate).
SKILLS: Basic knowledge on Accounts receivable and payable process.
Strong written and verbal communications skill in Japanese is Preferable.
DEPT: CBDA II - Automotive
TITLE: Jr. Relationship Manager
SALARY: Starting at 70k
DESCRIPTION: Industrial Fortune 1000 Companies with a focus on auto.
Back-up for the department head as a Jr. Relationship Manager for major auto accounts (Ford, etc.)
EXPERIENCE: Credit analysis experience (Corporate Banking, Documentation,
etc.) Relationship Management experience is a plus. Please note that an auto background is not required. Prefer three to five years of commercial
banking experience. Prefer to have had formal credit training.
SKILLS: Marketing. Credit analysis.
DEPT: CBDA II
TITLE: Analyst
SALARY: Starting at 50k
DESCRIPTION: Credit/financial analyst. Perform credit analysis.
Participate in and handle all operational aspects of customer relationships. Involvement in the development and preparation of marketing proposals and pitch books; developing new client relationships and attending client meetings.
EXPERIENCE: The ideal candidate will have excellent credit analysis and financial modeling skills, and have previous experience analyzing large
corporate credits at a premier financial firm. Preferably someone who has
spent 2 years at another institution and has been trained. Prior credit training is preferred.
SKILLS: Financial statement analysis, financial modeling, industry analysis, assessment of analysis of transaction structure, and valuation of corporate counterparties determination of internal credit rating, and review commitment documentation.
Excel, Word, Bloomberg, Powerpoint.
DEPT: CBDA II - ECS
TITLE: Analyst
SALARY: Starting at 45k
DESCRIPTION: Entry level credit analyst. Assist relationship managers and senior analysts with (1) Preparation of credit applications; (2) Preparation of credit reviews; (3) Preparation for client meetings and/or client presentations; (4) Tracking of news related to clients and industry; and (5) Other activities pertinent to marketing .
EXPERIENCE: Minimum 2 years of work experience in financial services industry, preferably in banking, investment banking, and/or securities.
Preferable to have had formal credit training and have worked as credit analyst.
SKILLS: Adapted at core Microsoft Office applications. Strong verbal and written communication skills. Strong interpersonal skills. Must be motivated and be a team player with a strong sense of responsibility and hard work. Familiar with reading financial statements.
DEPT: CBDA II - FIG (Open Jobs - Quantity 2)
TITLE: Analyst
SALARY: Starting at 45k
DESCRIPTION: Entry level credit/financial analyst. Assist in senior analysts and/or relationship managers (1) Preparation of credit applications; (2) Preparation of periodical credit reviews; (3) Preparations for client meetings and/or client presentations; (4) Tracking of client related news and/or other information; (5) Up keep of internal databases; (6) Training of entry level analysts; and (7) Other activities pertinent to marketing .
EXPERIENCE: Minimum 2 years of work experience in financial services industry, preferably in banking, investment banking, securities, asset management and/or insurance industry. Preferable to have had entry level formal credit training and have worked as financial analyst.
SKILLS: Adapted at core Microsoft Office applications. Strong verbal and written communication skills. Strong interpersonal skills. Must be motivated and be a team player with a strong sense of responsibility.
Preferable to have a grasp of basic credit analysis skills and is familiar with reading financial statements.
DEPT: CBDA II - FIG (Open Jobs - Quantity 2)
TITLE: Associate
SALARY: Starting at @ 70k
DESCRIPTION: Senior credit/financial analyst. Assist relationship managers with: (1) Preparation of credit applications; (2) Preparation of periodical credit reviews; (3) Preparations for client meetings and/or client presentations; (4) Tracking of client related news and/or other information; (5) Up keep of internal databases; (6) Training of junior analysts; and (7) Other activities pertinent to marketing.
EXPERIENCE: Minimum 5 years of work experience in financial services industry, preferably in banking, investment banking, securities, asset management and/or insurance industry formal credit training and/or have worked as financial analyst. Preferable to have had lending and/or lending related operational experience.
SKILLS: Adapted at core Microsoft Office applications. Strong verbal and written communication skills. Strong interpersonal skills. Must be motivated and be a team player with a strong sense of responsibility. Firm grasp of credit analysis skills. Must be able to work with minimum supervision. Willing to serve as a role model for junior officers.
DEPT: CBDA II & SDAD
TITLE: Analyst
SALARY: Commensurate Upon Experience
DESCRIPTION: Under supervision of Department Head, review the credit applications and grading applications prepared by account officers of CBDAII and SDAD; Communicate with Credit Department on relevant credit application and grading application and give due guidance to account officers so that the application will be properly completed; Control data in the monitoring system to ensure its accuracy.
EXPERIENCE: Must have solid knowledge on corporate banking and accounting.
Must have experience in banking institution as either credit officer or
administrator. Desirable to have completed formal credit training. The
ideal candidate should have studied basic accounting / finance at school or at work.
SKILLS: Must be fluent with certain computer software: Word, Excel, and desirably Access. Bilingual in English and Japanese is a plus.
DEPT: CM Accounting
TITLE: Sr. Professional / Accountant
SALARY: Starting at 75k
DESCRIPTION: Daily tasks which include reconciliation of the trading summary P&L between General Ledger and Trading files, review of bank reconciliation. Month end tasks which include month end journal entries, balance sheet and income statement reporting, risk reporting, variance analysis. Quarterly tasks which include preparing management reports and subschedules for Head Office. Annual tasks include preparing audit schedules for the annual audit with external interacting with external auditors and preparation of GAAP financial statements. Other tasks include regulatory reporting, account reconciliations, review of yield curve rates, analysis of lease portfolio (i.e. leveraged leases), analysis of investments.
EXPERIENCE: 6 - 10 years experience in public accounting or financial
services industry. BA or BS in Accounting required. CPA and/or MBA a
plus.
SKILLS: Excel spreadsheet with some knowledge of complex formulas and macros.
DEPT: CM Marketing
TITLE: AVP/VP
SALARY: Up to 120k
DESCRIPTION: Work within corporate marketing team to structure, market
and execute interest rate and currency hedging strategies with US Fortune 500 corporations. Contribute to overall desk strategy for marketing interest rate and currency hedging strategies.
EXPERIENCE: MBA (preferably with finance, economics or math background).
2+ years previous experience with corporate derivative marketing or 3+
years corporate treasury experience. Strong fixed income and derivative background.
SKILLS: Ability to work well with others, both on the derivatives desk (sales and trading) and within the bank. Strong derivative modeling skills as well as ability to present and explain concepts to bankers and clients.
Understanding of corporate treasury function.
Job will require traveling, primarily domestic, to attend clients meetings.
DEPT: CM Planning
TITLE: Associate or Officer
SALARY: Commensurate Upon Experience
DESCRIPTION: Provide support for: 1) Corporate treasury functions of SMBC-Capital Markets including a) the day-to-day administration of investments, borrowings and risk management of the company's portfolio and b)upkeep of funding programs (such as CP and MTN programs); 2) Corporate planning functions of SMBC-CM, its subsidiaries and related entities, including a) preparation and review of routine reports for management, board of directors and parent bank headquarters in Tokyo and b) coordination of various corporate actions with the corporate secretaries;
3) SMBC-CM's management, mainly administrative work such as processing expense reports and making travel/meeting arrangements; 4) Other projects and duties as assigned.
EXPERIENCE: Some related work experience at a bank, financial services company or accounting firm preferred. Academic background in finance, accounting or tax preferred.
SKILLS: Fluency in English and Japanese (speaking, reading, and writing).
MS Office (Word and Excel) and Lotus Notes, in English and Japanese.
Willingness to learn and take initiative. Strong communication skills.
Ability to work on and complete multiple assignments in a timely and accurate manner. Some overtime work is required from time to time.
Position Information: This position requires administrative and clerical work as well as planning (ex. booking flights for Chairman, processing expenses, analyzing trends, tracking and budgeting of expenses, arranging and coordinating of other depts. in CM group, analyze portfolio and lease transactions).
DEPT: CRVD (Credit Review Department) (Open Jobs - Quantity 2)
TITLE: AVP/VP
SALARY: AVP - up to 85k, VP - up to 110k
DESCRIPTION: Credit Review position. Responsible for credit examination of various business units in SMBC's Americas Division, to access credit quality and credit administration of such units. Evaluate the depth and adequacy of the units' credit analysis, adherence with the bank's policies and procedures and report such findings to management of Credit Review and senior management of the bank. On occasion, head examination teams and supervise the review process involving multiple team members. Perform certain portfolio management functions.
EXPERIENCE: Candidate with strong credit analysis skills with a minimum of
3-5 years experience in a major US foreign or regional bank. Good verbal and written communication skills are essential, as well as tact and diplomacy in dealing with senior management. Strong computer skills.
SKILLS: Broad credit experience in a variety of industries, lending disciplines and credit structures.
Ability to conduct domestic and foreign travel for approximately 2 week assignments 2-3 times per year. Overtime as needed.
Ideal Candidate: An individual with sufficiently broad US credit analysis experience in such US (and secondarily international) corporate finance areas as leveraged credits (including buy-outs, recapitalizations and hostile take-overs), structured finance, project lending, trade finance, leasing, etc. The broad experience does not have to be in all these areas, but the more the better as we lend in each one of these categories.
Some marketing experience is a plus, but too much in marketing is actually a negative as the candidate would not have an opportunity to perfect credit skills. The same goes for credit administration - monitoring credit lines, processing credit approvals is not too relevant as that is more administrative rather than analytical.
REVISION:
DEPT: FDAD Financial Products Group
TITLE: Financial Analyst
SALARY: @ 50k
DESCRIPTION: Credit grading for leveraged loans. Periodical credit review for them. Credit analysis, monitoring, review write-ups, etc. To track the performance of the bank CDO portfolio, to review each transaction periodically, to analyze new transactions, and to help assist in other structured-credit-related activities such as warehousing.
EXPERIENCE: Credit training preferred (NOT required). Leveraged loan market in general.
SKILLS: Word, Excel. From time to time, overtime work is required when the heavy amount of deals come in or credit works
Information: If a candidate does not have any experience in credit whatsoever, most likely we decline the candidate without seeing him/her.
On the other hand, if a candidate's credit experince is limited but he/she has a good academic background in accounting & finance and is intelligent, we may hire him/her. An ideal candidate for this position is someone with
1 to 3 years credit background".
DEPT: GCID (Global Corporate Investment Department)
TITLE: Analyst
SALARY: Commensurate with Experience
DESCRIPTION: Review, monitor, and analyze risk elements of existing and new clients covered by pre-approved list, present written executive summary/comments including financial information (credit analysis) to General Manager of GCID. Grading and Self-Assessment. Attend Credit Committee and make presentation. Database management of the portfolio.
EXPERIENCE: Understanding of corporate finance and accounting. Some experience in the financial institution as a credit analyst is required.
Capable of oral presentation.
SKILLS: College degree is required. PC skills including Word, Excel, and Powerpoint.
DEPT: GCID (Global Corporate Investment Department)
TITLE: Credit Officer
SALARY: Commensurate with Experience
DESCRIPTION: Review and analyze risk elements of existing and new clients covered by pre-approved list, present written executive summary/comments including financial information (credit analysis) to General Manager of GCID. Monitor the situation of the clients on a daily basis and propose action to the management, ultimately to Goldman Sachs. Perform other credit related work such as industry review as assigned.
EXPERIENCE: Knowledge of corporate finance and accounting. Experience at major US banks as a credit analyst is preferable.
Experience in M&T (Media & Telecom) - major portion of portfolio, Auto industry. Retailers. Food industry (supermarkets). Aerospace. (These are all consumer goods/products)
SKILLS: College degree is required. PC skills including word processing (Word, etc) and spreadsheet (Excel, etc)
DEPT: GCID (Global Corporate Investment Department) (Open Jobs - Quantity
2)
TITLE: Portfolio Analyst
SALARY: Commensurate with Experience
DESCRIPTION: A primary responsibility is to support a portfolio management of the Bank. Duties include performing quantitative analysis on the Bank's commercial loan portfolio using portfolio analytical applications and market information and making the hedging strategies. Duties along include providing assistance in establishing and implementing policies and procedures in the area of portfolio management.
EXPERIENCE: Several years experience in credit risk portfolio management welcome. A Bachelor's degree is required with preferable emphasis in quantitative disciplines (Computer Science, Mathematics/Statistics, Finance, etc.)
SKILLS: Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of management.
Strong initiative and work ethic, and an ability to work well both within a team and on a self-directed basis. Fluent in Japanese and English required.
DEPT: IAD
TITLE: VP, Internal Auditor
SALARY: Starting at 100k
DESCRIPTION: Perform internal audits within the Bank's Americas Division over all Banking Areas. Document risks and evaluate the adequacy of controls. Provide written and oral feedback regarding the results of these reviews. Document all work performed in detailed audit workpapers. Liaise with Audit Management to provide guidance throughout the year. Tracking and follow up on outstanding audit and regulatory issues.
EXPERIENCE: Eight to ten years of internal audit experience with a Bank or related Financial Institution. Capital Markets audit experience strongly desired. Strong knowledge of banking products such as loans, letter of credit, EFT, compliance. Strong personal computer skills (Microsoft Office, Lotus Notes, etc.) Strong interpersonal & communication skills.
SKILLS: A self starter with strong analytical skills. Strong written and verbal skills. Ability to work effectively, with focus on client satisfaction. A strong team player. Travel up to 15% to Canada, Brazil, London, Hong Kong and West Coast may be necessary.
Approximately 50-60% of time required in Harborside, (Jersey City, NJ).
DEPT: PDAD FAD - Controllers
TITLE: Accountant
SALARY: Commensurate Upon Experience
DESCRIPTION: Prepare daily GL journals and GL review and maintain the books. Participate in the month end book closings. Perform reconciliation of subsidiary accounts and nostro accounts. Assist in compiling various external and internal financial reports.
EXPERIENCE: One to two year accounting experience, preferably in
financial institutions. College degree in Accounting is required.
SKILLS: Good PC skills (Excel, Word).
Regular overtime is required.
This position is located in Harborside (Jersey City, NJ).
DEPT: PDAD-IS
DEPT: PDAD - Legal (POSITION ON HOLD)
TITLE: Contracts Counsel
SALARY: 90k to 100k
DESCRIPTION: The primary duty of the position is to review, draft, negotiate and advise internal departments and affiliates on vendor-based contracts and deals, in order to ensure compliance with Policy Memorandum
39-A.1 of the employee handbook and to protect the bank's interests in contracted relationships with vendors and other outside parties. Review all vendor-based contracts - draft and finalize the same - negotiate the same. Advise on legal and business risks of vendor deals. Supervise and manage contract administration of vendor agreements.
EXPERIENCE: Juris Doctorate required. Advanced knowledge of Contracts Law and Intellectual Property/Technology Law. Draft, negotiate, and counsel (all of which are acquired through formal legal training in law school and experience).
DEPT: SDAD - LEV
TITLE: Analyst to an Associate (up to AVP level)
SALARY: Starting at 50k
DESCRIPTION: Provide analytical, marketing and administrative support to relationship managers. Prepare credit applications, and annual/periodic reviews. Prepare reports as required by management, CDAD, regulatory agencies, etc. Defend and present credit applications/reviews to management and CDAD. Interface with CDAD, CRD, and other marketing groups during credit approval process.
EXPERIENCE: Minimum 2-3 years experience in corporate banking/credit capacity with emphasis on Media or High Yield / Leveraged Transactions.
SKILLS: Full credit training from money center bank. Strong credit analysis skills. Forecasting and financial modeling skills. Strong written and verbal communication skills. Strong command of English language.
TITLE: VP / Client Executive
SALARY: Starting at @ 98k
DESCRIPTION: Analyze HLT transactions; develop strategies for HLT Group, prepare credit applications and annual/periodic reviews, prepare reports as required by management, CDAD department, regulatory agencies, etc., defend and present credit applications/reviews to management and CDAD department, interface with CDAD department, CRD department, and other marketing groups during credit approval process, market and promote new business with LBO (Leveraged Buyout) sponsors.
EXPERIENCE: Minimum of 5 to 7 years experience in corporate banking / credit capacity with emphasis on High Yield / Leveraged Transactions / LBO sponsor coverage, strong negotiation experience, strong management experience.
SKILLS: Full credit training from money center bank, strong credit analysis skills, forecasting and financial modeling skills, strong written and verbal communication skills; strong command of English language.
