Assistant Vice President

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.

**_Job Responsibilities_**

**_1.1 Transaction support to Relationship Managers:_**
- _Provide execution support to all transactions booked in Singapore by taking ownership of the loan booking process from end-to-end including coordinating with clients, internal and external parties._
- _Help Relationship Managers with pre-deal work like maintaining deal pipeline, computing deal profitability, preparing account plan and call reports._
- _Independently manage relationships and transactions for clients in Frontier Markets._
- _Provide proactive support on account maintenance activities like documentation, reporting etc by engaging and collaborating with the client and internal stakeholder including Credit, Legal and Compliance and relevant ops teams as required to ensure the clients expectations are met or exceeded._
- _Other - help with account openings, NDA signing, documentation, co-ordination of deposit placements, loan disbursements & loan maintenance including upkeeping of changes to customers’ administrative documents._

**_1.2 Risk & Compliance_**
- _Take personal responsibility for understanding the risks and compliance requirements of the role._
- _Understand and comply with SMBC policies & procedures, Code of Conduct and applicable laws and regulations._
- _Engage and co-ordinate with external Legal Firms, Legal & Compliance department of SMBC, Documentation units and Credit Middle Office on loan and ISDA documentation._
- _Obtain approvals for deviations from internal policies from relevant approvers during transaction execution._
- _Follow through to ensure documentation completion and validate limits are correctly loaded / reflected in operating systems._
- _Ensure document deficiencies are minimised, tracked and are rectified in a timely manner._

**_1.3 Team Work & Support_**
- _To proactively innovate and improve the current way of doing business_
- _Work with product partners, control functions, middle office and overseas branches to ensure seamless execution of transactions._
- _Help the GFIG team and co-Heads, where needed, with adhoc requirements._

**_Job Requirements_**
- _A bachelors degree in Accounting, banking & finance or equivalent in the similar field._
- _At least 3-5 years of relevant experience as Client Service Manager or junior Relationship Manager with _international banks/major financial institutions._
- _Working knowledge of loans syndications, Transaction banking, Global Markets, Liability management etc. _
- _Exposure to various products like long term derivatives and swaps, debt capital markets products, structured deposit products etc is desireable_
- _Strong understanding of client delivery processes and adherence to standards and controls._
- _Strong product knowledge including cross-product operational knowledge and / or experience_._
- _Understanding of the regulatory and compliance environment in the APAC markets_
- _Proactive and a Team Player who has worked in large complex matrix s_