The Role
Reporting to the General Manager, JRI Singapore (JRIS), this is a management role who will jointly owns the responsibility of defining and implementing strategy critical to supporting the digital transformation of SMBC’s business needs.
The incumbent will provide direct oversight to lead and establish strong corporate and control functions to strengthen capabilities and streamline processes for the Company. He/she is responsible for embedding robust financial management, people capabilities, policies and procedures, key controls and governance to support delivery of IT agenda. He/she will also oversee system development project management and jointly manage the Company as Joint General Manager.
Job Responsibilities
Strategy Development
- Define medium to long-term strategy and implement roadmap of the Company in supporting its client’s IT strategies.
- Translate strategy into actionable goals for performance and growth helping to implement Company’s goal setting, performance management and annual operating plan.
Establishment of strong Corporate and Control Functions
- Oversee financial strategy in development of financial models, budgets and analyses including annual budgeting, control revenue and expense, set and control yearly budget.
- Establish operational benchmarks, resources and people capabilities needed to achieve strategic goals.
- Manage and mitigation of the Company’s legal risk and govern all compliance related matters.
Day to Day Operations Oversight
- Provide strategic direction, leadership and management of operational activities ensuring IT requirements of client are met.
- Align and forge collaboration across functions through established performance management routines, measures and operating rhythm.
- Accountable for driving cost savings and digitalisation strategy.
- Review and endorse various memos to be circulated for approval as per approval matrix.
System Development Project Management
- Lead project teams to define and achieve all system development project goals.
- As project sponsor, interface with senior management teams of Company Headquarters and client to champion and drive project deliverables.
People and Culture
- Build a high-performance values-driven culture.
- Lead, develop and roll out strategic priorities for each department.
- Provide daily supervision to Department Heads, ensuring team heads/leads are motivated and equipped with skills and resources to manage their teams respectively.
- Oversee the hiring, training and coaching of mid-junior level managers.
Stakeholder Engagement
- Influence and forge collaboration across senior stakeholders in Japan HQ and client country and regional level to achieve strategic priorities.
- Provide senior leadership oversight to cross-functional projects.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in IT, Finance, Science, Economics or Commerce with min. 15 years of work experience in the banking/FI sector.
- Min. 10 years’ experience in a regional and strategic planning role.
- Knowledge and experience in software development life cycle, change management, service delivery management and vendor management.
- Good understanding of control functions such as Finance, HR and Compliance.
- Proficiency in both English and Japanese is highly preferred as this role needs to prepare reports in Japanese for reporting to Head Office in Japan. This role also needs to present and communicate with senior stakeholders who mainly communicate in Japanese.
- Experience in managing and supervising multi-level teams (20 staff and above).
- Strong project management and stakeholder management skills across diverse workforce segments and Asia markets.
- Excellent organization, negotiation and presentation skills.
- Strong problem and conflict management skills.
