Global banking group modernizing regulatory compliance and data governance at scale
SMBC Group is a 120,000-person financial services organization with 150+ offices across 40 countries, operating across banking, leasing, securities, and capital markets. The tech stack reveals a mid-stage cloud migration (Azure, Databricks) combined with heavy legacy middleware (WebSphere, JBoss, Tomcat) and active adoption of data-governance tools (Collibra, Informatica EDC, RSA Archer). The hiring mix—dominated by finance, engineering, and data roles across mid and VP levels—and the project slate (regulatory reporting modernization, data governance frameworks, cybersecurity lakehouse, CCAR automation) signal an organization simultaneously managing legacy compliance burden while building modern cloud-native infrastructure.
Notable leadership hires: Head of Surveillance, Director, Credit Director, Audit Director, Full Stack Engineering Lead
SMBC Group is one of the three largest banking groups in Japan, part of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (listed on Tokyo, Nagoya, and NYSE exchanges). The organization serves corporate and institutional clients across capital markets, derivatives, trade finance, treasury, and consumer finance, with regional headquarters in Tokyo, the Americas, EMEA, and APAC. Current hiring priorities span finance, engineering, data, and compliance roles across the United States, Ireland, UK, India, Southeast Asia, and other regions. The organization is actively modernizing regulatory reporting infrastructure, establishing enterprise data governance frameworks, and building cybersecurity analytics capabilities—all while managing multi-jurisdictional compliance requirements (AML, regulatory reporting, CCAR).
Azure, Databricks, Python, Java, Scala, SQL, React; legacy middleware includes WebSphere, JBoss, Tomcat. Data platforms: Power BI, Tableau, Elasticsearch. Governance: Collibra, Informatica EDC, ServiceNow.
Enterprise data governance implementation, regulatory reporting modernization, cybersecurity data lakehouse, infrastructure-as-code automation, CCAR deliverables, and AML/compliance automation across multiple regulatory jurisdictions.
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