AVP, Solutioning Lead (Business Analyst), Workflow & Automation

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

• Serve as the Solution Lead and platform owner for Traystream and related digital trade platforms, driving platform strategy, roadmap, solution architecture, and delivery execution.

• Partner with Product Owners, business stakeholders, and transformation teams to define platform capabilities, target operating models, and digitalization opportunities.

• Lead requirements discovery, solution design, and implementation activities for enhancements, integrations, workflow automation, and platform modernization initiatives.

• Work closely with business stakeholders, Engineering, Architecture, Infrastructure, Security, and vendor teams to deliver scalable, resilient, and secure platform solutions.

• Drive end-to-end delivery of Traystream initiatives, including platform upgrades, new capability enablement, process automation, workflow optimization, and ecosystem integration with EPIX Trade & future Trade Finance platform

• Lead integration initiatives involving internal banking systems, document management platforms, workflow engines, API services, SWIFT connectivity, and external trade ecosystem partners.

• Establish platform governance, release management, change management, and delivery best practices to ensure platform stability and continuous improvement.

• Manage project planning, resource estimation, budget planning, roadmap management, and delivery governance across multiple concurrent initiatives.

• Proactively manage project risks, issues, dependencies, and vendor deliverables to ensure successful project outcomes.

• Support preparation of business cases, funding requests, project charters, and management reports for governance and executive review.

• Engage and communicate regularly with senior stakeholders, ensuring transparency of delivery progress, platform performance, risks, and strategic priorities.

• Act as the central point of coordination between business users, operations teams, technology teams, and external vendors throughout the solution lifecycle.

Job Requirements

• Minimum 10 years of experience in IT Solution Delivery or Business Analysis within Banking or Financial Services.

• Proven experience leading enterprise platform delivery, application modernization, or digital transformation initiatives.

• Hands-on experience with Traystream, trade workflow platforms, or digital trade solutions

• Strong understanding of platform architecture, system integration, API-based connectivity, workflow orchestration, document digitization, and enterprise application design.

• Experience managing end-to-end solution delivery, including requirements gathering, solution design, project planning, testing, implementation, and post-production support.

• Experience managing third-party vendors and coordinating offshore development and support teams.

• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills with the ability to influence business and technology stakeholders at all levels.

• Good understanding of trade processing and transaction banking workflows would be advantageous.