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Cyber Data Governance & Data Quality Lead Compliance Vice President

Cyber Data Governance & Data Quality Lead

Charlotte, NC, USremote

SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group. Headquartered in Tokyo and with a 400-year history, SMBC Group offers a diverse range of financial services, including banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance. The Group has more than 130 offices and 80,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) is the holding company of SMBC Group, which is one of the three largest banking groups in Japan. SMFG’s shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York (NYSE: SMFG) stock exchanges. In the Americas, SMBC Group has a presence in the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Peru. Backed by the capital strength of SMBC Group and the value of its relationships in Asia, the Group offers a range of commercial and investment banking services to its corporate, institutional, and municipal clients. It connects a diverse client base to local markets and the organization’s extensive global network. The Group’s operating companies in the Americas include Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC), SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., SMBC Capital Markets, Inc., SMBC MANUBANK, JRI America, Inc., SMBC Leasing and Finance, Inc., Banco Sumitomo Mitsui Brasileiro S.A., and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd. Role Description -------------------- This critical role will be responsible for leading the Data Governance \& Data Quality team for the AD Information Security department and will report to the Head of Cybersecurity Strategic Data \& Business Management. This is part of the overall cyber data initiative focusing on building the security and risk data platforms for the Cybersecurity Data Lakehouse (CyberDW). The goal of the CyberDW is to centralize the ISDAD data as well as establish effective data governance around the data sources and its data lineage. This newly formed role will create a team that will collaborate with developers, data owners, governance leads and business analysts within the Information Technology (IT) department as well as other stakeholders aligned with the applications owned by ISDAD. Note: This is a hybrid role, requiring successful candidate to go onsite into our Charlotte office at least 2 days a week. Role Objectives ------------------- Operate as the Federated Data Officer for ISDAD. Analyze data sources, data dictionaries, business glossary, data mappings, ETL processes and data within CyberDW to understand their structure, relationships, dependencies to quantify and document the data quality rules, controls and lineage around the key data elements (KDEs). Partner with the data owners and stakeholders to create KDEs and DQ rules needed for CyberDW data. Partner with the Data Owners and Data Stewards to understand what critical metrics and data fields are needed for Metric Dashboards. Creation of technical requirements for implementation and maintenance of DQ rules in the Collibra Data Quality (CDQ) platform and KDEs in the Collibra Data Intelligence platform. Partner with Technology and DQ Managers to ensure KDEs are governed by DQ Rules across various DQ dimensions of accuracy, completeness, uniqueness, timeliness, validity and consistency. Support reporting on data quality metrics and trends. Perform data validations and reconciliations to assess validity and effectiveness of the DQ rules, conduct QA and UAT, create and maintain detailed test plans, execute test cases, and test scripts to validate CDQ results. Establish QA governance frameworks with clear accountability, traceability, and reporting across all test cycles. Lead the QA Testing efforts that will design and execute test cases for CyberDW. Identify, report, and track defects as well as participate in creating and maintaining regression test plans, cases, and scripts using Xray in Jira. Design, develop, and test CyberDW ETL feeds focusing on data ingestion and data quality. Create scripts and test plans to ensure that the raw data is transformed, processed, and stored correctly. Work with the development teams and participate in daily scrum calls adhering to an agile SDLC framework. Drive the adoption of test management tools to ensure complete coverage and defect traceability. Leverage modern test harnesses, CI/CD pipelines, and AI-driven test frameworks for smarter, faster, and more reliable validation. Utilize production job scheduling systems for the DQ and QC processes and adhere to standards around the daily scheduling and batch monitoring of production jobs. Qualifications and Skills ----------------------------- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Security, Data Management, or related field 10+ years’ experience in IT development, data governance, data analyst or related roles, preferably in a highly regulated environment such as financial services Hands-on experience in data management \& governance tools (e.g., Collibra DIP/DQIM/DQE). Strong prior experience with Data Profiling, KDE and DQ Rule creation along with the ability to identify patterns and detect statistical anomalies in datasets is highly preferred. Hands-on experience in SQL queries and understanding of ETL processes. Proficient in Python, PySpark, Java or similar high-level server-side languages for scripting QA and alert processing. Familiarity with DevOps and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab, Azure DevOps). Experience with Azure cloud services, Azure Data Factory, Gen 2, Azure Databricks is a plus. Experience with JIRA, Xray, REST API web services and microservice architecture. Knowledge of IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler a plus. Knowledge of enterprise Information Security data (i.e., Phishing, Identity Management, Privileged Access, Cloud Security, Incident Response, Vulnerability Management, Threat Detection) Exposure to PowerBI for data visualization and reporting is a plus. Strong problem solving and analytical skills, with an initiative-taking and results-oriented approach. Additional Requirements --------------------------- SMBC’s employees participate in a Hybrid workforce model that provides employees with an opportunity to work from home, as well as, from an SMBC office. SMBC requires that employees live within a reasonable commuting distance of their office location. Prospective candidates will learn more about their specific hybrid work schedule during their interview process. Hybrid work may not be permitted for certain roles, including, for example, certain FINRA-registered roles for which in-office attendance for the entire workweek is required. SMBC provides reasonable accommodations during candidacy for applicants with disabilities consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application process, please let us know at accommodations@smbcgroup.com.

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Compliance Vice President

Dubai, DU, AEhybrid

29 Jan 2026 Dubai, AE, PO Box 506 SMBC: A trusted partner for the long term Here at SMBC Group, we want to help you find the next step in your career so read on to discover if this opportunity is the one for you. We like to recognise potential in our people, so we welcome your application even when your experience doesn’t perfectly align with the job description. Whilst we’ll always strive to be better, we’re proud of our inclusive culture, and encourage our applicants and colleagues to be their authentic, unique selves. Who we are United by a sense of purpose towards our customers – to be a trusted partner for the long-term – and our universal banking platform in EMEA, SMBC Group has an international growth agenda and award-winning products, meaning we provide exciting opportunities to work on a diverse range of projects and initiatives. We deliver a full suite of corporate finance products and solutions to our customers as well as investment banking and advisory services, and a range of innovative solutions in global capital markets. Read on to find out how you could enhance your skills and gain valuable experience, by joining us to support our clients transition to a sustainable future. Description Is the next step in your career at SMBC Group EMEA? We’re looking for a Representative Office Compliance Advisory - Vice President for our Compliance Department EMEA Division (CPDE). To assist the Local Compliance Officer (LCO), Money Laundering Officer (MLRO) and Middle East Head of Risk and Compliance (MHOC) in the performance of compliance related matters including advisory, training, governance tasks, reporting and projects. The role will involve being part of the Middle East Compliance Business advisory team, focussing primarily on compliance advisory tasks to all Front Office teams across the Middle East region The Bank has a regulatory responsibility to have policies, procedures, processes and controls in place in order to: ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations; prevent, deter or detect improper conduct risk either by the Bank’s own staff, its counterparties, suppliers, business partners, customers or potential customers; and prevent, deter and detect the commission or facilitation of financial crime. The role is required to protect the Bank, its employees, and its customers from regulatory risk. The role covers a multitude of Compliance topics, comprising Compliance Advisory services, Compliance Training, Surveillance, ad hoc or special projects, and Regulatory Reporting across all business lines within the MENA offices. The role requires close collaboration with regional compliance colleagues, the first line and additional second line functions. The job holder’s main counterparties are Front office staff in the Dubai office, as well as other ME representative offices. The job holder will role also be responsible for Compliance coverage for all ME representative offices, which include Istanbul and Cairo offices and the role will require periodic travel to all these offices. In addition, the job holder will interact with other counterparties both internally (various teams and departments relevant to the compliance function) and externally, if required (with regulators and advisors). The job holder will also from time to time, be required to deputise for the Deputy Head of ME Compliance on advisory and regulatory related tasks. Providing advice and support on compliance and financial crime related matters to local staff; Responsibilities Contributing to and maintaining a robust Compliance function; Acting as a contact point for local escalation of compliance-related concerns, incidents, breaches of legal and regulatory requirements or Group policies and procedures and equivalent; Acting as a contact point for local escalation of all compliance/AML related matters and to subsequently escalate these to the LCO, MLRO and MHOC as appropriate. Creating and maintaining local policies and procedures, and reviewing them at least on an annual basis to ensure that their content remains in line with applicable laws and regulations, and correctly reflects the processes in place; Producing Management Information (MI) and reports as and when required, and, where applicable, submitting them within deadlines; Timely escalating to the CCO any matter that could have a significant impact on the local office from a regulatory perspective; Liaising with local supervisory authority and law-enforcement agencies as appropriate; Investigating any identified potential or actual breach of relevant rules, laws and regulations; timely reporting any breach to Senior Management and assisting in rectifying the situation; Monitoring local legal and regulatory developments and updating policies, procedures, processes and controls accordingly; Reviewing, agreeing and overseeing the implementation of any Internal Audit recommendations for CPDE, locally; Co-ordination and implementation of CPDE-related projects, investigations, or other ad-hoc tasks; Preparing risk assessments for CCG related topics as well as supporting the preparation of SMBC MENA Compliance \& AML/FC risk assessments as required. Attend training courses, classes, seminars and conferences in order to be updated on legal and regulatory developments; In conjunction with the EMEA Compliance Education \& Communications function, developing and delivering CPDE training to local staff; Maintaining a close liaison and good relationships with all stakeholders. Knowledge, Skills, Experience \& Qualifications A good understanding and knowledge of local a compliance laws and regulations; A good understanding and knowledge of Group policies and procedures; Prior compliance advisory experience will be an advantage Working knowledge of the local Banking industry; Common sense, a risk-based approach and eye for detail; Communication skills, such as listening, presenting etc.; Good knowledge of English language; Good reading and writing skills in English and the local language; Continuous professional development via attendance at seminars in order to be updated on legal and regulatory developments; and A good understanding of the Bank’s core values and culture. Ability to travel Other Responsibilities The job holder may assist the Planning Department in the respective offices to the extent that such activities do not conflict with their second line of defence responsibilities, activities such like the following: Acting as a point of contact for internal and external regulatory audits; Carry out vendor / supplier / associated party due diligence as per the applicable rules; Participating in Incident response in respect to a Data Breach and reporting such a Breach to the local Data Protection Authority and Data Subject if appropriate; Supporting the legal team acting as a point of contact with local external legal advisors; Acting as a point of contact with the local Data Protection Agency in line with local regulations; Competencies Customer Focus Driving Change Driving Results Embraces Diversity Enterprise Leadership Judgement and Decision Making Risk Management Strategic and Visionary Trust and Integrity What we offer For all the expertise and experience you bring to help us make a difference, it’s only sustainable if we support you to build your career and be your best self so we offer competitive company benefits, centred around promoting positive well-bring and work-life balance. We also believe in fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment, where all team members perspectives and contributions are valued. Initiatives in place which promote a diverse and inclusive culture and healthy work life balance include hybrid working, Sport \& Social Clubs and Diversity and Inclusion networks. As an employee of SMBC you have access to a host of both useful and exciting benefit offerings. See below some of the benefits on offer to you: Hybrid and flexible working Competitive paid leave days Benefits to support your physical wellbeing, including private medical insurance and life and invalidity insurance Various policies to support your mental wellbeing, including a robust behavioural health network with counselling and coaching services Access a wide range of learning and development opportunities and career progression opportunities Ambitious remuneration package So, if you like a challenge and want to continuously grow and develop in a role where you will be supported along the way by a dynamic and diverse team, apply today!! We recognise our role as a bank to support social change and welcome all applications, including those from groups often under-represented in financial services. We value the uniqueness of professional and personal, backgrounds and perspectives as they play a vital role in continuing the sustainable growth of our organisation. We’ll ensure reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process are offered due to a disability or long-term condition whenever requested.* About SMBC A trusted partner for the long term United by a sense of purpose towards our customers - to be a trusted partner for the long-term - and our universal banking platform in EMEA, we deliver a full suite of corporate finance products and solutions to our customers, including corporate, structured and trade finance, leveraged finance, loan market and treasury products. We can also provide investment banking and advisory services and a range of innovative solutions in global capital markets. about what we do and who we are at https://www.smbcgroup.com/emea/careers

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