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<p><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img style="height:73.0px;width:422.0px" src="https://performancemanager5.successfactors.eu/smbcP6/SMBC_logo.png" alt=""></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (三井住友銀行) (incorporated in Japan with limited liability) is one of the major international banks and a leading arranger of specialized financial products worldwide. The Bank&apos;s Hong Kong Branch is now seeking high calibre individuals with long-term career objectives to apply for the following position:</strong></span></p> <p> </p> <p style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:20.0px">Assistant Vice President - </span></span></p> <p style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:20.0px">Business Control Dept, APD (HKG) - Operation Support &amp; Control Group</span></span> </p><div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:14.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Job Duties &amp; Responsibilities:</b></H2> </div><div><ul> <li style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Assist the Head of OSC to review the operation compliance with regulatory rules and ordinances such as DPS-IS Guidelines, DPS-Representation Rules, Personal Data Privacy Ordinance, Code of Banking Practice, etc.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#131e29;background-color:white">Supervise the transaction sanction screening function performed in operations department, including the list management and maintenance of the sanction screening systems, and the handling of hit results in routine screening.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#131e29;background-color:white">Supervise the processing of operations related supportive functions such as issuance of audit confirmations/ Certificates of Balance/ Bank reference letters and responding to law enforcement enquires documents scanning and other account administrative tasks.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#131e29;background-color:white">Supervise the completion of administration tasks for operations department such as standard tariff review, consolidation of responses and feedback for industry surveys and questionnaires, liaison of other branch&apos;s BCP, arrangement of logistics for training workshops arrangement of logistics for visitors and business trips, etc.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#131e29;background-color:white">Provide processing support to other operations groups in case of need.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#131e29;background-color:white">Act as project coordinator for operations related projects, from planning to implementation or product launch.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#131e29;background-color:white">Keep abreast of latest regulatory changes and alerts and perform impact analysis on transaction processing in the Bank.</span><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"> </span></strong></li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:14.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Requirements:</b></H2> </div><div><ul style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in" type="disc"> <li style="color:#131e29;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;background-color:white">Good academic qualifications with degree or professional qualification</span></li> <li style="color:#131e29;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;background-color:white">Over 10 years of hands-on experience in banking operations, preferably with exposure in various banking operations areas</span></li> <li style="color:#131e29;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;background-color:white">Good knowledge in transaction products, their features, associated risks, operation flows and relevant international governing rules and practice.</span></li> <li style="color:#131e29;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;background-color:white">Good communication in English</span></li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Able to interpret regulatory rules and guidelines and judge their applicability to banking operations</span></li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Able to judge genuineness of potential sanction hits and escalate suspicious hits appropriately to related parties</span></li> </ul></div></div></div><p>Please apply with detailed resume stating <u>latest and expected salary</u>.<strong> </strong></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><em>SMBC is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering a diversified and inclusive workplace and removing barriers to provide equal access to employment. </em></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><span style="text-decoration:underline"><strong>Note on Mandatory Reference Check ("MRC") Scheme:</strong></span></p> <p>The MRC Scheme seeks to address the "rolling bad apples" phenomenon in the banking sector in Hong Kong, i.e. situations where individuals who engage in misconduct during their employment in one institution are able to obtain subsequent employment in another institution without disclosing their misconduct to the new employer. Against this background, the HKMA proposed a framework to facilitate Authorized Institutions ("AIs") to bilaterally obtain reference information during their recruitment process for certain positions, such that misconduct information in an individual&apos;s previous employments can be provided to AIs to inform their employment decisions.</p> <p>For in-scope positions, satisfactory completion of MRC process is pivotal for the consideration of employment decision. For details, you may visit HKMA&apos;s website and refer to the latest <a title="" href="https://www.hkab.org.hk/en/page/5/mandatory-reference-checking-scheme-phase-2#mrcs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FAQs issued by HKAB</a>. Further details will be shared on request if your application is being proceeded.</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p>Application details will be used only for recruitment purposes, and will be destroyed after 1 year. Applicants not contacted after 6 weeks may consider their applications unsuccessful.</p>

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