Associate, Risk Solutions Group

Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, or related field with 4 years of experience.
  • Proficient in PowerPoint, Excel, and Bloomberg for trade modeling and data analysis.
  • Solid understanding of interest rate derivatives and related pricing functions.
  • Fluent in Japanese for effective client and team communication.
  • Experience in measuring market and credit risk.

Responsibilities

  • Manage client and trader communications during live trade executions.
  • Oversee counterparty onboarding across various regulatory groups.
  • Prepare and analyze pitch books and marketing materials for clients.
  • Engage through phone calls, video conferences, and events for client interaction.
  • Develop derivative risk management solutions based on client needs and industry data analysis.
  • Collaborate with bankers and other partners on client pitches and deal teams.
  • Travel domestically for client meetings, approximately 30% of the time.

Benefits

  • Competitive portfolio of employee benefits.
  • Annual discretionary incentive award eligibility.
  • Hybrid workforce model allowing work-from-home and office options.
Full Job Description
The anticipated salary range for this role is between $179,088.00 and $206,000.00. The specific salary offered to an applicant will be based on their individual qualifications, experiences, and an analysis of the current compensation paid in their geography and the market for similar roles at the time of hire. The role may also be eligible for an annual discretionary incentive award. In addition to cash compensation, SMBC offers a competitive portfolio of benefits to its employees.

Role Objectives

  • Act as a marketer on live trade executions managing client and trader communications in addition to models and systems.
  • Oversee new and on-going counterparty onboarding requirements across credit, legal, AML/KYC, and compliance/regulatory groups.
  • Prepare pitch books and other marketing materials with a focus on determining meeting content, creating new materials, conducting analysis, and writing text to support charts and tables.
  • Engage with Bankers and clients through phone calls, video conferences and SMBC hosted events as well occasional client travel.
  • Assist in the development and delivery of derivative risk management solutions based on a thorough understanding of our clients' business needs as well as gathering and analyzing data in relevant industries for new opportunities and solutions.
  • Interact with relationship bankers on client calling and credit management and partners in debt capital markets and other products on specific client pitches and deal teams.
  • Domestic travel 30% of time for client meetings.


Qualifications and Skills

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, or a related field plus 4 years of experience.
  • Required Skills: PowerPoint and Excel; Bloomberg including trade modeling, downloading data into Excel using formulas and Excel pricing functions; pricing of interest rate derivatives, bond math and market and credit risk measurements; interest rate derivatives sales.
  • Fluent in Japanese.
  • The required skill set does not need to be maintained over the full term of the required experience.


The role is eligible for an annual discretionary incentive award. In addition to cash compensation, SMBC offers a competitive portfolio of benefits to its employees.

For benefit information, please see the Careers page

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.

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