Director, Strategy & Planning, SMBC India Division

Director, Strategy & Planning, SMBC India Division. Plan, design and execute mid-to-long-term strategies for organic and inorganic growth aimed at further expanding/strengthening our franchise and presence in India.

Requirements

• Post-graduate degree in Business, Finance, Economics or a related discipline.
• Professional qualifications like Chartered Accountant (CA), Project Management Professional (PMP), Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), or Financial Risk Manager (FRM).
• Typically, 10–15+ years of experience in banking / financial services, consulting, corporate strategy, or risk / governance roles.
• Proven experience leading end-to-end business transformation projects (e.g., legal-entity restructuring, operating model redesign and transformation, large-scale process transformation).
• Previous experience in M&A deals, including due diligence, valuation, negotiations and documentation.
• Ability to independently build and back-test financial models such as ECL (Expected Credit Loss) and valuation models (DCF, trading comparables, scenario analysis), including challenging and validating underlying assumptions.
• Working knowledge of IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards).
• Basic understanding and common knowledge of international taxation (including BEPS, tax treaties (DTAAs) such as India-Japan and India-Singapore), particularly in the context of cross-border transactions, M&As structures and transfer pricing.
• Prior experience in a Japanese megabank or Japanese financial institution will be an advantage.

Benefits

• None specified