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.

 

The anticipated salary range for this role is between $85,000.00 and $170,000.00. 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 Description

SMBC is in process of leading a Digital Transformation across our Americas Division as we continue to modernize our technology, focus on our data driven approach, grow and plan for the future.

As a result of this expansion, we are seeking an experienced RPA developer position located in our Jersey City, NJ location. In this position you will need to understand all facets of RPA process development, administration, and be able to support the company SDLC process. This includes gathering business requirements, developing RPA solutions, creating RPA test cases, application lifecycle management, deployment support and production support.

Role Objectives: Delivery Design, develop, and test solutions to automate processes, activities, and tasks through RPA and enhanced workflow automation platforms. Responsible for enhancement and maintenance of the RPA system developed in UiPath. Supporting the development full lifecycle implementation of the automation project and production development Plan and participate in deployment of RPA platform components, including bots, orchestrators, development tools, and systems integrations, to meet enterprise requirements for security, scalability, testability, and performance Serve as an automation technical expert on development projects Provide core RPA development and testing guidance Support testing activities and maintaining updated workflow documentation, test plan, test procedures, review test results, documents test activities, and records remedial actions Ensure quality of coded components by performing thorough unit testing Provide metrics on testing and production activities as necessary Deploy RPA scripts to optimize automation Develop pipelines using CI/CD tools for RPA deployments Role Objectives: Interpersonal

Work with business teams, product managers, and other stakeholders to understand business requirements, needs, or process gaps that would be addressed via proposed applications. Engage with application users and IT support staff to aid in troubleshooting and debugging of application issues. Partner with graphic artists, user interface designers and front-end engineers to develop the front-end interface of the application and optimize user experience. Liaise with other technology and development teams as needed to coordinate on the integration of applications with the larger company software ecosystem. Participate in periodic development meetings to align development priorities and objectives, assign tasks, and share experiences and challenges with applications under development.

Document artifacts and changes and follow SMBC change management process, provide timely updates on RPA project activities Identify inadequacies and improvement opportunities in the methods/standard and recommends changes Role Objectives: Expertise

Display proficiency with programming languages and protocols required for the development and maintenance of assigned applications and functions. Exhibit functional understanding of application development planning processes such as Agile, Scrum, and DevOps and change management and testing procedures. Demonstrate basic knowledge of business use case for assigned applications and other solutions in the market to ensure that developed software is optimal for its intended purpose. Show understanding of technical, infrastructure, data, and security requirements of developed solutions and ability to translate into adequate technical specifications and guidelines.

Diagnose and resolve application, configuration, and code level technical issues Contribute significantly to any design and refactoring discussions Create workflow diagrams and customizations using UiPath Studio Act as a point of contact for business related RPA features and support issues Qualifications and Skills Education: bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, MIS or related field 4+ years of experience with software development or automation development or process/workflow design Minimum 3-4 years of experience in developing and implementing RPA solutions using UiPath Strong expertise in UiPath Studio, Orchestrator, and Robot. Experience across the SDLC, including requirements, design, development, testing, documentation, training, deployment, operations, support and maintenance Experience working in a DevOps environment SQL/PL SQL Database experience ideally Oracle Any RPA Developer Certification in any of these tools UiPath/Blue Prism/Automation Anywhere is preferred Strong analytical, written/verbal communication and problem-solving skills Strong understanding of RPA problems with the ability to troubleshoot Source control and build techniques

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.

We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. SMBC provides reasonable accommodations for employees and applicants with disabilities consistent with applicable law. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application process, please let us know at accommodations@smbcgroup.com.