Corporate coordinator - contract opportunity

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 is a full time, Contract position beginning in December 2025 and ending in June 2026. Reporting to the Head of Corporate Citizenship and the President of the SMBC Global Foundation, the Corporate Citizenship Coordinator will provide support for the firm's social contribution efforts in the Americas Division. In this role, the coordinator will assist with employee engagement programming—including volunteering and employee giving—while also supporting grants administration, communications, due diligence on nonprofit partners, and other departmental needs such as the tracking and reporting of the firm’s philanthropic activity.

The anticipated salary range for this role is $40-50/Hourly. 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.

Role Objectives

Employee Engagement

• Assists with event planning, logistics, and execution of employee engagement activities, including liaising with internal and external stakeholders, developing related communications, and responding to employee inquiries.
• Assists with signature employee engagement programs, including:
  • Earth Month in April (volunteer events, awareness campaigns, and related programming and communications), and the
  • Analyst Charity Pitch Competition (communications, scheduling, event coordination and communications)
• Creates and maintains volunteer events and other activities in the employee engagement application (Benevity), including tracking and inputting employee participation data.
• Supports special projects and other Corporate Citizenship initiatives as assigned. Depending on circumstances one task may include support for the employee matching gift program:

• Performs due diligence on charities and matching gifts applications
• Maintains intranet including guidelines, FAQ and user guides
• Troubleshoots matching gifts application, tests functionality, and liaises with vendor as needed

Communications

• Assists with the development of department communications, including intranet posts, memos, news stories, PowerPoint presentations, social media, and print materials.
• Updates Corporate Citizenship resources such as intranet website, program guidelines, FAQs, and user guides, as needed.
• Monitors Corporate Citizenship email inbox and responds to employee inquiries, providing accurate and timely information on programs.

Qualifications and Skills

• 1-3 years of comparable or relevant experience
• Prior experience in grants administration, volunteering, giving/fundraising including matching and dollars-for-doers programs, events management, and/or marketing/branding/communications including social media a plus
• Experience interfacing with cross-functional teams, senior management, and external stakeholders
• Flexibility to handle change and interact with a dynamic team in a fast-paced environment
• Strong oral and written communication skills, as well as ability to summarize information and field employee inquires
• Excellent planning, organization, and time-management skills. Strong attention to detail
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Suite is essential (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel), expertise a plus
• Experience in grants and/or volunteer management software (Benevity) and database software (Tableau and/or Power BI) a plus
• Interest in ESG/Corporate Citizenship, nonprofits, philanthropy

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 [email protected].