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SMBC Group is a top-tier integral 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 an Associate position within SMBC-SOFOM, an SMBC fully owned subsidiary. The candidate is responsible for providing full support to the SOFOM’s Operations and Finance Executive Director in administrative and middle-back-office activities. The candidate will be responsible for providing comprehensive operational support to the for syndicated loan transactions within project finance and corporate finance.



The role ensures accurate administration of the credit lifecycle, timely coordination with syndicate lenders, and strict adherence to contractual obligations.

The position reports to the SOFOM's Operations and Finance Executive Director. The candidate will be required to work jointly with other departments within SMBC such as Planning, Controllers, Front Office, Back Office-NY, Middle Office-NY, Treasury Department, Legal, Compliance, among others, in order to assure compliance with all SMBC related reporting, regulatory and monitoring requirements. He/she will be expected to have strong technical skills in credit related matters (middle-back office) and reporting, as well as problem solving, communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

- Maintain and update loan records in internal systems (drawdowns, amortizations, interest accruals, fees, rollovers).
- Prepare, review, and distribute operational notices (funding notices, rollover notices, prepayment notices, rate-setting notices).
- Calculate and validate interest, fees (commitment fee, agency fee, etc.), margin adjustments, and any applicable pricing changes.
- Process incoming payments and ensure accurate distribution among syndicate lenders.
- Act as an operational point of contact for lenders, borrower, legal counsel, and lead arrangers.
- Coordinate fundings, repayments, reconciliations,



and operational approvals.
- Track and support operational consents or waivers required per the loan documentation.
- Monitor key dates and deliverables: interest periods, principal payments, reporting deliverables, anniversary fees, rate resets.
- Support documentation and processing of amendments, waivers, and voting processes.
- Track borrower obligations under the Credit Agreement, including financial reporting and covenant deliverables.
- Review operational components of the credit documentation: notices, certificates, compliance packages, Deliverables Schedule.
- Contribute operational input during financial closings and subsequent modifications or restructurings.
- Conduct periodic reconciliations with lenders to ensure alignment on balances, transactions, and accruals.
- Investigate and resolve discrepancies or breaks in loan balances or cash movements.
- Prepare internal and external reports summarizing loan balances, activity, outstanding notices, and upcoming events.
- Maintain high data accuracy standards and ensure all loan life cycle events are recorded properly.
- Participate in system enhancements and operational improvements.
- Ensures the credit agreements contain appropriate language, from an operational perspective, in accordance with SOFOM’s policies and procedures; liaises with Back- Office, Middle-Office and Treasury Department in order to ensure disbursements of transactions are executed as per the executed legal documentation; liaises with Back-Office, Middle-Office , Controllers Department and accounting Firm in order to ensure terms and conditions of each transaction are booked correctly in SMBC’s systems and books.
- Ensures all SOFOM re

📌 SOFOM Operations and Agency Associate (México)
🏢 Smbc Group
📍 México