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Title:  Associate

Post on:  Feb 9, 2026
Location: 

HK

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (三井住友銀行) (incorporated in Japan with limited liability) is one of the major international banks and a leading arranger of specialized financial products worldwide.  The Bank's Hong Kong Branch is now seeking high calibre individuals with long-term career objectives to apply for the following position:

 

Associate -

Operations Department - Operation Support & Control Group 

Job Duties & Responsibilities:

  1. Ensure the Cable Team is operating in compliance with the policies and guidelines.
  2. Release payment messages from Swift and ensure that all payment messages are released accurately and promptly.
  3. Monitor fund availability in RTGS and Repo usage, assist in monitoring the throughput ratio of HKD/USD/CNY and ensure all threshold are met with HKMA requirement.
  4. Review transaction sanction screening results to determine any real violation and release Swift messages withheld under false positive hits. Escalate to concerned parties for further investigation for suspicious items.
  5. Perform maintenance of sanction screening systems to ensure sanction lists are timely and accurately updated to the database. Coordinate with local compliance team and head office on sanction list management such as monthly effectiveness of good guy lists, addition, or removal of sanction items.
  6. Issue Audit Confirmation, Bank Reference Letter etc.
  7. Provide support to Operation Support team according to operation needs.

Requirements:

  1. Knowledge with Swift, RTGS, payment screening and Cable team daily operations.
  2. Matriculated with minimum 3 years hands-on experience in banking operations, or degree holder with less experience.
  3. Good communication in English.

Please apply with detailed resume stating latest and expected salary.  

 

SMBC is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering a diversified and inclusive workplace and removing barriers to provide equal access to employment.

 

Note on Mandatory Reference Check ("MRC") Scheme:

The MRC Scheme seeks to address the "rolling bad apples" phenomenon in the banking sector in Hong Kong, i.e. situations where individuals who engage in misconduct during their employment in one institution are able to obtain subsequent employment in another institution without disclosing their misconduct to the new employer. Against this background, the HKMA proposed a framework to facilitate Authorized Institutions ("AIs") to bilaterally obtain reference information during their recruitment process for certain positions, such that misconduct information in an individual's previous employments can be provided to AIs to inform their employment decisions.

For in-scope positions, satisfactory completion of MRC process is pivotal for the consideration of employment decision. For details, you may visit HKMA's website and refer to the latest FAQs issued by HKAB. Further details will be shared on request if your application is being proceeded.

 

Application details will be used only for recruitment purposes, and will be destroyed after 1 year. Applicants not contacted after 6 weeks may consider their applications unsuccessful.
Job Function:  Operations Department - Operation Support & Contro

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