2027 Summer Intern Program - Data Strategy (CLT)
Company Overview
SMBC hosts a 10-week Summer Intern Program for undergraduate students who will have the opportunity to work on teams, be exposed to significant firm-wide projects within their respective business areas and support a range of deals with our clients.
Participants in our Summer Intern Program will work on a variety of projects including building financial models, developing client presentations, conducting research, and participating in client meetings – all to improve their understanding of the global banking industry.
Our Summer Intern Program is a pipeline to our full-time Analyst Program.
Desk Description
We are currently hiring into the following areas:
Data Governance & Data Quality
Data Governance is managed at the SMBCAD level and supported by all SMBCAD entities. The team ensures the firm adheres to its Policy and Standards. The governance team also ensures good data quality by implementing frameworks for key data elements, data lineage, data quality measurement, issue management and data sharing throughout SMCAD entities
Data Architecture and Solutions
Our Data Architecture and Solutions team is composed of enterprise architects and data analytics. Sharing the responsibilities of data sourcing, implementation of new tooling and their capabilities. Breathing life into new firmwide technologies by way of data analytics & insights.
Data Management
At the core of the firm is our party, reference and transaction data and it is imperative that SMBC enforce the groundwork of how our data is managed and interpreted day to day. Party data composes most of institutional, entity data points while reference data are market data that folds into important financial and risk models. This team ensures that each data point is effectively managed and that proper records are retained and disposed of properly.
Program Details
How Our Program Works
Our Summer Intern Program is designed for students who completed their junior year.
This 10-week program commences in June and includes:
- Orientation
- Training with on-the-desk experience
- Senior Speaker Series
- Japanese cultural activities
- Social networking activities
- Volunteer Day with a local nonprofit
- Mentorship opportunity with both a junior and senior mentor at SMBC
The successful candidate will possess or demonstrate the following personal and professional attributes:
- Currently pursuing an undergraduate degree from an accredited university with a graduation date of December 2027 or May 2028; excellent academic record
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with specific ability to communicate concepts and ideas concisely
- Ability to comfortably interact with clients in a professional and mature manner
- Outstanding ethics, integrity, and judgment
- Intellectual curiosity
- Comfort in and commitment to a strong teamwork environment
- Highly organized, detail oriented, self-driven, and motivated
- Advanced Word, Excel, and PowerPoint skills and the ability to quickly learn new software applications
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.
Benefits Offered
At SMBC, we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to attract, retain, reward, and motivate full-time employees and their families. Our offerings include medical, dental, and vision coverage, flexible spending accounts, well-being programs, a 401(k) with matching contributions, a cash balance plan, life and AD&D insurance, short and long-term disability coverage, vacation and personal time, holidays, sick time, an Employee Assistance Program, commuter benefits, and tuition and professional training reimbursement.
What's Next?
- Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. We encourage you to submit your application as early as possible as we start conducting assessment rounds ahead of the deadline. Applications close on September 27 at 9AM ET.
- Help us learn about you by submitting a complete application which includes your resume. After you confirm your application, we will review it to determine whether you meet certain required qualifications.
- If you are advanced to the next step of the process, you’ll receive an email invitation to complete a video interview. This is your opportunity to further bring your resume to life and showcase your experience to our recruiting team and hiring managers.
- Completion of the video interview is required, and your application will not be considered for further review until you have completed it. We strongly encourage that you apply and complete this as soon as possible, since programs will close as positions are filled.
If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application process, please let us know at campusrecruitment@smbcgroup.com.