Analyst, Sanctions Programs in London

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OVERVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT/SECTION

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (MUFG) is one of the world's leading financial groups. Headquartered in Tokyo and with over 360 years of history, MUFG has a global network with around 3,000 offices in more than 50 markets. The Group has over 180,000 employees, and offers services including commercial banking, trust banking, securities, credit cards, consumer finance, asset management, and leasing.

The Financial Crimes Office for EMEA (FCOE) in London is part of the Global Financial Crimes Division (GFCD) headquartered in New York. It works to ensure that our organisation conducts its business in a way that protects our reputation, our business, and our clients within the regulatory and legal framework. It is responsible for the establishment and maintenance of effective systems and controls to protect clients' assets and to mitigate the risk that MUFG might be used to further financial crime.

NUMBER OF DIRECT REPORTS: N/A

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

• The Sanctions Spike Team is responsible for the effective running of the Sanctions Program across all jurisdictions within EMEA.
• The team ensures the robust management of the broader Sanctions Control Framework, providing oversight, SME knowledge and support to other Sanctions Teams including the offshore teams.
• Supporting and assisting with the implementation of MUFG Bank's financial crimes risk appetite, policies and standards through working with Country Compliance teams, Operations and Business stakeholders.
• Providing support and logistical management to enable Sanctions Programs to deliver its book of work efficiently and effectively across the EMEA region.
• Support the team processes and ensure our organisation conducts its business such that we protect our reputation, our business, and our customers within the regulatory and legal framework.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Investigate sanctions alerts, disposition false positives, draft dispositions describing sanctions risk based on open source research and escalate potential or true hits to advisory teams containing sanctions subject matter experts (SMEs).
• Effectively and efficiently transform large data work sheets into a standardized format.
• Gather evidence using Financial Crime products (e.g. World Check, Dow Jones) and from public sources.
• Draft concise, accurate and compelling narratives which address the various sanctions concerns.
• Log case details in spreadsheets or case management tools.
• Provide administrative support as may be required to support Sanctions Programs activities.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Identify, collect and migrate data to and from a range of systems.
• Apply tools and techniques for data analysis and data visualisation (including use of business information tools such as PowerBI, Python, SQL).
• Excellent communication skills.
• A proactive, motivated approach.

EDUCATION / QUALIFICATIONS

• Relevant banking/compliance experience desirable but not essential.
• Degree desirable but not essential.

PERSONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Excellent communication skills.
• Results driven, with a strong sense of accountability.
• Strong decision making skills, the ability to demonstrate sound judgement.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.

We are open to considering flexible working requests in line with organisational requirements. MUFG is committed to embracing diversity and building an inclusive culture where all employees are valued, respected and their opinions count.