Vice President, Cyber Risk BA Team Lead in London

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TIM is a strategic business pillar that provides operational efficiency, business analyst expertise and innovation. The Business Analyst Team sits within the TIM Pillar.

• Business Analyst Team: Provides expertise and insight across Change the Bank programmes. This Centre of Excellence ensures consistent delivery and alignment with business priorities.
• The team supports Change initiatives across MUFG Securities International and MUFG Bank EMEA across the bank’s change portfolios including Risk, Finance, Front Office, Operations, Compliance and much more.
• Business Analysts are leading subject matter experts and trusted business partners in technology change, continuously driving change and excellence through Business Analysis. The team acts as a bridge between our business and technology.

The Business Analyst Team consists of 4 pillars:

• Compliance, Legal & Operations
• Cyber Risk
• Front Office & Risk
• Finance & Data

NUMBER OF DIRECT REPORTS: 13

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE: Specifically, you have accountability for the following named departments, this includes: Technology / Technology Innovation Management/ Business Analyst Team/ Cyber Risk BA Team Roles, Scope and Reporting Structure Authority from, and Reporting to: Technology / Technology Innovation Management/ Business Analyst Team/ Cyber Risk BA Team.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Specifically, you will be accountable and responsible for taking appropriate action with respect to the Company’s and MUFG Securities EMEA plc/Technology/Technology Innovation Management/Business Analyst Team, including:

• Performing requirements gathering and compiling formal Business Requirements and Functional Specification documents.
• Covering all aspects of Business Analyst engagement throughout the Project Development lifecycle including but not limited to:
• Formulating and presenting proposed solutions to the business users. This may incorporate illustrative calculations using production data.
• Formulating testing approaches and compiling test plans and test cases.
• Performing system/integration testing and supporting business users with user acceptance testing.
• Compiling and presenting test results.
• Completing project/work-stream status reports.
• Escalating issues/risks to project/line management.
• Supporting both Project Managers and business partners through SME and problem skills. Acting as an advisor on appropriate TEC solutions with a solid understanding of the vendor landscape.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to support understanding and resolution of issues with evidence-based findings.
• Excellent communication skills with a focus on stakeholder management for ensuring delivery success across the Change portfolio but also acting as a representative and key partner for the business for TEC in a wider capacity.
• Strong TEC skills with the ability to perform SQL queries and be self-reliant on systems analysis. Advanced Excel is also required.
• A strong proactive approach with Senior technology management communications and relationships, being able to deliver concise information to allow accurate and informed decision making. The individual should be a trusted advisor of Technology management as well as Senior business stakeholders.
• Ownership of Risks, Issues and Dependencies across project work, ensuring proactive actions are taken to avoid escalations.
• Provide MI/KPIs for your BA pillar.

PERSONAL VALUES: Conduct themselves in a manner commensurate with company values. Lead by example in building relationships across the bank, establishing a strong peer network and helping to strengthen collaboration. Leading by example by being a consistent role model on supporting and enforcing company policies around office attendance, office arrival times and sitting with the BA team to ensure collaboratively working with the team. Being flexible around the days in the office depending on business needs.

Excellent communication skills are required both written and verbal. Ability to build positive collaborative working relationships with Technology, Change Managers and Business stakeholders. A continuous improvement mindset and proactive attitude to process improvements and using new technology. Maintain and enhance good working relationships with stakeholders, across the region and globally to share best practices, provide support and develop effective local policies and procedures appropriate to the Company, and work in support of the One MUFG and overall Group strategy.

ADDITIONAL PROJECTS/WORK: Support the Head of the Business Analyst Team with wider department and divisional initiatives in strategy and innovation. A champion for the use of AI across the BA team and implementing within your pillar. Providing subject matter expertise to support TEC initiatives, as required e.g. presenting solutions to other parts of the organization. Business analysts are required to support initiatives as side of the desk work outside assigned project work.

WORK EXPERIENCE: Essential: Experience of managing a team of senior technology professionals within a top tier bank or consultancy. Experience of successfully delivering large scale projects (preferably with an international scope). Significant experience in Cyber Risk.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE: Excellent communication skills - both written and oral. Good overall knowledge of the Murex platform. Excellent understanding of trade booking and trade lifecycle in Murex. A strong delivery track record and someone who can really take ownership of the initiatives. Confidence and gravitas are required to interact with senior managers within the bank. Business analysis experience working for a top tier bank or consultancy. A thorough understanding of the project life cycle and experience of compiling proposal, scope, requirements and testing documents. Knowledge of software development life cycles. Good product knowledge incorporating some of the following: Bonds, Derivatives, Credit, Securities Financing, FX and Loans and Deposits.

Business knowledge:

• Strong understanding of Identity & Access Management (IAM) frameworks, including identity lifecycle management (joiner–mover–leaver), authentication vs authorisation, and access provisioning models.
• Deep knowledge of Privileged Access Management (PAM) concepts, including privileged account types.
• Expertise in core access control principles, including least privilege, segregation of duties (SoD), and role‐based access control (RBAC), with the ability to identify and mitigate access risks in complex environments.
• Understanding of IAM/PAM governance models, including access certification (recertification), entitlement reviews, approval workflows, and audit evidence requirements.
• Knowledge of identity and access architecture, including integration between directory services, applications, and PAM solutions.
• Awareness of cyber risk and control frameworks, including regulatory expectations (e.g. PRA, ECB, EBA, FCA) and how they translate into access controls and monitoring requirements.
• Understanding of operational IAM/PAM processes, including onboarding systems into PAM platforms, managing service accounts, and handling exception access.
• Awareness of evolving cyber security practices, including zero‐trust principles, identity‐centric security, and integration with broader cyber risk programmes.

Applications knowledge: A solid understanding of RSA, ServiceNow, Cyber Ark.

Technical knowledge: Ability to self-service on systems analysis requiring advanced Excel and some basic SQL.

PERSONAL REQUIREMENTS: Excellent communication skills. Results driven, with a strong sense of accountability. A proactive, motivated approach. The ability to operate with urgency and prioritise work accordingly. Strong decision-making skills, the ability to demonstrate sound judgement. A structured and logical approach to work. Strong problem-solving skills. A creative and innovative approach to work. Excellent interpersonal skills. The ability to manage large workloads and tight deadlines. Excellent attention to detail and accuracy. A calm approach, with the ability to perform well in a pressurised environment. Strong numerical skills. Excellent Microsoft Office skills.

For Managerial/Senior roles: A confident approach, with the ability to provide clear direction to your team. Excellent managerial/leadership experience. The ability to lead a high performing team. A strategic approach, with the ability to lead and motivate your team. The ability to articulate and implement the vision/strategy for the Cyber Risk BA Team.

We are open to considering flexible working requests in line with organisational requirements.