Resilience Standards - Assistant Vice President

Join Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) as an Operational Resilience Assistant Vice President in London, working within the Operations Office for EMEA.

In this pivotal role you will shape and embed operational resilience standards across MUFG’s EMEA entities, ensuring regulatory compliance and sustainable business continuity.

Responsibilities

• Support the ongoing development, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the Operational Resilience framework, standards, methodologies, procedures, and supporting documentation for MUFG EMEA.
• Assist in defining resilience requirements for Important Business Services (IBS), Critical or Important Functions (CIFs), technology services, and third‑party arrangements to ensure robust business continuity.
• Contribute to aligning resilience standards with regulatory expectations such as FCA/PRA regulations in the UK, DORA in the EU, and relevant Middle Eastern frameworks while supporting enterprise risk appetite.
• Participate in identifying, assessing, and maintaining inventories of IBS and CIFs by supporting data analysis, quality assurance activities, dependency mapping, and documentation management.
• Help develop impact tolerances and associated resilience metrics by gathering, analysing, and presenting information used for decision‑making processes related to operational resilience.
• Assist with regulatory interpretation by translating requirements into practical standards and guidance for business areas while supporting gap assessments and action tracking activities.
• Support technology resilience initiatives including cyber resilience and Third Party Risk Management (TPRM) by coordinating requirements across business units and reviewing stakeholder evidence.
• Maintain scenario inventories and methodologies for resilience testing by preparing materials required for exercises, regulatory reviews, and tracking actions arising from assurance activities.
• Produce management information reports and governance materials for forums and committees while monitoring progress against objectives, milestones, and regulatory commitments.
• Develop effective working relationships across First, Second, and Third Lines of Defence by engaging stakeholders throughout business functions; support delivery of training activities aimed at improving awareness of operational resilience requirements.

Qualifications

• Experience within Operational Resilience or related disciplines such as Business Continuity Management, Operational Risk Management, Technology Risk Management or Third Party Risk Management is essential.
• Good understanding of operational resilience principles including Important Business Services (IBS), impact tolerances, and service mapping methodologies.
• Strong analytical skills combined with excellent organisational abilities enable management of multiple priorities effectively while maintaining attention to detail.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, allowing creation of clear policies, standards documentation, and constructive engagement with diverse stakeholder groups.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively across multiple teams, fostering positive relationships within a large organisation.
• Experience creating or maintaining governance documentation to support compliance efforts efficiently.
• Knowledge of UK Operational Resilience regulations (FCA/PRA), DORA or other relevant frameworks is highly desirable but not mandatory.
• Experience supporting regulatory programmes or risk initiatives within financial services adds value.
• Familiarity with technology resilience concepts such as cyber security or Third Party Risk Management requirements is advantageous.
• Professional qualifications relating to Risk Management or Business Continuity are considered beneficial but not essential.

We support the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion in recruitment and employment, and oppose all forms of discrimination on the grounds of age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy and maternity, race, gender reassignment, religion or belief, and marriage or civil partnership.

All recruitment decisions are made in a non‑discriminatory manner in accordance with our commitment to identifying the right skills for the right role and our obligations under the law.

This advert will close 30th July2026.

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