Trade Finance Operations - Sound and Safety Officer AVP

MUFG, a globally respected financial institution, seeks a Sound and Safety Officer to join its London-based Trade Finance Operations team. The role focuses on safeguarding operational integrity and regulatory soundness across a complex environment and collaborating with Risk, Compliance, Internal Audit, and Deloitte.

Responsibilities

• Execute comprehensive quality assurance screening and reporting for all relevant functions, controls, and actions within the Trade Finance Operations Team to ensure adherence to internal policies and industry standards.
• Communicate quality assurance results to stakeholders, gather feedback, and integrate insights into ongoing process improvements.
• Draft and maintain detailed QA test scripts, workflows, procedures, and other governing documentation to support consistent application of controls.
• Review QA outcomes provided by the QA team for accuracy and challenge findings that do not align with policy or best practice.
• Design actionable plans based on QA results to address identified gaps or areas for enhancement within operational processes.
• Ensure timely delivery of transaction samples for auditor (Deloitte) testing and SOX compliance reviews and maintain clear communication with relevant teams regarding remediation actions.
• Draft and update SOX test scripts, workflows, procedures, and related documentation to support regulatory compliance requirements.
• Work collaboratively with the First Line of Defence Team to conduct control testing, identify control gaps or process weaknesses, and support root-cause analysis initiatives.
• Support Trade Finance management in upholding a strong risk governance framework by contributing to risk assessments and RCSAs (Risk Control Self Assessments).
• Promote standardisation, automation opportunities, and best practices within Trade Finance Operations while supporting training initiatives to enhance quality awareness across the team.

What you bring

• Demonstrated experience in trade finance operations or similar banking roles with responsibility for quality assurance or audit-related activities.
• Ability to interpret complex policies, procedures, or regulatory requirements and translate them into effective operational controls.
• Strong analytical skills with meticulous attention to detail and sound judgement in evaluating risks or identifying process improvements.
• Excellent written and verbal communication for drafting reports and presenting updates to senior stakeholders.
• Advanced computer literacy, including MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) for documentation and data analysis.
• Experience working across Risk Management, Compliance or Internal Audit to deliver shared objectives and build relationships regionally or globally.
• Experience supporting training initiatives or awareness campaigns to improve quality discipline within operational teams is highly desirable.
• Familiarity with drafting or maintaining QA/SOX test scripts, workflows, or procedural documents is advantageous.
• Ability to identify control gaps or weaknesses through structured root-cause analysis and support remediation planning.
• Flexible approach to changing duties and responsibilities with understanding of dual-hat arrangements between different legal entities.

Company and Culture

MUFG stands out as a leading financial institution with stability, global reach, and ethical business practices. The company fosters an inclusive culture with opportunities for professional development, collaboration, and support across diverse backgrounds.

What’s next and EEO

MUFG is open to flexible working requests where possible. We are committed to 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. We make recruitment decisions in a non-discriminatory manner in accordance with applicable law and our culture principles: Client Centric, People Focused, Listen Up. Speak Up. Innovate & Simplify, Own & Execute.