Assistant Vice President, Executive Controls Office

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The Executive Controls Office is a new function within MUFG EMEA with the remit to sustain and strengthen control foundations by providing a first-class controls service. Make MUFG a safer, stronger, more effective, more efficient and more trusted financial institution for our customers, clients and colleagues. As MUFG EMEA transform and grow, ensure this vital growth can happen safely and securely.

Main purpose of the role: Provide a robust 1st Line of Defence challenge to ensure the wider effective identification and management of non-financial risk and control weaknesses by the business, support functions and the EMEA offices.

Key responsibilities:

• Assist in and drive the development and implementation of the ECO framework across EMEA.
• Assess and monitor MUFG’s non-financial risk profile, through review of underlying risk data and reports.
• Support in defining and implementing key MI reports and dashboards and progress data enhancements to facilitate improved reporting and analysis.
• Provide non-financial risk subject matter expertise, monitor and communicate the non-financial risk environment to ECO management and other key stakeholders.
• Build and maintain close and continuous relationships with key individuals within the business and support functions and ensure their knowledge of non-financial risks and the role of the ECO are understood and managed.
• Challenge the business and support functions to provide evidence that they are identifying, assessing, managing and reporting their non-financial risks appropriately.
• Support the design, build and roll-out of control monitoring and testing process framework across the 1st line.
• Support the design build and operation of a robust issue and incident management process(es) framework.
• Coordinate and support internal audit and regulatory reviews.
• Interact with 1st line business to ensure that RCSA are complete and accurate.

Work experience:

Essential:

• Experience of building and maintaining RCSAs.
• Non-financial Risk Management experience within the 1st line of defence providing analytical review and independent challenge.
• Operating across multiple jurisdictions and products area.
• Good knowledge of non-financial risk management in a Global Markets environment.

Preferred:

• 1st Line controls, ORM or IA experience, i.e. knowledge of process, risk and control design and execution.
• Some experience / knowledge of banking regulation.
• Some experience in supporting delivery of firm wide control frameworks and or remediation programmes.

Skills and experience:

Functional / Technical Competencies:

Essential:

• Good knowledge of non-financial risk management in a Global Markets and CIB environment.
• Some knowledge of programme and Framework management – supporting and delivering controls model and or remediation programmes.
• Strong analytical and writing skills.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills – Excel (data manipulation), PowerPoint.
• Good knowledge of banking products and front-to-back processes.
• Strong data analytical skills.

Preferred:

• Some knowledge of banking regulation and traceability of regulation through internal policies and controls.
• Some programme management experience in a Global Markets environment.

Education / Qualifications:

Essential:

• Strong academics and relevant professional qualifications / accreditations.

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.

This advert closes 15th February 2026. 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. 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. We make our recruitment decisions 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. At MUFG, our colleagues are our greatest assets. Our Culture Principles provide a roadmap for how each of our colleagues must think and act to become more client-obsessed, inclusive and innovative. They reflect who we are, who we want to be and what we expect from one another. We are excited to see you take the next step in exploring a career with us and encourage you to spend more time reviewing them!

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• Client Centric.
• People Focused.
• Listen Up. Speak Up.
• Innovate & Simplify.
• Own & Execute.