Director, Performance & Reward, EMEA

Do you want your voice heard and your actions to count? Discover your opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the world’s leading financial groups. Across the globe, we’re 150,000 colleagues, striving to make a difference for every client, organization, and community we serve. We stand for our values, building long‑term relationships, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world. With a vision to be the world’s most trusted financial group, it’s part of our culture to put people first, listen to new and diverse ideas and collaborate toward greater innovation, speed and agility. This means investing in talent, technologies, and tools that empower you to own your career. Join MUFG, where being inspired is expected and making a meaningful impact is rewarded.

This role offers the chance to lead strategic transformation initiatives and contribute to the ongoing evolution of global reward frameworks.

What you’ll do:

• Lead the EMEA Performance & Reward Advisory agenda by partnering with senior business and functional leadership on remuneration strategy, performance outcomes, organisational considerations, and workforce‑related matters.
• Act as a trusted advisor to Executive Management, HR leadership, and governance stakeholders on complex remuneration, regulatory compliance, and performance‑related issues throughout the region.
• Support the Global Head of Regulatory Reward, Governance & Deferred Compensation as well as the EMEA Head of Performance & Reward in managing Remuneration Committee agendas, governance materials, and executive‑level reward discussions.
• Drive consistency and effective decision‑making across EMEA reward activities while balancing commercial objectives with regulatory expectations and prudent risk management principles.
• Support the delivery of strategic transformation initiatives related to reward frameworks, performance management systems, governance enhancements, and broader organisational priorities.
• Represent the PRB function as a senior leader across EMEA and globally by maintaining strong partnerships with HR leadership teams, Business Partners, Control Functions, Remuneration Committee members, and other relevant stakeholders.
• Lead the preparation and coordination of committee materials including executive papers and governance documentation relating to Performance & Reward matters.
• Maintain awareness of market developments, regulatory changes, and industry trends impacting reward structures as well as broader people strategy considerations.
• Ensure governance processes operate effectively by coordinating across Risk, Compliance, Legal, Finance, HR, and all other relevant stakeholders on governance and remuneration matters.
• Contribute to ongoing evolution of reward frameworks by supporting transformation programmes relating to deferred compensation schemes and broader PRB operating model enhancements.

What you bring:

• Extensive experience in global Reward Advisory roles within highly regulated financial services environments—particularly banking—across UK or broader EMEA regions.
• Proven track record engaging with regulators (including internal audit) on Reward‑related matters such as managing Remuneration Committee agendas/content.
• Leadership experience in regulatory reporting policy development/governance processes within complex matrixed organisations.
• Background in global regulatory frameworks applied to Reward structures including design/development of policies/governance processes.
• Deep understanding of financial services regulatory environment coupled with knowledge of all applicable regulations affecting remuneration strategies.
• Ability/confidence advising senior stakeholders—including boards/committees—on compensation decisions while maintaining broad perspective alongside detailed involvement.
• Expertise gathering compensation‑related market intelligence/interpreting labour market data for benchmarking/internal alignment/external competitiveness assessments.
• In‑depth knowledge regarding various Reward philosophies/plans (salary/cost‑of‑living adjustment/merit increase/bonus structure/domestic/global workers/expatriates/executives/part‑time employees).
• Experience implementing/tracking relevant Reward metrics/benchmarks (compa‑ratio etc.) alongside accounting/financial acumen.
• Degree or equivalent work experience equally preferable.

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.