Executive Leader - Financial Crime Analytics & Intelligence

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Overview Of The Department/Section In MUFG, we are committed to being the world’s most trusted financial group. Our Operations will enable us to increase and enhance the effectiveness of our operational financial crime prevention and detection expertise and oversight, by consolidating and focusing the knowledge, capabilities, insight and experience of our people along with refined and improved processes, training and technologies. We want to work with ambitious, energetic, service‑focused people with experience of working in Financial Crime, who are dedicated to protecting our customers – and the wider global economy, while developing world‑class anti‑money laundering (AML) and know‑your‑customer (KYC) skills and capabilities.

Main Purpose of the Role You will be supporting our Financial Crime Operations team, delivering against our objectives for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). In this role you will be working within the Operations Intelligence & Analytics (I&A) team.

• Leading a Team That Provides analytics support developing, optimising and modifying segmentation to improve transaction monitoring which detect financial crime
• Improves the design, tuning and optimisation of automated monitoring and sanctions screening scenarios
• Leverages regional predictive analytics teams to aggregate analytical learning and drive enhancements in transaction monitoring and sanctions screening
• Improves design, tuning and optimisation of sanctions screening systems
• Assists with model validation of TM and sanctions screening systems

Key Responsibilities

• Working to identify detection scenarios.
• Providing analytics support for developing, tuning, optimising and modifying segmentation to improve transaction monitoring and sanctions screening systems.
• Helping to coordinate the implementation of scenarios, which detect financial crime.
• Supporting the development of policies and procedures for AML transaction monitoring life cycle, including reviews of scenario validation, segmentation and optimisation tools.
• Supporting any changes to Sanctions Screening Systems Tuning and Optimization Procedure that would impact sanction screening models and tuning.
• Supporting large strategic optimisation and segmentation program to enhance and tune MUFG’s GFCD Transaction Monitoring and Sanctions Screening Programmes.
• Recommending customer segmentation and optimisation for MUFG’s GFCD monitoring system across multiple lines of business.
• Contributing to the development of models involving tuning, calibration, segmentation and optimisation.
• Performing model validation, memorialising model selection rationales and defined assumptions.
• Coordinating with regional I&A teams to implement on the global model.
• Collaborating across functional teams within GFCD to ensure effective and efficient operations with clearly defined roles and responsibilities.

Work Experience

Extensive experience within an area of a global bank, consulting firm or regulatory agency is essential for this role. Strong track record in Transaction Monitoring is required and Sanctions Screening experience is desirable.

Skills And Experience Functional / Technical Competencies

• Experience of managing stakeholder relationships within and outside of the local function/role.
• Knowledge of a wide variety of financial crimes compliance laws and regulations.
• Excellent judgement and analytical skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Education / Qualifications

Degree or equivalent industry standard qualification.

Personal Requirements

• Strong leadership skills.
• Ability to manage teams.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Results driven, with a strong sense of accountability.
• A proactive, motivated approach.
• Conflict management skills.
• 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.
• 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.

Benefits and Additional Information We are open to considering flexible working requests in line with organisational requirements.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement MUGF 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.