Assistant Vice President, IT Risk Assessment Manager in London

MUFG, a leading global financial institution, is seeking an Assistant Vice President IT Risk Assessment Manager for its London office. The role is part of the IT Policy Management & Group Risk Assessment Team within the Corporate Technology Division and focuses on managing system risk assessments across business applications and technology platforms.

What you'll do:

• Lead the annual system risk assessment process for all relevant business applications, technology platforms, and supporting processes.
• Collaborate closely with Business Owners, System Owners, and Head Office (Japan) to ensure efficient governance and clear communication.
• Identify inherent and residual risks, control gaps, dependencies, and potential impacts on confidentiality, integrity, availability, compliance, and operational resilience.
• Review evidence provided by first‑line teams, control owners, and delivery teams to confirm risks, controls, and mitigations are supported by reliable documentation.
• Evaluate the completeness, quality, and traceability of evidence used for control design effectiveness and remediation progress.
• Provide independent judgment on whether evidence is adequate to close findings or reduce risk exposure in line with governance expectations.
• Facilitate risk workshops, interviews, and cross‑functional reviews to gather information and validate risk positions.
• Prepare risk summaries, heat maps, dashboards, and management reports for senior stakeholders, including committees and audit or regulatory reviews.
• Document governance decisions, actions, exceptions, and risk acceptances, tracking them to completion.
• Monitor remediation actions and risk treatment plans; raise escalations for delays or unresolved issues with material exposure.

Qualifications:

• Extensive experience in technology risk management, information security, or operations risk within large organisations.
• Strong knowledge of system risk assessment techniques, control evaluation methods, evidence review processes, and risk treatment planning.
• Familiarity with ISO 27001, NIST, COBIT, SOC, or equivalent governance frameworks.
• Ability to assess complex information objectively, challenge assumptions, and make balanced decisions based on evidence analysis.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, able to influence outcomes at all levels.
• Highly developed analytical and organisational skills with meticulous documentation practices.
• Experience preparing committee papers or governance packs; audit‑ready documentation expected at VP level.
• Comfortable managing multiple assessments under tight deadlines, prioritising tasks in a fast‑paced environment.
• Familiarity with ServiceNow or OpenPages applications is an advantage.

Benefits:

• Flexible working arrangements and generous pension contributions.
• Access to world‑class training and development programmes.
• Supportive environment with strong emphasis on inclusion and professional growth.

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.