Resilience Standards - Assistant Vice President in London

Job Overview

MUFG is looking for an Operational Resilience Assistant Vice President to join the Operations Office for EMEA in London.

The role will shape and embed operational resilience standards across MUFG’s EMEA entities, ensuring regulatory compliance and sustainable business continuity.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the ongoing development, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the Operational Resilience framework, standards, methodologies, procedures, and supporting documentation for MUFG EMEA.
• Assist in defining resilience requirements for Important Business Services (IBS), Critical or Important Functions (CIFs), technology services, and third‑party arrangements to ensure robust business continuity.
• Contribute to aligning resilience standards with regulatory expectations such as FCA/PRA regulations in the UK, DORA in the EU, and relevant Middle Eastern frameworks while supporting enterprise risk appetite.
• Participate in identifying, assessing, and maintaining inventories of IBS and CIFs by supporting data analysis, quality assurance activities, dependency mapping, and documentation management.
• Help develop impact tolerances and associated resilience metrics by gathering, analysing, and presenting information used for decision‑making processes related to operational resilience.
• Assist with regulatory interpretation by translating requirements into practical standards and guidance for business areas while supporting gap assessments and action tracking activities.
• Support technology resilience initiatives including cyber resilience and Third Party Risk Management (TPRM) by coordinating requirements across business units and reviewing stakeholder evidence.
• Maintain scenario inventories and methodologies for resilience testing by preparing materials required for exercises, regulatory reviews, tracking actions arising from assurance activities.
• Produce management information reports and governance materials for forums and committees while monitoring progress against objectives, milestones, and regulatory commitments.
• Develop effective working relationships across First, Second, and Third Lines of Defence by engaging stakeholders throughout business functions; support delivery of training activities aimed at improving awareness of operational resilience requirements.
• Required Experience and Skills
• Experience within Operational Resilience or related disciplines such as Business Continuity Management, Operational Risk Management, Technology Risk Management or Third Party Risk Management is essential for this role.
• A good understanding of operational resilience principles including Important Business Services (IBS), impact tolerances, service mapping methodologies is required.
• Strong analytical skills combined with excellent organisational abilities enable you to manage multiple priorities effectively while maintaining attention to detail.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills allow you to create clear policies, standards documentation as well as engage constructively with diverse stakeholder groups.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively across multiple teams demonstrates your commitment to fostering positive relationships within a large organisation.
• Experience creating or maintaining governance documentation ensures you can support compliance efforts efficiently.
• Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications
• Knowledge of UK Operational Resilience regulations (FCA/PRA), DORA or other relevant frameworks is highly desirable but not mandatory.
• Experience supporting regulatory programmes or risk initiatives within financial services adds value to your application.
• Familiarity with technology resilience concepts such as cyber security or Third Party Risk Management requirements would be advantageous.
• Professional qualifications relating to Risk Management or Business Continuity are considered beneficial but not essential.

Benefits and Working Arrangements

Flexible working arrangements are offered. Extensive training opportunities and professional growth are supported. Pension contributions are provided.

Application Deadline

This advert will close 30th July 2026.

We are open to considering flexible working requests in line with organisational requirements.

Diversity and Equality

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.

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