Risk and Loan Product Specialist Assistant Vice President

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 is an exceptional opportunity for you to become a subject matter expert within the Loans Middle Office, where your expertise will be valued and your voice heard. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring the accurate management of loan facilities, working closely with Front Office teams and key stakeholders to deliver seamless operational support. MUFG offers a supportive and inclusive environment that encourages professional growth, continuous learning, and meaningful collaboration across departments.

If you are looking for a position where your attention to detail, communication skills, and commitment to excellence will make a real impact, this is the perfect next step in your career.

What you’ll do:

• Responsible to create, manage and monitor Risks and controls for Loan middle office tasks across MUFG.
• Manage and co-ordinate all New Product Approvals across the Loans products.
• Ensuring all new processes and products are approved with a process flow and controls implemented in the teams prior to Go Live.
• Document, co-ordinate and report all Risk across the team including reporting incidents, near misses, self-Identified issues.
• Report and co-ordinate Risk items with the first line control team.
• Ensuring all due dates are managed accordingly with actions closed in a timely manner.
• Excellent Client Service when liaising with the Business and key stakeholders.
• Represent Loan Services at Risk Forums with the Business and support function meetings.
• Co-ordinate across Loan Services management team to ensure Risk and Controls are standardised and reported.
• Lead and support key initiatives across EOO Loan Services to ensure EOO is servicing the Business, new deals.
• Build a strong network across the Business and support teams on Loan services with a strong market sound understanding of the Loan Services.
• Continually review and challenge processes and procedures to maximise efficiency and processes that allow highest possible facility usage with a view to maximising the revenue streams, in order to satisfy client and other stakeholder's requirements.
• Working with Head of LMO to achieve the short-term, medium-term, and long-term goals of the team related to Risk and control management.
• Responsible for working autonomously to resolve operational issues as they arise, and providing, where necessary, the implementation of preventative measures to avoid reoccurrence of incidents.
• Responsible for daily control management and monitoring for Loan Services.
• Working with the Loan Management team to resolve all breaks daily.
• Lead system enhancements and share expertise in the implementation of new systems and/or systems upgrades.

What you bring:

• Experience working within a Financial Institution Middle Office or Control function is essential for success in this role.
• Operational knowledge of loan products combined with administrative expertise in the loan market is required.
• Demonstrated experience reviewing loan agreements from an operational perspective is highly desirable.
• Excellent communication skills are necessary for building effective relationships with stakeholders across departments.
• A proactive approach coupled with motivation ensures timely completion of tasks and resolution of issues within the team.
• The ability to operate with urgency while prioritising workloads appropriately is crucial given tight deadlines and high volumes.
• Sound judgement supported by strong decision-making abilities enables you to balance risk with opportunity effectively.
• A structured and logical approach underpins your work style, ensuring accuracy even when managing large workloads.
• Exceptional attention to detail supports precise data input and compliance with regulatory requirements at all times.
• Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (especially Excel) is expected; additional language skills are advantageous.

What sets this company apart:

MUFG stands out as one of the world’s leading financial groups thanks to its unwavering commitment to integrity, responsibility, and customer focus. The organisation fosters an inclusive workplace where employees are encouraged to collaborate openly, share knowledge generously, and pursue continuous improvement together. At MUFG, you will benefit from flexible working arrangements that support work-life balance alongside generous pension contributions designed for long-term security. The company invests heavily in training opportunities so that every team member can develop their skills further—whether through formal courses or on-the-job learning experiences. With supportive leadership focused on nurturing talent at every level, MUFG provides an environment where your professional growth is prioritised alongside business success.

By joining this knowledgeable team in London’s vibrant financial district, you’ll have access to extensive networks both locally and globally—ensuring that your career journey is filled with opportunity for advancement as part of a truly dependable organisation.

What’s next:

If you are ready to take your expertise in loans operations to the next level within a supportive global banking environment, we encourage you to apply now!

Advert Closes 29th March 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!

Our Culture Principles:

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