Vice President - Financial Crime Intelligence & Analytics Lead - (Transaction Monitoring & Sanc[...]

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. MUFG has 150,000 colleagues worldwide, committed to building long-term relationships, serving society, and fostering sustainable growth. MUFG aims to be the world’s most trusted financial group, putting people first, listening to new ideas, and collaborating toward innovation, speed and agility.

Join MUFG, where being inspired is expected and making a meaningful impact is rewarded.

Department/Section Overview: Our Operations will enhance operational financial crime prevention and detection by consolidating knowledge, capabilities, insight and experience with refined processes, training and technologies. We seek ambitious, energetic, service-focused people with experience in Financial Crime to protect customers and the wider global economy, while developing world-class AML and KYC skills.

Main Purpose of the Role: You will support the Financial Crime Operations team and deliver against objectives for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). In this role you will work within the Operations Intelligence & Analytics (I&A) team to lead a team that:

• Provides analytics support developing, optimising and modifying segmentation to improve transaction monitoring which detects 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 optimization 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 that detect financial crime
• Supporting the development of policies and procedures for AML transaction monitoring lifecycle, 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 programs 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:

• 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

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.