Vice President, Cyber Risk BA Team Lead

The Business Analyst Team sits within the TIM Pillar, providing operational efficiency, business analyst expertise, and innovation. This Centre of Excellence ensures consistent delivery and alignment with business priorities, supporting Change initiatives across MUFG Securities International and MUFG Bank EMEA across the bank’s change portfolios including Risk, Finance, Front Office, Operations, Compliance, and more.

Business Analysts are leading subject matter experts and trusted business partners in technology change, continuously driving change and excellence through Business Analysis. The team acts as a bridge between our business and technology.

The Business Analyst Team consists of 4 pillars:

• Compliance, Legal & Operations
• Cyber Risk
• Front Office & Risk
• Finance & Data

NUMBER OF DIRECT REPORTS: 13

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE: Accountability for the following named departments: Technology / Technology Innovation Management / Business Analyst Team / Cyber Risk BA Team.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Performing requirements gathering and compiling formal Business Requirements and Functional Specification documents.
• Covering all aspects of Business Analyst engagement throughout the Project Development lifecycle.
• Formulating and presenting proposed solutions to business users.
• Formulating testing approaches and compiling test plans and test cases.
• Performing system/integration testing and supporting business users with user acceptance testing.
• Compiling and presenting test results.
• Completing project/work-stream status reports.
• Escalating issues/risks to project/line management.
• Supporting both Project Managers and business partners through SME and problem skills.
• Acting as an advisor on appropriate TEC solutions with a solid understanding of the vendor landscape.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to support understanding and resolution of issues with evidence-based findings.
• Excellent communication skills with a focus on stakeholder management.
• Strong TEC skills with the ability to perform SQL queries and be self-reliant on systems analysis.
• A strong proactive approach with Senior technology management communications and relationships.
• Ownership of Risks, Issues and Dependencies across project work.
• Provide MI/KPIs for your BA pillar.

Personal values:

• Conduct themselves in a manner commensurate with company values.
• Lead by example in building relationships across the bank.
• Excellent communication skills are required both written and verbal.
• A continuous improvement mindset and proactive attitude to process improvements.
• Maintain and enhance good working relationships with stakeholders.

Additional projects/work:

• Support the Head of the Business Analyst Team with wider department and divisional initiatives.
• A champion for the use of AI across the BA team.
• Providing subject matter expertise to support TEC initiatives.
• Business analysts are required to support initiatives outside assigned project work.

People (If applicable):

• Authority for building a team of high-quality professionals.
• Accountable for ensuring that all staff are fully trained and understand their roles.
• Accountable for ensuring that any responsibilities delegated to other staff are appropriately apportioned and controlled.

Relationship with other functions and stakeholders:

• Maintain and enhance good working relationships with stakeholders.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

• Experience of managing a team of senior technology professionals within a top tier bank or consultancy.
• Experience of successfully delivering large scale projects.
• Significant experience in Cyber Risk.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Excellent communication skills - both written and oral.
• Good overall knowledge of the Murex platform.
• Excellent understanding of trade booking and trade lifecycle in Murex.
• A strong delivery track record.
• Confidence and gravitas to interact with senior managers.
• Business analysis experience working for a top tier bank or consultancy.
• A thorough understanding of the project life cycle.
• Knowledge of software development life cycles.
• Good product knowledge incorporating Bonds, Derivatives, Credit, Securities Financing, FX, and Loans and Deposits.
• Strong understanding of Identity & Access Management (IAM) frameworks.
• Deep knowledge of Privileged Access Management (PAM) concepts.
• Expertise in core access control principles.
• Understanding of IAM/PAM governance models.
• Knowledge of identity and access architecture.
• Awareness of cyber risk and control frameworks.
• Understanding of operational IAM/PAM processes.
• Awareness of evolving cyber security practices.
• A solid understanding of RSA, ServiceNow, Cyber Ark.
• Ability to self-service on systems analysis requiring advanced Excel and some basic SQL.

PERSONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Excellent communication skills.
• Results driven, with a strong sense of accountability.
• A proactive, motivated approach.
• Strong decision-making skills.
• A structured and logical approach to work.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage large workloads and tight deadlines.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Strong numerical skills.
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills.

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 and respected.