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First Line Risk & Controls - Assistant Vice President at MUFG

First Line Risk & Controls - Assistant Vice President

MUFG · GB

1 weeks ago

First Line Risk & Controls - Assistant Vice President

MUFG · GB

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About the Role

Assistant Vice President for Risks and Controls within MUFG's Market and Securities Operations Services Risk and Control division in London. This role involves strengthening operational risk management across investment banking functions, collaborating with colleagues, and ensuring robust control frameworks.

Responsibilities

  • Support the implementation and ongoing maintenance of the First Line Risk & Control framework across Operations.
  • Maintain comprehensive risk and control inventories by documenting, assessing, and periodically reviewing key controls and associated business risks.
  • Perform detailed control assessments and gap analysis to identify weaknesses, recommend enhancements, and support remediation activities.
  • Monitor and analyse operational risk indicators, performance metrics, and control effectiveness measures.
  • Escalate emerging risks and thematic issues in a timely manner.
  • Produce accurate management information, risk reporting materials, Key Risk Indicators (KRIs), Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and governance documentation.
  • Support Risk & Control Self-Assessments (RCSA), control testing, risk assessments, and other risk management activities.
  • Investigate operational incidents, exceptions, audit findings, and control failures to identify root causes and track remediation actions.
  • Assist in managing and tracking issues, actions, and risk remediation plans.
  • Partner with Operations, Technology, Compliance, Operational Risk, and Change teams to strengthen the control environment.
  • Support internal and external audits as well as regulatory reviews by providing accurate documentation, evidence, and subject matter expertise.

Requirements

  • Strong product knowledge combined with front-to-back process understanding of investment banking operational flows.
  • Experience in issue management and control assurance testing.
  • Demonstrable stakeholder management skills.
  • Excellent time management abilities.
  • Reconciliation experience coupled with a deep understanding of reconciliation first principles.
  • Knowledge of securities trade lifecycle events, including derivatives trading, collateral funding for derivative/securities products, and settlement pre-matching for fixed income/equity products.
  • Strong analytical skills paired with attention to detail.
  • Familiarity with KRI/KPI reporting methods plus issue management/control testing.
  • Understanding of RCSA processes.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills.

Skills

  • Risk Management
  • Control Framework Implementation
  • Risk Assessment
  • Gap Analysis
  • Remediation Support
  • Operational Risk Indicators
  • Performance Metrics
  • Management Information Reporting
  • KRI/KPI Reporting
  • Governance Documentation
  • RCSA
  • Control Testing
  • Incident Investigation
  • Issue Management
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Time Management
  • Reconciliation
  • Analytical Skills
  • Interpersonal Skills

Location

  • London

Work Type

  • Flexible working

Experience Level

  • Assistant Vice President

Benefits

  • Generous training programmes
  • Flexible working opportunities

About the Company

  • MUFG is one of the world’s leading financial institutions.
  • Committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where every team member feels valued.
  • Prioritizes communal success through supportive leadership.
  • Employees have access to knowledgeable mentors.
  • Nurtures a warm environment built on trustworthiness, dependability, empathy, kindness, loyalty, modesty, sharing, responsiveness, sensitivity, cooperation, interdependence, and a genuine sense of togetherness.
  • Employees benefit from being part of a global network where their contributions matter.

Equal Opportunity

  • 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.