MUFG
Assistant Vice President, Project Manager – Risk
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Job Opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG)
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.
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About Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG)
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) is one of the world’s leading financial groups. Headquartered in Tokyo and with approximately 350 years of history, MUFG has a global network with 1,100 offices in over 40 countries. The Group has over 140,000 employees, offering services including corporate banking, commercial banking, retail banking, wealth management, investment banking, capital markets, personal and corporate trust, and transaction banking.
The Group’s operating companies include Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (Japan’s leading trust bank), and Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Holdings Co., Ltd., one of Japan’s largest securities firms.
Role Overview
Department
The Project Promotion team is part of the IT Planning, Reporting and Administration department (IPR).
Role Purpose
The role of the IPR department is to ensure communication and liaison with Head Office (HO) in Tokyo, for both Bank and Securities, as well as accountability for EMEA Technology wide reporting, management of resourcing processes, management of asset processes and administration of wider planning processes including annual budget planning.
The Risk Portfolio is part of the Project Promotion team which handle to deliver Bank EMEA and MUS International projects within the planned schedule and budget.
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Key Responsibilities
Project Management
- Oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of projects related to market risk, credit risk, operational risk, and regulatory compliance, working with individual Project delivery resources as appropriate.
- Drive project governance, ensuring compliance with internal policies, regulatory standards, and best practices.
- Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate risks that may impact project success. Escalate to the programme manager / portfolio lead as appropriate.
Financial & Resource Management
- Manage the expense budget for the programme, ensuring cost-effective project execution.
- Optimize resource allocation across the programme, balancing priorities and timelines.
- Work closely with Finance and Procurement teams for budget forecasting, reporting, and approvals.
Team Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement
- Lead, mentor, and oversee a team of Project resources, fostering a high-performance culture.
- Serve as a point of contact for senior management, risk committees, and other oversight bodies.
- Provide regular status reports and updates to governance committees, ensuring transparency and accountability.
- Engage with internal stakeholders across Risk and Technology to align project goals with business needs.
Reporting & Compliance
- Ensure accurate and timely reporting to regulatory and internal oversight bodies.
- Implement risk reporting frameworks, dashboards, and KPIs to monitor project performance.
- Stay updated on regulatory changes impacting market and credit risk management functions.
Qualifications
Work Experience
- Essential:
- 5+ years of experience in project management within the banking or financial services sector.
- Ability to operate within both a business and technology context.
- Proven experience in budget management, stakeholder engagement.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, regulatory-driven environment with competing priorities.
- Excellent communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Preferred:
- Understanding of risk management functions, including market risk, credit risk, and regulatory compliance.
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Skills and Experience
- Functional / Technical Competencies:
- Essential:
- Familiarity with Agile and Waterfall project management methodologies.
- Experience in working with risk analytics, data governance, risk technology solutions.
- Preferred:
- Use of Project Management Tools (e.g. PlanView)
- Essential:
- Education / Qualifications:
- Preferred:
- Project management certification (PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent) is desirable.
- Knowledge of risk regulatory frameworks (e.g. Credit Risk/PFE, Stress Testing, Risk Appetite) is desirable.
- Preferred:
Personal Requirements
- Excellent communication skills
- Results driven, with a strong sense of accountability
- A proactive, motivated approach.
- 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
- A creative and innovative approach to work
- 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
- Strong numerical skills
- Excellent Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office & Other Project Management tool skills
Company Commitment
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.
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