Vice President, Senior Financial Crimes Officer

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.

EDUCATION

• Degree or equivalent work experience equally preferable
• Provide any relevant subject matter or degree specifics below
• Degree in finance, other relevant field

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CERTIFICATIONS

• Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), Certified Financial Crime Specialist (CFCS), or equivalent is preferred but not required

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Work Experience

• Experience in financial crime compliance leadership roles within financial institutions
• Expertise in managing anti-money laundering (AML), anti-bribery and corruption (ABC), and sanctions compliance programs
• Working knowledge of AML/Know Your Customer (KYC)/Customer Due Diligence (CDD)/Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) processes including in-depth EDD investigations for high-risk customers
• Strong knowledge of enforcement trends and regulatory expectations from FinCEN, Financial Action Task Force (FATF), EBA, and other global bodies
• Experience leading cross-border investigations and regulatory inquiries
• Subject matter expertise in AML, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), and financial crime risk management
• General understanding of transaction monitoring systems and alert logic
• Experience in regulatory exam preparation and issue management
• Strong leadership and project management capabilities
• Familiarity with governance, and real-time monitoring systems

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Responsibilities

• Lead implementation of financial crime compliance strategy across business units
• Advise senior management on reputational and regulatory risks
• Oversee regulatory change management and policy development
• Represent the firm in discussions with regulators and industry bodies
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure effective governance over compliance operations and processes (e.g., quality, metrics, capacity planning, investigations, etc.)
• Support the creation and/or implementation of global policies (e.g. Standards, Procedures, Frameworks) to drive accountability, transparency and consistency in compliance operations
• Ensure proper oversight for compliance-related initiatives involving third party-vendors
• Support investigative team's performance, resource allocation, and case throughput metrics
• Identify and resolve operational bottlenecks in investigative workflows
• Coordinate with internal audit and regulators
• Manage and oversee compliance operations at outsourced delivery centers to ensure smooth day to day operations; liaison with internal stakeholders to resolve operational issues and respond to queries
• Ensure operational governance by monitoring KPIs, running governance calls, and overseeing dashboards and metrics
• Implement global procedures and support strategic technology rollouts and automation tools
• Engage with Internal Audit, Testing, and FCC teams to address RFIs and ensure policy alignment
• Drive operational efficiency and risk management through capacity assessments and proactive issue escalation

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) is an equal opportunity employer. We view our employees as our key assets as they are fundamental to our long-term growth and success. MUFG is committed to hiring based on merit and organsational fit, regardless of race, religion or gender.