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MUFG Data & Financial Operations Governance, AVP in Tempe, Arizona
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 120,000 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.
The selected colleague will work at an MUFG office or client sites four days per week and work remotely one day. A member of our recruitment team will provide more details.
The Data & Financial Operations Governance AVP will support the Chief Data & Financial Operations (CDFO) team in preparing, tracking, facilitating, and executing governance activities with our business partners and lines of defense. In this role, you will support various types of governance processes that include risk and control assessments and testing, preparation for governance forums and committees, track open actions with key stakeholders to completion, create management reporting, document procedures and process flows, and liaise with various SMEs across the firm to achieve objectives set by Governance Leads.
An ideal candidate will have 5+ years of experience with increasing responsibility in a governance function or management consulting, and working knowledge of risk management practices, including but not limited to control documentation and assessment, control testing, issue remediation, process improvement and policy and procedure development. We are open to candidates with experience in financial services or other industries.
Responsibilities
Coordinate with process owners and subject matter experts to satisfy lines of defense requests from audit teams, risk managers, and control testing teams.
Support governance forum and committee meeting execution and facilitate resolution of any follow up actions.
Support development, maintenance, and execution of governance processes by coordinating with key stakeholders and SMEs at various levels.
Support the monitoring and testing for compliance with policies and standards.
Report status on governance activities.
Contribute to the continuous process improvement of governance framework, processes, and controls.
Support the maintenance of policies, procedures, standards, and process flows and identify and propose improvements when appropriate.
Demonstrate and promote, and monitor others for adherence to policies, standards and procedures.
Proactively identify gaps in current BAU activities and contribute to the implementation of improvements.
Collaborate with data governance SMEs, and other stakeholders to promote data governance awareness and culture.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in business administration, finance, or related fields.
5 years of experience in roles with governance or risk management responsibilities, and increasing levels of responsibility and/or scope
Working knowledge of data governance principles, frameworks, methodologies, and tools.
Experience in coordinating and facilitating governance activities and forums.
Experience in working with policies, standards, procedures, process flows, and controls.
Experience in working with metrics, dashboards, and reports.
Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
Working knowledge of best practices in design and maintenance of policies, standards, procedures, and controls.
Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
Familiarity with Laws, Rules, and Regulations, or compliance experience in a corporate banking or management consulting firm is beneficial.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, especially Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
The typical base pay range for this role is between $105K - $127K depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience and location. This role may also be eligible for certain discretionary performance-based bonus and/or incentive compensation. Additionally, our Total Rewards program provides colleagues with a competitive benefits package (in accordance with the eligibility requirements and respective terms of each) that includes comprehensive health and wellness benefits, retirement plans, educational assistance and training programs, income replacement for qualified employees with disabilities, paid maternity and parental bonding leave, and paid vacation, sick days, and holidays. For more information on our Total Rewards package, please click the link below.
MUFG Benefits Summary (https://careers.mufgamericas.com/sites/default/files/document/2023-01/mb-live-well-work-well.pdf)
We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws (including (i) the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, (ii) the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, (iii) the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, and (iv) the California Fair Chance Act) to the extent that (a) an applicant is not subject to a statutory disqualification pursuant to Section 3(a)(39) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 8a(2) or 8a(3) of the Commodity Exchange Act, and (b) they do not conflict with the background screening requirements of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the National Futures Association (NFA). The major responsibilities listed above are the material job duties of this role for which the Company reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of conditional offer of employment, if any.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required of personnel so classified.
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to leveraging the diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experience of our workforce to create opportunities for our colleagues and our business. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender expression, gender identity, sex, age, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran and military status, disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other status of an individual or that individual’s associates or relatives that is protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.
At MUFG, our colleagues are our greatest assets. Our Culture Principles provide a roadmap for how each of our colleagues must think and act to become more client-obsessed, inclusive and innovative. They reflect who we are, who we want to be and what we expect from one another. We are excited to see you take the next step in exploring a career with us and encourage you to spend more time reviewing them!
Our Culture Principles
Client Centric
People Focused
Listen Up. Speak Up.
Innovate & Simplify
Own & Execute