Head of Data Governance - Financial Crime Risk & Core Compliance

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Overview Of The Department/Section

MUFG (Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group) is one of the world's leading financial groups. Headquartered in Tokyo and with approximately 350 years of history, MUFG is a global network with around 2,300 offices in over 50 countries including the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Asia and Oceania, and East Asia. The group has over 150,000 employees, offering services including commercial banking, trust banking, securities, credit cards, consumer finance, asset management, and leasing.

As one of the largest financial groups globally with a vison to be th

e world's most trusted, we want to attract, nurture and retain the most talented individuals in the market. The size and range of MUFG's global business creates opportunities for our employees to stretch themselves and reap the rewards. Behaving with integrity and responsibility, underpinned by a desire to build a culture which is fair, transparent, and honest, drives everything that we do. We aim to be the financial partner of choice for our clients, whatever their requirements, building long-term relationships, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world.

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The Compliance department, covering both Financial Crime and Core Compliance activities, within MUFG works to ensure that our organization conducts its business such that we protect our reputation, our business, and our clients within the regulatory and legal framework. It is responsible for the establishment and maintenance of effective systems and controls to protect clients’ assets and to mitigate the risk that MUFG might be used for further financial crime.

NUMBER OF DIRECT REPORTS

6 (minimum)

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

Reporting to the Head of FCOE Operations the role holder will adopt/develop and implement data governance strategy, frameworks, policies and standards to ensure a high level of data quality, with specific focus on financial crime and core compliance risks.

This leadership role involves managing data-related risks, creating/maintaining data dictionaries, and fostering a culture of data literacy across Compliance/MUFG. In collaboration with various internal stakeholders, the role holder will collaborate with EMEA Systems Office (ESO), wider GFCD/Compliance stakeholders to ensure data is a trusted asset for decision-making and changes made are accurately assessed and approved, supporting both run the bank and change the bank activities.

This position requires strong leadership, a knowledge of financial crime and compliance frameworks, and expertise in data governance within highly regulated environments.

This role holder will work closely with the EMEA ECO/FCOE teams, EMEA Systems Office (ESO); EMEA Planning Department (EPD) and European Operations Division (EOD) as well as Global GFCD teams to improve communication and ensure data quality is paramount.

This role covers both Bank and Securities business lines.

Key Responsibilities

Main responsibilities of the role/Data Governance team include:

• Strategy and leadership: Define and/or implement the data governance strategy, collaborating with required country/regional/global counterparts, leading a regional DG team with oversight of DG Compliance activities including AML, Sanctions, ABC, Trade Surveillance etc.
• Governance: Ensure adoption of Global data governance policies and standards, providing strategic oversight and creating/adopting policies, standards, and guidelines appropriate for regional/local adoption. Support regulatory or internal audit requests and/or reviews, as required. Serve as a champion of global standards and policies within the region; assuring adherence and buy-in from stakeholders.
• Data quality and management: Implement and oversee processes for data quality management, and data lineage to ensure data is accurate and consistent.
• Risk and compliance: Identify and mitigate data-related risks, ensuring compliance with relevant laws and regulations.
• Reporting and monitoring: Ensure adoption of Global data governance policies and standards and provide strategic oversight for regional/local adoption. Serve as a champion of global standards and policies within the region; assuring adherence and buy-in from stakeholders.

Stakeholder collaboration: Build strong partnerships with multiple internal stakeholders, including but not limited to system owners, business process owners, application managers, technology partners, internal audit.

Data stewardship and culture: Support data owners and stewards to drive a data-driven culture through training, awareness and communication to improve data literacy across the organization and embed data ownership and accountability across departments.

Technical implementation: Oversee the implementation of data governance tools, such as data dictionaries, key data elements (KDEs) and ensure business changes to tools, systems and processes are assessed for impacts to the data quality / data completeness, and impact on compliance monitoring/activities.

Continuous improvement: Identify opportunities for improvement, stay abreast of emerging trends and technologies in data management, and refine policies and processes to adapt to changing business needs.

Work Experience

Essential:

• Substantial experience in a data governance or data management role, with a proven track record in a leadership position and managing complex projects.

Collaborative with strong interpersonal communication skills

Process oriented coupled with a strong ability to develop appropriate program enhancing strategies

Detail-oriented and organized execution

Preferred:

• Experience interacting with outside vendors
  
  

Skills And Experience

Functional / Technical Competencies:

Essential:

• Substantial experience in a data governance or data management role
• Thorough understanding of an effective financial crime risk/compliance management framework
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Proven managerial skills necessary to successfully administer a core support and critical regulatory relationship function within a diverse organization and effectively coordinate between multiple departments and teams
• The ability to interact effectively at all levels of the organization
• Ability to work autonomously and initiate and prioritize own work
• Solid judgment, strong negotiating skills, and a practical approach to implementation – including knowledge of Bank systems

Ability to balance regulatory requirements with the best interests of MUFG and its customers

Education / Qualifications:

• A bachelor's or master's degree in a technical or business-related field, such as Computer Science, Information Management, or Business Administration.
  
  

Personal Requirements

• Strong leadership and team management abilities, with experience in mentoring and coaching staff
• Strategic thinking and problem-solving capabilities to align data initiatives with overall business objectives
• Strong analytical and numeracy skills and attention to detail and accuracy
• Results driven, with a strong sense of accountability
• The ability to operate with urgency and prioritize work accordingly managing a portfolio of work and tight deadlines
• A proactive, motivated approach
• Strong decision-making skills, the ability to demonstrate sound judgement
• A structured and logical approach to work
• A creative and innovative approach to work
  
  

PERFORMANCE AND DUTIES

The role holder will be assessed in accordance with their employing entity’s performance framework and process with relevant input obtained from the dual hatting entity as relevant.

As duties and responsibilities change, the job description will be reviewed and emended in consultation with the role holder. The role holder will carry out other duties as are within the scope, spirit and purpose of the role as requested by their line manager or Department Head.

MANAGING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

• The role holder will have responsibilities for both MUFG Bank and MUFG Securities EMEA plc.
• The role holder will be required to perform their duties and responsibilities on an entity neutral basis, without favour.
• The role holder is required to follow regulatory requirements applicable to ensure each business is appropriately supported and to maintain the legal entity integrity of each of MUFG Bank and MUS.
• Working terms are dictated by functional mandates, the terms of the Dual-Hat Arrangement Agreement in place between MUFG Bank and MUFG Securities EMEA plc and any other relevant agreements entered between MUFG Bank and MUFG Securities EMEA plc.
• The role holder will have responsibility for identifying and resolving where there may be a difference or conflict in needs between MUFG Bank and MUFG Securities EMEA plc, escalating to their manager where required.
  
  

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.