Vice President - Sanctions Programs

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.

Overview Of The Department/Section

We are MUFG. 360 years of heritage. A world-class set of businesses. And more than 180,000 employees in 50 markets. It’s no surprise that MUFG has grown to become one of the top five banks in the world. Our services include commercial banking, trust banking, securities, credit cards, consumer finance, asset management, and leasing. MUFG offers stability in an ever-changing market, providing services to high-profile clients worldwide.

Our vision? To become the world’s most trusted financial group. You’ll help us achieve it.

The Financial Crimes Office for EMEA (FCOE) in London is part of the Global Financial Crimes Division (GFCD) headquartered in New York. It works to ensure that our organisation 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 to further financial crime.

NUMBER OF DIRECT REPORTS

• 2
  
  

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

• Driving the implementation of MUFG Bank’s financial crimes risk appetite, policies and standards by managing and providing an approachable sanctions advisory hub to the EMEA region for all sanctions queries, ensuring advice is clear, informative and consistent.
• The Sanctions Program Team is responsible for the effective running and oversight of Sanctions
  
  

Controls, across all jurisdictions within EMEA. The team ensure the robust management of the broader Sanctions Control Framework, in support of this they provide oversight, SME knowledge and support to other Sanctions Teams

• As part of a leading global financial group, MUFG is required to act with integrity and meet our corporate responsibilities in the fifty-plus countries and regions where we operate. Ensuring we have a comprehensive financial crime compliance program is one of our most important responsibilities. MUFG has established the Global Financial Crimes Division in New York, USA to lead the program and each region under this program has a Financial Crimes Office.
• Financial Crimes Office EMEA (FCOE) is the regional office responsible for the establishment and maintenance of effective systems and controls to protect customers’ assets and to mitigate the risk that MUFG might be used to further financial crime in EMEA.

MUFG’s financial crime compliance framework includes control processes designed to help the Bank detect, deter, and prevent financial crime as well as assess and mitigate related risks (i.e., money laundering and terrorist financing risk, sanctions risk, and bribery and corruption risk) in a manner that is consistent with applicable laws, rules, regulations, supervisory guidance, and commensurate with the Bank’s risk profile and risk appetite.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for managing part of the Sanctions Programs team.
• Oversee the implementation, ongoing maintenance of, and compliance with Global Policies, Standards and Procedures which govern MUFG’s financial crime control framework across EMEA;
• Accountable for the drafting and reviewing of Sanctions Policy and Procedure documents for the EMEA region, including general oversight of the sanctions policy and governance lifecycle.
• Provide Sanctions SME knowledge, risk management and guidance for Sanctions systems and
  
  

other related transformation initiatives

• Support oversight of implementation of GFCD initiatives related to sanctions, including system
  
  

rollouts and new policy/procedure implementation.

• Responsible for input into all relevant audits, testing reviews and risk assessments, providing sanctions input and guidance.
• Responsible and accountable for driving the timely and effective resolution of all EMEA Sanctions issues. This will include managing the ongoing governance of issues identified via the testing functions, audits, regulatory
• Responsible for ongoing people management and development of direct reports (2), including fulfilling recruitment. Ongoing oversight of these direct reports.
  
  

requirements, ensuring the team have clearly defined roles and responsibilities

• Oversee business continuity planning for relevant sanctions activities
• Responsible for providing SME input to sanctions-related training
• Oversight and daily management and oversight of Sanctions outsourced services; ensuring the
  
  

achievement of KRIs and KPI’s and management of any required escalations

• Support in EMEA transformation activities, ensuring adherence to agreed timelines, risk
  
  

management and escalation of emerging issues as may be required

Work Experience

Essential:

• A minimum of 2 years in a central sanctions function
• Experience with, and strong knowledge of banking and Sanctions controls for financial crime
• Previous experience with issues management and audit and testing teams
• Previous experience with Sanctions systems
• Proven experience in and understanding of Sanctions
• Proven experience in managing a team
• Strong knowledge of and experience in banking
  
  

Skills And Experience

Functional / Technical Competencies:

Core

• MS Office skills
• Demonstrates excellent attention to detail
• A good understanding of Banking and Investment products
• Good understanding of financial crime risk (AML and ABC) in banking
• An excellent understanding of the concepts of risk management and control
• Manages priorities effectively and delivers efficiently
• Proactively identifies and communicates improvements to process
  
  

Specific to role

• Strong analytical skills
• Strong written communication skills
• Strong financial sanctions knowledge in particular OFAC, EU and UK regulations

Strong relationship building and management skills

Education / Qualifications:

Preferred:

• Degree
• Relevant Qualification
  
  

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
• A confident approach, with the ability to provide clear direction to your team
• Excellent managerial/leadership experience
• The ability to lead a high performing team
• A strategic approach, with the ability to lead and motivate your team
  
  

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 amended 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 into 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.