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Discover your opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the world’s 10 largest financial institutions according to S&P Global. 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.

Summary of the Role

Responsible for developing and assessing the Operational Resilience Second Line of Defense (SLOD) Program, tools and methodologies in line with regulatory requirements to enable the achievement of MUFG’s strategic objectives. This program covers regulatory requirements across the Combined US Operations (CUSO).

Responsible for establishing collaborative relationships across MUFG entities in the US, using excellent interpersonal and leadership skills, the role will influence and advise senior management in the implementation of the Operational Resilience program. As the second line lead for Operational Resilience, this role will oversee the implementation of sustainable and practical solutions for the management of operational resilience within the first line of defense. This role will also support the ongoing maturity of the Operational Resilience program through collaboration with the Head of Resiliency and working with various business partners aligned to existing programs related to Operational Resilience.

The role will require detailed knowledge of the Interagency Paper: Sound Practices to Strengthen Operational Resilience as well as FFIEC requirements related to Business Continuity Risk Management . Demonstrable experience of successfully developing and establishing programs, policies, and tools and the related capabilities in similar financial services institutions is required.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for developing and maintaining an overarching operational resilience policy

• Responsible for building awareness and understanding of Operational Resilience across CUSO

• Responsible for maintaining strong collaborative relationships with key stakeholders

• Responsible for developing the methodology to enable identification of critical operations

• Responsible for establishing and managing process to monitor resilience critical operations:

• Define requirements for monitoring and metrics

• Assess and report adherence to program requirements

• Responsible for establishing and assessing the process to set and review Impact Tolerances on a periodic basis or following a trigger event

• Responsible for escalation of non-compliance or risk appetite breaches through the established escalation paths

Work Experience

Required:

• 6+ years’ experience in either operational resilience, operational risk, or business continuity risk management

• Knowledge of regulatory requirements and core competencies across the key areas of Operational Resilience Business Resilience, Technology/Cyber Resilience, Third Party Resilience, ongoing monitoring, and/or risk governance

• Previous experience working in the financial services sector

Preferred:

• Experience in driving and shaping program strategy as well as the implementation of program uplift and change

• Previous experience working in a regulatory change program

Additional Skills and Experience

Project Management skills

• Ability to identify and resolve risks and issues, or prompt escalation to manager if they are not able to be resolved

• Use project management experience and knowledge to drive focus on effective and timely delivery of activities, managing the critical path and reporting regularly on status of deliverables

• Ability to develop solutions to complex problems and makes recommendations to the relevant governance committees

Communication & influencing skills

• Advocate for operational resilience and builds strong relationships with senior stakeholders across all business areas to ensure deliver and embedder of operational resilience throughout the organization

• Ability to build collaborative relationships across the business, working closely with internal customers

• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills, persuades and includes others using a range of approaches to achieve deliverables

• Highly flexible and adaptable to change, self-motivated and able to independently drive results

• Highly organized, strong attention to detail and excellent follow-up skills

The typical base pay range for this role is between $125K - $160K 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