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Do you want your voice heard and your actions to count?

Discover your opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), the 7th largest financial group in the world. Across the globe, we’re 160,000 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:

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) is one of the world’s leading financial groups. Headquartered in Tokyo and with approximately 350 years of history, MUFG has a global network with 1,100 offices in over 40 countries. The Group has over 140,000 employees, offering services including corporate banking, commercial banking, retail banking, wealth management, investment banking, capital markets, personal and corporate trust, and transaction banking.

The Group’s operating companies include Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (Japan’s leading trust bank), and Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Holdings Co., Ltd., one of Japan’s largest securities firms.

MUFG conducts securities business internationally through its overseas subsidiaries MUFG Securities EMEA plc, MUFG Securities Americas Inc., MUFG Securities Asia Limited. and MUFG Securities Asia (Singapore) Limited. With each member of the group working in partnership with one another, MUFG provides best in class service and products to corporate and institutional clients.

MUFG Securities EMEA plc is the European hub of MUFG’s securities business. Headquartered in London we have just over 600 employees and are active throughout the international capital markets, focusing on debt, equity, derivatives and structured products. Due to the diverse nature of our business we require a clear unifying vision for all of our people. It is this vision and our corporate values that reflect who we are and guide how we behave. We therefore strive to recruit individuals who share our vision and values, and who have the motivation and commitment to help us move our business forward.

Main purpose of the role :

To ensure effective management and control of technology risks, liaising with all Technology departments and some business functions within the MUS international business and MUFG group as necessary.

In addition, the candidate will be expected to lead and coordinate IT SOX Audit engagements and conduct internal IT controls testing which will help to identify and document any controls gaps to further strengthen the risk management processes.

Strong organisational skills are required as this role will cover a variety of IT process assurance and produce monthly reports to the senior management.

Engage with internal IT teams, external and internal audit to support the formal process for the management of ongoing audits to ensure good information flow and timely delivery of evidence required for internal and external audit to progress their audits.

Key responsibilities:

Accountable for the delivery of assigned IT risk and audit governance related initiatives (IT SOX Audit, Annual system risk evaluation, FFIEC assessment, KRI collection etc.)

Accountable for IT control testing (including SOX controls) for technology processes

Responsible for ensuring high quality deliverables for audit and risk related response especially when data is going out to outside of Technology

Responsible for supporting and recommending IT process enhancements

Responsible for Technology related audit finding and risk remediation progress tracking and reporting

Ensure coherence of the IT security policies, by periodic IT control assessment and validation of effectiveness and design of the process.

Responsible as a liaison to the 2nd and 3rd line function who provide assurance for Technology and MUFG. Additionally as the liaison between any external audit parties.

Main tasks

Coordinate IT SOX Audit assignments embracing planning, evidence collection and validation, reporting and maintaining relationship with both, internal Technology and external audit Teams

Conduct testing of IT Generic controls (including SOX controls) and ensure controls gaps are tracked and remediated

Support technology owners to identify, document and monitor self-identified issues, with action plans, using Open Pages.

Monitor and report monthly KRIs.

Provide monthly reporting to various risk and management committees relating to risks, issues, controls, and assessments.

Liaise with Technology and Business teams as necessary to ensure all systems meet security standards and/or agree appropriate measures to mitigate the risk.

Maintain an up to date, working knowledge of current laws, regulations and best practices relating to technology controls.

Provide Risk & Control awareness training to staff as necessary.

Skills and experience:

Strong technical background with 3 + years’ experience in risk management with proven IT risk and/or IT governance skills.

Certified CRISC / CISA or other relevant qualifications desirable.

Ability to make sense of complex situations and rapidly prioritise issues to take effective decisions in a commercial manner.

Ability to manage multiple tasks to tight deadlines without sacrificing quality.

Ability to build relationships with stakeholders at all levels.

Ability to communicate complex information to a variety of audiences.

Ability to work on own without direction.

Has strong planning, communication (both written and oral) and presentation skills.

Able to work in a cross-cultural and cross-functional environment.

Personal requirements:

• Structured and logical approach


• Attention to detail


• Self- motivated


• Ability to work accurately under demanding timescales

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.