Vice President, Team Lead, Deposit and Payment Operations

Posted:
12/17/2024, 6:13:48 PM

Location(s):
Kowloon, Hong Kong, China ⋅ Hong Kong, China

Experience Level(s):
Expert or higher ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
Operations & Logistics

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.

Key Responsibilities:

  • To manage the daily operations of the team and relevant activities and systems to ensure all transactions are processed, settled and reported in a timely manner
  • To lead the project and act as representative of Deposit and Payment Operations
  • To perform the reconciliation of any daily pending/unprocessed/irregularity transactions
  • To support in determining the level of support on new product offerings and managing the risk profile for the department
  • To investigate operational incidents/errors and prepare draft reports, providing countermeasures/recommendations for improvement to mitigate risk in future
  • To support development of the department’s strategy including but not limited to review and re-engineer current procedures/workflows to enhance the efficiency of operations
  • To participate in ad-hoc exercise in response to the inspections and examinations by auditors, authorities, or regulators
  • To develop and maintain strong stakeholder management with key stakeholders both within MUFG and externally, e.g. HKICL
  • To deliver a high quality of service to enhance the function’s reputation and meet customer’s expectations
  • To work in partnership with various departments including but not limited to Relationship Managers, Global Markets, Transaction Banking, Compliance and relevant Stakeholders to consult on complex transaction issues
  • To work in partnership with Compliance when transaction occurs that may be subject to restrictions, including but not limited to, Sanctions, MUFG’s standard procedures and local regulations
  • To update the Branch operations manual from time to time and to update all policies to ensure alignment to regulations
  • To adhere to the department’s strategies and requirements from compliance, branch management and Head Office

Job Requirements:

  • Tertiary Education
  • Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience
  • Sound knowledge of Faster Payment System and domestic remittance operations in Hong Kong
  • Strong coaching, mentoring and leadership skill to lead and manage the team
  • Strong communication and presentation skills to influence using technical data and information to support the line of reasoning
  • Good knowledge of AML requirement applicable to payment operations
  • Substantial experiences in high volume of payment transactions with banking systems
  • Good personal integrity and control mind set
  • Good communication skills and proficient in written and spoken English
  • Excellent computer literacy, especially in Microsoft Office Excel and Word

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