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.

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.

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Deep experience in the banking or finance industries required

• Proven experience in leading multiple projects and teams 

• Ability to estimate, plan, staff, and deliver complex projects

• Experience translating and articulating team's and firm's goals into business strategy with stakeholders and clients

• Prior experience managing Business Analysts and System Analysts

• Experience working in Agile environment

• Experience in Loan IQ; migration, user, operations manager or business owner required

FUNCTIONAL SKILLS

• Loan IQ knowledge as a user, Operations Manager, or Business Owner is required, preferably including active participation in design/migration/implementation/upgrade initiatives

• Extensive background in supporting all aspects of commercial lending

• In-depth knowledge of:

  • Accounting principles and practices related to syndicated lending

  • Risk types, policies, control measures and processes

  • Applicable laws, rules, regulations governing the space

  • Business processes, systems and tools used in the loan market

  • Operational risk that exists throughout the lifecycle of a syndicated loan

  • Systems used to manage the Syndicated lending business: ACBS, Loan IQ, AFS, ClearPar, Syndtrak, Intralinks, Debt Domain, Versana etc.

  • Market initiatives to streamline and automate settlement and servicing, including API integration with industry standard platforms, FpML, Blockchain, DLT, OCR, Robotics/Automation

• Advanced analytical & problem-solving skills applicable to streamlining operational processes and improving productivity and efficiency

• Prior industry association or working group involvement (e.g. LSTA, LMA) a plus

• Strong SQL skills

• Understanding various application functionalities that translate across products

• Strong planning, estimating, organization, and leadership skills

• Effective use of collaboration tools

• Consistently able to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

• Excellent organizational and communication skills, with the ability to influence change cross-functionally

• Anticipates changing business needs, adjusts priorities accordingly, and allocates necessary resources and budget to achieve objectives

• Equips the business to become an effective competitor in a highly dynamic landscape

• Considers stakeholder needs and input as well as best practices and insights from industry trends when making strategic decisions

• Is flexible, decisive, and serves as a trusted advisor to senior leaders within the organization

• Demonstrates effective negotiation and influencing skills

• Is comfortable presenting in senior/executive forums, control groups, steering committees, etc.

• Prioritizes and facilitates a culture of continuous improvement and systems thinking

• Sets the tone for successful collaboration with other business units and corporate entities

• Creates an environment that fosters communication, transparency, and collaboration

• Cultivates innovation and values learning as a lifelong professional objective

• Leads by example, acting with integrity and engaging inclusively/with intent

• Communicates effectively

• Iterative problem-solving

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Drive the streamlining and optimization of loan settlement and servicing, including an in-depth evaluation of loan procedures and industry standards to address and resolve challenges

• Act as key stakeholder in large-scale Commercial Loan initiatives (e.g.: Loan IQ migration; OCR/RPA initiatives, etc.), able to effectively communicate and drive change from pre-planning through implementation with various change management & technology groups

• Partner globally with internal change stakeholders across Operations and Technology to create/enhance the efficiency of workflows, dashboards, and reporting

• Drive strategic change within the commercial lending space, which has day-to-day operational responsibilities across the portfolio of syndicated credit facilities where MUFG acts as Administrative Agent, Bilateral Lender, or Participant/Member to a syndicated transaction.

• Drive process improvement/project and initiative work

• Analyze, define, and document client requirements

• Revise existing systems logic challenges, as necessary

• Provide gap analysis and facilitate future business process modeling for clients

• Translate requirements into technical design specifications

• Formulate and define the system scope and objectives

• Participate in identifying, evaluating, and developing systems that are cost effective and meet business requirements

• Assist in multiple project management processes through planning, quality assurance, and effective assessment

• Conduct research and analysis on effectiveness and efficiency of current processes and systems

• Establish project metrics and processes to ensure client requirements are fully met

• Monitor client experiences and feedback on the use of business applications.

• Communicate with key stakeholders on project expectations and priorities

• Direct business process improvement projects for internal business groups

• Monitor the implementation of business analysis processes, procedures, and methodologies, optimizing those as needed

• Consult on business cases, referring to the project's scope, objectives, budget, schedule and risk assessment, while considering how these aspects integrate with other IT business operations

• Consult on the frameworks, methodologies, and processes involved in business requirements traceability for BA teams

• Lead business analysts in the collation and articulation of business requirements, ensuring strategic alignment between technology and business functions

• Plan, design, develop, and deploy system solutions based on the requirements analysis

• Prototype and test solutions to ensure all problems and concerns are properly solved

• Perform cost-benefit and ROI analysis; design and deploy applications and modules

• Develop paper-based and electronic documents and content for system or program documentation

• Write and edit training programs and materials

• Convert existing documentation to alternative delivery media

• Apply relevant quality, regulatory standards, and best practices for readability

• Review, edit, and enhance existing documentation or content of user manuals, webpages, or other delivery media

• Identify and document all system constraints, implications and consequences of various proposed system changes

• Provide expertise, guidance, recommendations, and senior level consulting services to internal business groups on process improvement projects designed to improve their business results, to address and resolve business issues, and to problem-solve for clients and technology teams throughout the business analysis process

• Lead complex projects to assess business needs and recommend technical solutions

• Provide technical guidance to colleagues

• Lead teams in delivery of complex projects

EDUCATION

• Degree or equivalent work experience equally preferable.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or closely related discipline (Business, Banking, Information Systems)

• Master's degree

The typical base pay range for this role is between $202K - $275K 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

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.