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.

Specific Departmental Responsibilities:

• Lead the Information and Data Management function for the Americas in areas such as data and client management, market data, management information production, data governance, management information platform and analytics, and capital reporting.
• Provide project management leadership to ensure key financial initiatives and strategic changes are achieved according to scope, budget, and time, and establish an escalation mechanism for communicating to senior management.
• Lead the change agenda for the data components of the Finance business unit and other departments where appropriate.
• Deliver favorable outcomes for the region such as market data savings, an improved controls environment, and timely regulatory reporting.
• Create a culture of continuous improvement in processing and enhancement of a robust controls framework.
• Utilize strong stakeholder relationships across business lines and regions to effectively communicate priorities and areas of financial opportunity, ensuring company-wide initiatives are properly addressed leveraging global MUFG network and group-specific knowledge.
• Engage with and utilize knowledge of the wider MUFG organization structure and architecture to deliver significant organizational change optimizing MI, which may enhance profitability for the MUFG Americas business.
• Leverage key relationships internationally across the MUFG group to achieve beneficial financial outcomes for MUS Americas.

Departmental Duties:

• Establish and develop the Information and Data Management teams and their participation in the Firm's Business strategy, including setting objectives, budgets, and business plans, and managing costs within these departments.
• Lead, direct, control, and manage the staff within the Information and Data Management department to ensure they understand their responsibilities and duties, comply with the Firm's policies and procedures, and conduct themselves in a way commensurate with the Firm's values.
• Talent management, including recruitment, retention, and development of staff to ensure individual and team performance in line with stakeholder expectations.
• Maintain and enhance good working relationships with stakeholders, including business and control/infrastructure teams, auditors, regulators, local management, and staff of the IDM function globally.
• Lead projects and system enhancements as required, ensuring effective control and continuous process improvement.
• Develop the skills and abilities of all team members, resulting in optimization of job performance for local talent.
• Identify, escalate, and resolve issues regarding the department and related activities.
• Ensure adherence to Finance Policies and Procedures and that said documents are updated in accordance with review schedules and remain relevant in the context of business/market events.
• Ensure adherence to relevant regulatory requirements and accounting standards.

Finance Transformation:

• Lead modernization of finance operations to support agile, data-driven decision-making across Global Markets.
• Drive integration of digital tools (e.g., ERP, cloud platforms, AI) to streamline reporting, forecasting, and regulatory compliance.
• Collaborate with risk, compliance, and technology teams to align transformation with evolving financial regulations and industry standards.
• Implement process improvements across FP&A, treasury, and financial control functions to enhance accuracy and speed.
• Monitor transformation KPIs, cost efficiencies, and ROI, adjusting strategy based on business performance and regulatory shifts.
• Leverage tools like Power BI, Alteryx, and Tableau to automate reporting, visualize financial data, and support strategic planning.
• Mentor finance teams to build transformation capability and foster a culture of continuous improvement.

Data Governance:

• Support the regional Chief Data Officer (CDO) mandate as agreed with/approved by the Regional Management team.
• Develop and communicate a strategic roadmap for the delivery of a regional data governance framework, including agreement of scope, business case, and strategic objectives.
• Perform data management maturity model/BCBS 239 self-assessment.
• Agree and implement organizational structure for data management with clear mandates, reporting lines, and budgets.
• Agree and document appropriate reporting lines with respect to data governance.
• Develop and implement data governance policy to include the definition of key principles and ownership model.
• Implement mechanisms to ensure data-related change projects adhere to key principles.
• Evaluate existing data architecture, standardization of data taxonomies (e.g., identifiers/classifications), data aggregation capabilities, and EUC estate.
• Commence data mapping for prioritized business processes and reporting outputs where appropriate.
• Commence documentation of interface-level data lineage identifying key data elements (KDEs) to be agreed with relevant business process owners and key controls/attestations/gaps.

Controls & Compliance:

• Manage the Information and Data Management department and ensure compliance with the Firm's internal risk and compliance requirements, controls, and procedures.
• Conduct yourself at all times in a way commensurate with the Firm's values, ensuring that the needs of the Firm's clients and the integrity of the market are placed at the heart of your duties.
• Take reasonable measures to remain aware of key market and regulatory developments and attend training as necessary.
• Comply with, and ensure that all staff under your responsibility comply with, the Company's policies and procedures as well as all rules, laws, and regulatory requirements from any regulatory authorities to which the Firm is subject.
• Carry out management responsibilities in accordance with the Company's policies and procedures, ensuring that all staff are fully trained and understand what is required of them to do their jobs effectively.

Work Experience:

• 10+ years of experience in a Finance-focused role with 5+ years managing multiple teams.
• Experience working closely with senior-level stakeholders in the business and corporate functions.
• Experience in Finance Transformation and offshoring.
• Strong knowledge of workflows and processes across finance, risk, and operations, ideally with complex systems and architecture across multiple jurisdictions such as the US, Canada, and EMEA.
• Executing strategic buildout of functions with consistent, high-quality outputs coupled with robust controls and governance processes.

Education / Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a Quantitative discipline and MBA preferred.
• Series 99 desirable.

Personal Requirements:

• Leadership & People Management: Positive, professional, and people-focused approach to leading and motivating teams and developing individuals to meet their career goals.
• Change Leadership: Dynamic, driven, and passionate in setting a vision and leading change.
• Communication: Succinctly conveys complex concepts and is flexible in style.
• Relationship Building: Proactive, approachable, calm-natured, and resilient.
• Project Management: Delivering results within demanding deadlines.
• Technical Knowledge: Substantial understanding of multiple facets of fixed income products (Rates, MBS, FX, and Credit (Structured and Flow)), market data and supply chains.

The typical base pay range for this role is between $205K - $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.