Assistant Vice President - Global KYC

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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.

Within the Global Financial Crimes Department (GFCD), the KYC Program Assistant Vice President provides KYC subject-matter support in the area of the development, implementation and execution of the Product Risk Rating Methodology, the Customer Risk Rating Methodology and Global Financial Crimes Risk Ratings.  The team also provides support to Quality Assurance by reviewing and challenging report findings and assisting regions with addressing identified issues. The KYC Assistant Vice President will liaise and collaborate with GFCD Regional Financial Crime Offices, GFCD Operations (Intelligence and Analytics), GFCD Quality Assurance, GFCD Testing and Issue Management, and Audit. 

Essential Functions

• Provide subject-matter expertise to the development, implementation, operation and refinement of the customer, geographic and product/service risk rating methodologies and the Approved Regulators and Stock Exchange lists

• Understand how the products and services offered by the Bank can be used for money-laundering and terrorist financing

• Understand the regulatory landscape to quickly identify and adapt to emerging compliance risks

• Liaise with Sanctions and Anti-Bribery and Corruption on cross Financial Crime initiatives

• Provide advice and guidance to regional compliance teams

• Support regulatory engagements

• SME/Global KYC POC for QA escalations relating to Global KYC Standard requirements, QA Methodology including Scoring Guidance on QA variances.

• QA Methodology advisory including setting the KYC minimum requirements as well as scoring guidance on QA variances

• Other ad hoc projects such as drafting of GFCD enterprise-wide memos addressing different KYC related topics

Experience

• Typically requires at least 5 years of financial industry compliance experience, preferably within a global organization

• BA or BS Degree; JD, MBA or Master’s degree in related field preferred

• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in compliance with banking laws and regulations, compliance risk management, and regulatory oversight

• Subject matter expertise in KYC

• Subject matter expertise in financial-crime and terrorism-financing trends, developments and risk-mitigation strategies

• Collaborative with strong interpersonal communication skills

• Experience in developing policies and procedures

• Knowledge and experience with Wolfsberg guidance on AML and sanctions

• Detail oriented and proven execution abilities

• The ability to interact effectively at all levels of the organization, including staff, senior management, directors and prudential regulators

• Past enterprise risk management experience/perspective

• Thorough understanding of an effective financial crimes risk management framework

• Ability to work autonomously and initiate and prioritize own work

• Solid judgment, established negotiation skills

• Ability to balance regulatory requirements with the best interests of the Bank and its customers

• Excellent written English, with proven ability to research and write accessible, clear policies & standards documents and reports for a range of audiences

• Excellent oral communication skills, with ability to engage different audiences, convey complex information in an accessible way and prepare and give presentations to different audiences

• Position may require international travel, with overall travel up to 5% of the time

The typical base pay range for this role is between $88,000 to $109,000 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.

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