MUFG

Business Project Manager, Assistant Vice President

Tempe, AZ Full time

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.

Job Description:

Reporting to the Vice President of Vendor and Strategic Transformation Management, the Business Project Manager supports projects that align with CDO, Procurement, and Third-Party Risk Management objectives. The role involves collaborating with stakeholders to improve operational efficiency, reduce risk, support solution implementation, enhance business processes, manage system and technology capabilities, oversee data migration and integrity, and assist with project lifecycle for systems, data solutions, and process redesign.

Major Responsibilities:

Depending on the project assignment, responsibilities may include some or all, but are not limited to:

  • Assist with project planning and scheduling, including creating and maintaining project documentation such as timelines, status reports, and meeting minutes

  • Support project tracking and reporting by monitoring progress, identifying risks or issues, and escalating concerns to manager/BU stakeholders as needed

  • Coordinate project meetings and facilitate communication among team members and stakeholders

  • Assist with resource allocation and help ensure tasks are assigned and completed according to project requirements

  • Support project documentation and compliance activities, including maintaining records and ensuring adherence to company processes and procedures

  • Collaborate with business partners to gather requirements and document business needs

  • Develop and perform reporting tasks using platforms like Tableau and Power BI

  • Analyze current process and prepare process flow diagrams for current as well as future state

  • Work with SMEs and stakeholders throughout project phases, including UAT and Go-Live

Qualifications/Experience:

  • 5+ years of Project Management, Business / Data Analysis, prior experience working with industry, and best practices are preferred

  • Knowledge of Banking, Finance or Accounting

  • Intermediate knowledge of JIRA, Power BI and Tableau

  • Intermediate knowledge of AI tools such as MS Co-Pilot  

  • Advanced knowledge of MS office tools such as Excel and Power point

  • Knowledge of SAP products like Ariba and Fieldglass is a plus

  • Bachelor’s degree

  • Professional certifications a plus

What’s needed?

  • Highly motivated self-starter who can work independently and take initiative.

  • A strong team player and collaborator

  • Aptitude to get to the bottom of the problem statement with limited information

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills at all levels of the organization.

  • Demonstrated critical thinking and analytical skills

  • Excellent time management skills

  • Strong use case, business process and systems mapping capabilities

What’s in it for you?

  • Opportunity to work in a dynamic and collaborative environment

  • Engagement in continuous process improvement initiatives

  • Chance to develop and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders

  • Professional growth and development opportunities within the organization

The typical base pay range for this role is between $106K - $130K 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.