Governance Director

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.

The Global Audit Methodology Director is responsible for setting the strategic direction, governance, and continuous evolution of Global Internal Audit’s methodology, tools, and practices in alignment with Global Internal Audit Standards and regulatory requirements across MUFG’s global footprint.

The Global Director serves as Global Internal Audit’s senior authority on audit methodology, partnering closely with Tokyo Head Office, global audit leadership, and regional internal audit teams to drive best-in-class, risk-based practices that reflect relevant regulatory expectations and support high-quality outcomes, innovation, and efficiency across global audit execution.

WORK EXPERIENCE

• 15 or more years of internal and/or external audit experience, including proven senior leadership responsibility.
• Extensive experience in the financial services industry, with knowledge of regulatory expectations and emerging industry trends.
• Demonstrated experience leading methodology or professional practices functions in a global, matrixed environment.
• Acted as a strategic advisor to senior leadership and stakeholders, developing or advising on complex, high-impact decisions.

SKILLS

• Expert knowledge of audit methodologies, risk management, and internal controls, including IIA Standards and relevant regulatory requirements applicable to global financial institutions.
• Strong understanding of global regulatory environment, including the ability to assess and operationalize common regulatory expectations across jurisdictions.
• Strong strategic thinking capabilities.
• Ability to drive simplification, standardization, and automation. Prioritizes and facilitates a culture of continuous improvement.
• Executive-level and regulatory communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrates effective negotiation and influencing skills in a multicultural, multi-national environment.
• Demonstrates strong forward-thinking and risk-based judgment by anticipating changes in business needs and risk profiles, proactively reprioritizing initiatives, and strategically allocating resources and budget to achieve objectives.
• Considers stakeholder needs and input as well as best practices and insights from industry trends when making strategic decisions.
• Creates an environment that fosters communication, transparency, and collaboration globally.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Accountable for the global strategy and governance framework for Audit Methodology and practices, to ensure alignment with global internal auditing standards, regulatory expectations, and industry practices.
• Lead the enhancement of Global Audit Methodology and practices to drive consistency, quality, and risk‑based auditing, enabling efficiency and continuous improvement.
• Lead the Global Audit Methodology team’s initiatives aligned to organizational and firm-wide strategic priorities.
• Coordinate with the Tokyo Head Office, Global Head of Audit, Regional Heads of Audit, and Regional Methodology Heads to oversee the definition and implementation of policies, practices, procedures, and supporting infrastructure (e.g., systems) to support effective and efficient execution, management, and reporting of audit activities within the global framework.
• Drive the integration of AI and automation into audit methodology, including establishing governance standards, identifying high‑value use cases, and partnering with respective teams to embed AI‑enabled capabilities (e.g., analytics, automation, risk sensing) that enhance audit quality, scalability, and efficiency across the global audit lifecycle.
• Assess compliance with IIA standards and regulatory requirements, and lead remediation efforts as needed.
• Serve as the primary subject matter authority on audit methodology for senior management, regulators, and internal audit teams.
• Provide executive oversight of the Audit Methodology tools, including functionality enhancements, redesign, and long‑term platform strategy.
• Partner with global audit leadership and cross‑functional teams to ensure global adoption and effective application of methodology.
• Oversee the design and delivery of training related to audit methodology, tools, and templates enterprise‑wide.

CERTIFICATIONS

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) is desirable.

EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree, or equivalent in respective jurisdiction, in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related technical discipline is preferred.

The typical base pay range for this role is between $160K - $206K depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. This role may also be eligible for certain discretionary performance-based bonuses 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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