Analyst

Job description

**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. **About Us** Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (MUFG) is one of the world’s leading financial groups. Headquartered in Tokyo and with over 360 years of history, MUFG has a global network with over 2,700 locations in more than 50 markets. The Group has over 180,000 employees and offers services including commercial banking, trust banking, securities, credit cards, consumer finance, asset management, and leasing. The Group aims to “be the world’s most trusted financial group” through close collaboration among our operating companies and flexibly respond to all the financial needs of our customers, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world. MUFG’s shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York stock exchanges. MUFG Bank, Ltd. is Japan’s premier bank, with a global network spanning more than 50 markets. Outside of Japan, the bank offers an extensive scope of commercial and investment banking products and services to businesses, governments, and individuals worldwide. In Asia, MUFG has a presence across 20 markets – Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. It has also formed strategic partnerships with some of the most prominent banks in Southeast Asia, further augmenting its unrivalled network across the region – VietinBank in Vietnam, Krungsri in Thailand, Security Bank in the Philippines, and Bank Danamon in Indonesia. For more information, visit https://www.mufg.jp/english **MUFG Global Service Private Limited** Established in 2020, MUFG Global Service Private Limited (MGS India) is 100% subsidiary of MUFG Bank Ltd having offices in Bengaluru and Mumbai. MGS India has been set up as a Global Capability Centre / Centre of Excellence to provide support services across various functions such as IT, KYC/ AML, Credit, Operations etc. to MUFG Bank offices globally. With a current headcount of around 250, MGS India has plans to significantly ramp-up its growth over the next 18-24 months while servicing MUFG’s global network across Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific. **About The Role** Position Title : EMEA Operations Quality Assurance (QA) Corporate Title : Analyst Reporting to : Vice President Location : Bengaluru **Job Profile** **Purpose of Role** The Financial Crimes Office for EMEA (FCOE) in London is part of the Global Financial Crimes Division headquartered in New York. It works to ensure that our organisation conducts its business such that we protect our reputation, our business, and our clients within the regulatory and legal framework. It is responsible for the establishment and maintenance of effective systems and controls to protect clients’ assets and to mitigate the risk that MUFG might be used for further financial crime. The EMEA Operations Trade Finance Quality Assurance (TFQA) team is located in First Line Risk & Control team and organizationally resides within the EMEA Operations department and is responsible for driving QA standardization and effective QA execution capability. **Main Responsibilities** - The individual will be responsible for completing the EMEA Operations Trade Finance– Quality Assurance (QA) reviews. The team carries out Quality Assurance reviews across the Financial Crimes Compliance (AML, KYC, Sanctions and ABC) processes in EMEA. - As an Analyst, you work on a team that contributes to the operation of the financial crime compliance framework. Thus, your responsibilities and accountabilities include, but are not limited to, completing and overseeing the QA program in a “business as usual” environment to mitigate the financial crime risks. - Working in a team of Quality Assurance reviewers performing Trade Finance QA reviews of anti-financial crime activity in MUFG branches in the EMEA Region, to determine whether Financial Crimes Compliance Control process outputs meet the established quality objectives set out within the GFCD QA Standards. - Ensuring that the results of the QA reviews relating to control processes are communicated to the appropriate parties and are addressed in a timely manner. - Assisting with the maintenance of written QA procedures for conducting Trade Finance QA reviews in accordance with the GFCD QA Standards. - Supporting the implementation of a coordinated, consistent and risk-based QA program. - Escalating errors and exceptions identified during QA reviews in accordance with the Escalation and Issues Management Standard and the validation of action plans to address QA findings. - Supporting the coordination with Regional Issues Management to monitor and track the resolution of QA identified issues and action plans. - Supporting general First Line Risk & Control activities and other duties, including special projects as assigned **Performance and duties** - The role holder will be assessed in accordance with their employing entity’s performance framework and process with relevant input obtained from the dual-hatting enti