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Job Description

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 of 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

Established in 2019, MUFG Global Service (MGS) is 100% subsidiary of MUFG Bank Ltd having offices in Bengaluru and Mumbai. MGS has been set up as a Global Capability Centre 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 1200+, MGS 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: Sanctions Trade finance Investigations – Analyst

Corporate Title: Analyst

Reporting to: Vice President Head of Sanctions Trade Finance

Location: Bangalore

Job Profile:

Purpose of Role

As a member of FCO, you will be supporting our Sanctions Trade Finance team in conducting Trade Finance documentary screening and reviews escalations from the Level 1 EOO Trade Finance team in order to protect the Bank from sanctions regulatory risk. As Analyst you will be responsible for the review and investigation of a wide range of Trade Finance products, building key relationships with the business and operations to ensure that the high standard of financial crime investigations are maintained to protect the Bank from financial crime risk.

Main Responsibilities:

– Review and investigation of Sanctions alerts relating to trade finance transactions from different MUFG branches
– High level analysis of supporting documentation
– Collaboration with Front office teams and Trade Finance operation areas to obtain further information from clients where further information is required.
– Assess whether Trade Finance transactions are permissible or require further action to either Block or Reject, according to current sanctions regulations in place
– Ensures timely and consistent escalation of sanctions risks to Global Sanctions Advisory and regional senior management

Core Competencies:

– MS Office skills
– Demonstrates attention to detail
– Broad understanding of banking, financial crime risk (Sanctions and TBML) in banking and a general
– Understanding of the concepts of risk management and control
– Manages priorities effectively and delivers efficiently
– Proactively identifies and communicates improvements to process on the grounds of efficiency and effectiveness

Specific to role:

– Strong analytical skills
– Financial sanctions knowledge in particular to regulations
– Good conceptual understanding of risk, compliance and controls
– Good understanding of banking products (specifically Trade Finance related)
– Maintain and enhance good working relationships with stakeholders, across the region and globally to share best practices, provide support and develop effective local policies and procedures appropriate to the Company, and working in support of the One MUFG and overall Group strategy.

Personal requirements:

– Self-motivated
– Good time-management
– Ability to work under pressure and prioritise work accordingly
– Works collaboratively and establishes trusted relationships
– Shares specialist knowledge across, at least, the Financial Crime Department
– Communicates clearly (in writing and orally), and flexes communication style as appropriate
– Actively considers and supports broad goals across the GFCD and the Bank
– Proactively identifies and attempts to resolve issues
– Education & professional qualifications
– Bachelor’s degree or above

Experience:

– 3-5 years of relevant banking/compliance experience
– Performance of 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 entity as relevant.
– As duties and responsibilities change, the job description will be reviewed and emended in consultation with the role holder. The role holder will carry out other duties as are within the scope, spirit and purpose of the role as requested by their line manager or Department Head.

Managing Conflicts of Interest

– The role holder will have responsibilities for both MUFG Bank and MUFG Securities plc.
– The role holder will be required to perform their duties and responsibilities on an entity neutral basis, without favour.
– The role holder is required to follow regulatory requirements applicable to ensure each business is appropriately supported and to maintain the legal entity integrity of each of MUFG Bank and MUS.
– Working terms are dictated by functional mandates, the terms of the Dual-Hat Arrangement Agreement in place between MUFG Bank and MUS and any other relevant agreements entered into between MUFG Bank and MUS.
– The role holder will have responsibility for identifying and resolving where there may be a difference or conflict in needs between MUFG Bank and MUS, escalating to their manager where required.