Assistant Vice President, Operational Risk

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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 the role:

In your role as Assistant Vice President, you will support the delivery and enhancement of the Operational Risk management Framework (ORFM) including

• Risk & Control Self Inspection (RCSA)
• Issue / incident management
• Controls Assurance (CA)
• Risk and regulatory reporting

What you'll be doing:

Your responsibilities will include -

• Assist in the enhancement of the ORMF to ensure it keeps pace with regulatory expectations in Australia and New Zealand
• Provide trusted advice on operational and enterprise risk management practices
• Assist in the delivery an effective and efficient risk and control framework that aligns to the organisational risk appetite
• Assist to drive an optimised operational risk culture within the organisation
• Manage risk management processes to ensure all risk events have been captured, and policies and procedures remain up to date
• Develop and deliver training and workshops to refresh risk management skills and competencies and educate staff in the in the Oceania business
• Assist in the tracking and timely resolution of incidents and associated remediation counters measures
• Assist in the creation of risk reporting for various risk management and executive committees
• Support the Head of Operational Risk and the CRO as may be required
• Cross-train to support other teams/colleagues from time to time, when required

What we are looking for:

• 3+ year's experience working in an operational risk, enterprise risk or audit function in financial service
• Degree qualified - undergraduate in Accounting, Business, Commerce, Law
  • Post graduate qualifications in a risk management or related discipline are desirable
• Exposure to APRA & RBNZ (or another banking regulatory agency) regulations, practices or expectations. 
• Good understanding of operational risk management best practice and a grounding in the Three Lines of Defence principals of risk management.
• Extensive experience using the full MS Office suite including, Powerpoint, Excel, Work and MS Teams
• The ability to communicate clearly both in writing and verbally
• Well organised with demonstrated experience in effective time management, execution and accuracy
• Has the ability to work independently and prioritise a number of tasks across various work streams and alongside a number of stakeholders
• Exposure to projects and project management practices is advantageous

Our culture:

MUFG fosters a highly professional, supportive work environment that enables our employees to help maximize our customers' prosperity. We focus on building long-term customer relationships and giving back to our communities in order to develop shared and sustainable growth.

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) is an equal opportunity employer. We view our employees as our key assets as they are fundamental to our long-term growth and success. MUFG is committed to hiring based on merit and organsational fit, regardless of race, religion or gender.