AVP - Operations – Intelligence and Analytics (IA) FI EDD Specialist [T500-19127]

Job description
About Us:

MUFG Bank, Ltd. is Japan’s premier bank, with a global network spanning in more than 40 markets. Outside of Japan, the bank offers an extensive scope of commercial and investment banking products and services to businesses, governments, and individuals worldwide. MUFG Bank’s parent, 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, the Group has about 120,000 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 Global Service Private Limited:

Established in 2020, MUFG Global Service Private Limited (MGS) is 100% subsidiary of MUFG 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. 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: Operations – Intelligence and Analytics (IA) Data Insights and Analytics

Corporate Title: Assistant Vice President

Reporting to: EMEA Centre of Excellence DIA VP

Location: Bangalore

Job Profile

Purpose of Role

DIA team provides:
• Consistent and cohesive intelligence and analytics capability covering all financial crime risk taxonomies across all products, branches and entities where the bank operates.
• Exploratory data analysis in order to detect new patterns and trends in the data in order to mitigate financial crime risks.
• Machine Learning models in order to have a more effective coverage and a deeper understanding of financial crime risks.
• Support to financial crimes investigations team through intelligence, advanced analytics and technology encompassing data capture, network analysis and visualization, data analysis and in-depth thematic reviews.
• Support to tuning optimization team, building analyses and models required for the scenario tuning exercise.

Main Responsibilities:
• Supporting the definition of Data Insights Analytics to be leveraged and applied globally.
• Analyzing structured data to identify potential financial crime risks using statistical modelling, segmentation strategies, optimization algorithms and data mining analyses (regression, predictive).
• Using advanced data visualization techniques to provide support to financial crimes investigations.
• Coordinating with global and the other regional IA teams to implement on the global model.
• Collaborating across functional teams within GFCD to ensure effective and efficient operations with clearly defined roles and responsibilities.
• Updating procedures and understanding gaps in line with UK and Global regulatory and legal requirements, including advisory guidance and overseeing the provision of training.

Skills and knowledge

Functional / Technical Competencies:
• Experience of managing stakeholder relationships within and outside of the local function/role.
• Excellent judgement and analytical skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Personal requirements:
• Ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• A proactive, motivated approach.
• A structured and logical approach to work.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• The ability to manage large workloads and tight deadlines.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• A calm approach, with the ability to perform well in a pressurised environment.
• Results driven, with a strong sense of accountability.
• Conflict management skills.
• The ability to operate with urgency and prioritise work accordingly.
• Strong decision-making skills, the ability to demonstrate sound judgement.

Education professional qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree or above in quantitative subject (i.e. Computer Science, Statistics, Economics).
• Preferred MSc degree in quantitative subject.

Experience:
• 10-15 years overall experience.
• Minimum Four (4) years’ work experience within Data Analytics in banking or consulting.
• Strong experience in programming (Python or R) and visualization tools (Tableau or Power BI).
• Experience with Machine Learning models and tools is strongly preferred.

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 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 EMEA 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 MUFG Securities EMEA plc and any other relevant agreements entered into between MUFG Bank and MUFG Securities EMEA plc.
• The role holder will have responsibility for identifying and resolving where there may be a difference or conflict in needs between MUFG Bank and MUFG Securities EMEA plc, escalating to their manager where required. Read more