Global Financial Crimes - Transaction Monitoring Tuning & Optimization, Vice President

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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.

Reporting into the Head of Financial Crimes Transaction Monitoring, this new position has been created for the purpose of establishing GFCD Operations Intelligence & Analytics capabilities for BTMU.

One of several key positions in the new Global Financial Crimes Division Operations function, this position will be responsible for (1) helping to identify detection scenarios, (2) provide analytics support for developing, tuning, optimizing and modifying segmentation to improve transaction monitoring and screening systems, (3) customer segmentation (4) helping to coordinate the implementation of scenarios, which detect financial crime and (5) create statically representative samples to ensure that risk is not missed below the threshold. The incumbent is responsible for supporting leadership to ensure a globally consistent effort that enables continuing improvement to the transaction monitoring capabilities and further mitigate potential financial crime.

Major Responsibilities:

• In connection with the Global Financial Crimes program - Develop mathematical or statistical theory to interpret customer KYC data and historical transaction data to group customers and non-customers into segments in order to monitor their activity in the correct thresholds.

• Identify relationships and trends of historical transactional data for clustering for AML transaction monitoring.

• Analyze the clusters/relationships and present the information to Senior Managers in the data visualization tools.

• Create statistical representative samples for ATL/BTL testing in order to validate that the transaction monitoring model is effective and functioning accordingly.

• Process large amount of data for statistical modeling and graphic analysis.

• Perform model validation, memorializing model selection rationales and defined assumptions.

• Develop and test experimental designs, sampling techniques, and analytical methods in order to monitor new typologies and emerging risks.

• Develop data mining methodologies, including logistic regression, random foresr, xgboost and Bayesian networks.

• Help develop of models involving tuning, calibration, segmentation and optimization.

• Support the development of policies and procedures for AML transaction monitoring life cycle, including reviews of scenario validation, segmentation and optimization tools.

• Support large strategic optimization and segmentation program to enhance and tune MUFG 's GFCD Transaction Monitoring Program.

• Recommend customer segmentation and optimization for MUFG 's GFCD monitoring system across multiple lines of business.

• Coordinate with regional Intelligence & Analytics teams to implement on the global model.

• Work collaboratively across functional teams within GFCD to ensure effective and efficient operations with clearly defined roles and responsibilities.

Qualifications:

• Knowledge of mathematics; particularly statistics.

• Ability to code using SQL, R, or Python for customer segmentation and data analytics.

• 3 plus years' experience designing, analyzing, testing and/or validating BSA/AML models, and/or OFAC sanctions screening models.

• 5 plus years' of financial services data analytics or statistics experience

• Familiarity implementing, testing or evaluating performance of financial crime and compliance systems.

• Proven track record of strong quantitative testing and statistical analysis techniques as it pertains to BSA/AML models, including name similarity matching, classification accuracy testing, unsupervised/supervised machine learning, neural networks, fuzzy logic matching, decision trees, etc.

• Familiarity of current compliance rules and regulations of the FRB, SEC, OCC, FATF, FinCEN, OFAC, and familiarity with USA PATRIOT Act, BSA/AML and OFAC screening regulations.

• Familiarity with vendor models like Hotscan, Actimize SAM/WLF, SearchSpace, RDC, Bridger Insight, ACE Pelican, TCH OFAC Screening (EPN), FICO Credit/Debit, Guardian Analytics, and ThreatMetrix.

• Bachelor's degree in statistics, mathematics, quantitative analysis, economics or related field is required.

• Experience interfacing with banking regulators and enforcement staff.

The typical base pay range for this role is between $126k-$164k depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience and location. This role may also be eligible for certain discretionary performance-based bonus 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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