Data Governance & Controls, Associate Vice President

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 120,000 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.

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.

Job Summary:

In this role, you will be working as a member of the Office of the Chief Data Officer (OCDO), as Data Governance and Controls Associate Vice President, responsible for enabling the efficient and actionable use of data by planning, developing, and implementing enterprise data controls across systems within the Bank with focus on Risk and Regulatory Reporting and Financial Crimes Compliance under the Data Management Integrated Control Framework (DMICF).

Activities include performing portfolio management of data quality incidents, problems and issues, identification and analyzing gaps, identification and escalation of risks. Also aiding in the review of remediation action plans to ensure gap closure, risk resolution and proper control implementation. Work with a broad range of teams and roles across the organization including the MUFG America Business and Function Data Officers, including Risk and Regulatory Reporting Report Content Owners, Business System Owners, System Managers, project business sponsors, business and technical Subject Matter Expert resources.

Responsibilities:

• Working with Data Officers in each MUFG America Business and Function to build out entry criteria for data quality incidents and problems

• Liaising between the Business and Technology teams and will be responsible for ensuring all objectives are met per enterprise defined process, tool, SLAs, etc.

• Ensuring proper adoption and entry of data quality incidents and problems per enterprise standard process and tool

• Reducing manual processes and driving automation via the identification and resolution of data quality incidents and problems

• Understand and apply familiarity with Risk and Regulatory Reporting and Financial Crimes processes and Enterprise Metadata concepts such as Key Data Elements, Business Information Model, Report Attributes, Data Attributes, Physical Location, etc.

• Communicate with Business and System SMEs (including but not limited to Data Officers, Business System Owners, System Managers, Control Owners, Report Production or Content Owners, etc.) to explain objectives and scope, and to conduct assessments and remediation of gaps.

• Understand data lineage across complex current state system environments and target state.

• Capturing business and data requirements as appropriate within system development lifecycle across business and technology.

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of Business / Data Analysis, prior experience working with industry best practices is preferred.

• 3+ years of experience in process improvement, prior experience with assessing processes for risks and controls is preferred.

• 2+ years of experience for DQ Incident/Problem/Issue Management.

• Proven ability to handle and prioritize multiple tasks, projects and meet deadlines

• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and as a member of various teams

• Capacity to identify and understand business needs and incorporate into technical requirement solutions

• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills for assessment of complex production support issues and recommend/implement effective solutions

• Experience with identifying, collecting, and reporting metrics and results

• Competency with Office 365, SharePoint, Visio, MS-Project, HPQC/JIRA

• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills for assessment of complex production support issues and recommend/implement effective solutions

• Experience in the banking or finance institutions preferred

• Data Governance and Controls experience a plus

• B.S. in relevant field

The typical base pay range for this role is between $101K - $122K 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.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to leveraging the diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experience of our workforce to create opportunities for our colleagues and our business. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender expression, gender identity, sex, age, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran and military status, disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other status of an individual or that individual’s associates or relatives that is protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.