Third Party Risk Management Operations Assistant Vice President

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group

Job Location:

London - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 17 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Do you want your voice heard and your actions to count

Discover your opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) one of the worlds leading financial groups. Across the globe were 150000 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 worlds most trusted financial group its 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.

Third Party Risk Management (TPRM) is part of the Business Critical Services function (alongside Procurement & Vendor Management) and is responsible for identifying and managing the risk associated with the use of third parties (suppliers) across a broad range of risk areas (Data Cyber Resilience Fraud etc). This is an ever evolving area adapting to new regulations external threats and opportunities to expand and change internally.

As a result the TPRM team is structured into two key areas RUN and CHANGE the CHANGE side looks at the new regulations and any remediation activity to develop approaches which can then be moved into BAU which is managed by the RUN side which operates the framework on a day to day basis

NUMBER OF DIRECT REPORTS

N/A

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

This role supports the RUN side of TPRM working with business requestors risk teams BCS colleagues and other stakeholders to facilitate the assessment and completion of requests submitted into the TPRM system

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Work with business requestors across EMEA region to review new requests provide guidance assess accuracy and challenge where necessary
Own throughput of requests both for external third parties and intragroup relationships within the EMEA TPRM process and framework
Expedite review with key stakeholders such as Cyber Security & Data Privacy
Support and where necessary escalate the completion of due diligence questionnaires and follow up questions with suppliers
Support the VP TPRM Operations Manager and Head of TPRM in collaborating across regions
Ensure risk assessments are completed in a timely manner and are accurate
Identify opportunities for efficiency and optimization
Work with offshore teams to manage transactions and drive process efficiencies
Undertake projects under the direction of the VP TPRM Operations Manager to address issues within the TPRM process
Participate in activities to support the upgrade and ongoing development of the TPRM system and process.

Additional Responsibilities:

Maintain robust procedural controls to ensure compliance with local regulatory requirements
Act in a consultative capacity providing advice and guidance to stakeholders
Focus on developing own knowledge and staying up to date with best practices & technologies
Maintain and continually improve the Third Party Risk Management framework
Act as a champion to ensure TPRM policies and procedures are correctly adopted and applied
Develop and maintain own understanding of best practices in TPRM and current regulatory requirements
Communicate and disseminate TPRM knowledge to build a center of expertise
Provide oversight and challenge to the 1st line defense for supplier on-boarding requests and supplier performance reviews
Responsible for working autonomously to resolve operational issues as they arise and to achieve a satisfactory conclusion. This includes the requirement to escalate operational incidents on a timely fashion including where necessary the implementation of preventative measures to avoid reoccurrence
Responsible for supporting change managing the communication of the strategy in a positive manner and enabling its implementation

WORK EXPERIENCE

Essential:

Demonstrable experience in all areas of responsibility stated above with a clear focus on TPRM

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Functional / Technical Competencies:

Demonstrable knowledge of Third Party Risk Management
Significant experience of building relationships with stakeholders
Able to demonstrate maintenance of robust procedural controls to ensure compliance with local regulatory requirements

PERSONAL REQUIREMENTS

Excellent communication skills
Results driven with a strong sense of accountability
A proactive motivated approach
The ability to operate with urgency and prioritise work accordingly
Strong decision making skills the ability to demonstrate sound judgement
A structured and logical approach to work
Strong problem solving skills
A creative and innovative approach to work
Excellent interpersonal skills

This Advert will close 18th December 2025

We are open to considering flexible working requests in line with organisational requirements.

MUFG is committed to embracing diversity and building an inclusive culture where all employees are valued respected and their opinions count. We support the principles of equality diversity and inclusion in recruitment and employment and oppose all forms of discrimination on the grounds of age sex gender sexual orientation disability pregnancy and maternity race gender reassignment religion or belief and marriage or civil partnership.

We make our recruitment decisions in a non-discriminatory manner in accordance with our commitment to identifying the right skills for the right role and our obligations under the law.

Required Experience:

Exec

Do you want your voice heard and your actions to count Discover your opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) one of the worlds leading financial groups. Across the globe were 150000 colleagues striving to make a difference for every client organization and community we serve. We stand...