Assistant Vice President, Audit Analyst, IT Risk & Control

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.

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Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) is one of the worlds leading financial groups. Headquartered in Tokyo and with approximately 350 years of history MUFG has a global network with 1100 offices in over 40 countries. The Group has over 140000 employees offering services including corporate banking commercial banking retail banking wealth management investment banking capital markets personal and corporate trust and transaction banking.

The Groups operating companies include Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (Japans leading trust bank) and Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Holdings Co. Ltd. one of Japans largest securities firms.

MUFG conducts securities business internationally through its overseas subsidiaries MUFG Securities EMEA plc MUFG Securities Americas Inc. MUFG Securities Asia Limited. and MUFG Securities Asia (Singapore) Limited. With each member of the group working in partnership with one another MUFG providesbest in class service and products to corporate and institutional clients.

MUFG Securities EMEA plc is the European hub of MUFGs securities business. Headquartered in London we have just over 600 employees and are active throughout the international capital markets focusing on debt equity derivatives and structured products. Due to the diverse nature of our business we require a clear unifying vision for all of our people. It is this vision and our corporate values that reflect who we are and guide how we behave. We therefore strive to recruit individuals who share our vision and values and who have the motivation and commitment to help us move our business forward.

Main purpose of the role:

The primary purpose of this role is to support the coordination and management of internal and external audits for Technology across the UK and EMEA branches. The role involves collating and validating information from stakeholders (Department focals Action owners & EIA) to ensure timely accurate and complete responses to audit requests. Additionally the position will assist in producing clear and informative reports for various committees and head office (e.g. OIM report) as well as supporting risk reporting activities. The role also contributes to continuous process improvements within the Audit analyst role and across IT Risk & Control pillar. Using such tools as Power BI Power Automate & AI to help enhance processes and ensure communication of audit and issue status to stakeholders.

Key responsibilities:

• Assist in coordinating internal and external audits by helping schedule activities gather and report information and ensure timelines are met.
• Track monitor and report on the status of audit findings and action plans to ensure timely resolution and compliance.
• Produce clear accurate and informative reports for committees head office and other stakeholders highlighting audit progress and issue status.
• Identify opportunities to enhance audit and risk management processes using tools such as Power BI Power Automate & AI.
• Identify opportunities in the wider IT Risk Control & Security pillar for continuous improvement using such tools.
• Identifying opportunities for process and control improvements to improve efficiency transparency and effectiveness in audit processes.
• Provide support during external audits by gathering documentation and coordinating responses as directed.

Main tasks

• Help coordinate audit schedules and follow-up activities with internal and external auditors.
• Communicate with technology teams to clarify audit requests and ensure timely responses.
• Produce reports and dashboards for stakeholders using tools like Excel & Power BI.
• Develop and implement improvements to audit and issue management processes leveraging data analytics AI and automation tools.
• Collect and organise information from stakeholders for audit queries and reports.
• Assist in tracking audit issues and updating progress reports.
• Support the review of audit findings and help prepare action plans under guidance.
• Collect evidence for issue closure pack.

Skills and experience:

• Strong technical background with 2 years experience in technology / risk management / governance / internal / external audit
• Understanding of internal and external audit.
• Understanding of audit processes risk management or compliance principles.
• Experience in data visualization tools such as PowerBI
• Knowledge of technology environments and IT processes.
• Analytical mindset to identify trends and support process improvements.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks to tight deadlines without sacrificing quality.
• Ability to build relationships and influence with stakeholders at all levels including senior internal and external audit management and technology management.
• Ability to communicate complex information to a variety of audiences.
• Ability to work on own without direction.
• Has strong planning communication (both written and oral) and presentation skills.
• Strong reporting and process skills to continually improve the effectiveness and efficiencies of our operating environment.
• Able to work in a cross-cultural and cross-functional environment.

Personal requirements:

• Structured and logical approach
• Attention to detail
• Self- motivated
• Ability to work accurately under demanding timescales
• Ability to work without day to day supervision and be able to take decisions independently

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.