Vice President, Team Leader of Planning Team

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Overview of the Department/Section

MUFG has a developing and thriving Transactional Banking business headquartered in Tokyo and spanning all continents. Transaction Banking EMEA (incorporating Europe Middle East and Africa) forms part of MUFGs Global Transaction Banking business.

Our key responsibilities are to drive regional business and support global & regional clients with Transaction Banking solutions for Cash and Liquidity Management Foreign Exchange Trade Finance and Working Capital through a comprehensive suite of proprietary and 3rd party digital channels. We support our local and international cash management services for our Corporate FI and NBFI client base.

Transaction Banking EMEA solutions suite to our regional and global client franchise comprise of

• Trade Finance & Working Capital
• Cash and Liquidity Management solutions and
• Transactional FX
• Balance sheet / financial resources management

TB EMEA is organized across industry recognized pillars of TB product sales implementation client services and account management planning and risk functions with a responsibility for EMEA booked and EMEA HQ-ed network revenue across our 50-country international proprietary network.

The TB EMEA Planning team serves as the business management function for Transaction Banking EMEA and a critical globally connected stakeholder community sharing and deploying best practice from around the globe in connection with the global TB strategy 3.0.

Direct Reports

Yes.

Reporting line is to Deputy Head of Transaction Banking of EMEA and a secondary reporting to the Regional Product Head of Transaction Banking EMEA

Main Purpose & Outcomes of the Role

A successful TB specialist with minimum of 5 years experience in a TB EMEA Business Management / COO role from a regional product COO business management background will be instrumental in translating global and regional TB strategy into communicated execution and performance tracking.

This role will be responsible for developing diarizing & ensuring socialization and commitment of and by TB and stakeholder commitments including

• Provision & communication of TB EMEA / HO Regional Priorities Performance & Execution Progress;
• Strong financial and non-financial KPI / KRI establishment socialization attainment & mitigation actions;
• Production interpretation & communication of actionable insights and relevant data strategy;
• Ensuring sustainability (and escalation) of revenue cost & NoP client segmentation; TB Target Operating model deliverables and bench-strength;
• Business Continuity Operational Resilience and Cyber Security Policies & Adherence
• TB EMEA Engagement Sustainability CSR & Learning Programmes;
• With Deputy Head of Transaction Banking act as key critical liaison for global Head Office strategies and its deployment impact and planning in EMEA for TB.

The role also plays a central part in supporting the sustainable expansion transformation & profitability of the Transaction Banking EMEA business through the development of appropriate business reviews and continuous budgettoactual management.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategy & Execution: Lead the development articulation & implementation of global & regional TB strategy in EMEA and with global counterparts- key priorities KPI aligned to TB and EMEA objectives

• Business Management & Performance: Performance to Target management of TB EMEA BAU and strategic initiatives. Independent fluency in TB business performance revenue realization and risk and governance activities of a TB platform.

• Supporting the Head of Transaction Banking EMEA by having accountability and responsibility for the preparation of materials documents and policies required to support initiatives key meetings etc.
• Planning & financial / non financial risk analysis of regulatory changes; financial and cost oversight and performance management

• Governance Risk & Control: ensure effective RCSA controls framework adherence attestations BCP and SIIs are documented and adhered to. Ensure ongoing regulatory conduct compliance and internal policies adherence & escalations

• Target Operating Model Transformation: support TB EMEA leadership in the documentation execution &communication of TB TOM changes client journey transformation including but not limited to job re-design; AI design & deployment; capacity vs skills planning; NOP optimization solutions

• Actionable Insights & Decision Support: create communicate & embed actionable sights to support decision making remediation & investment evaluations

• Stakeholder Engagement within EMEA front office Functional and all 1LOD teams in region and global HO counterparts

• People & Culture

• External Representation: Representing an area of expertise in relevant meetings / committees / conferences to facilitate policy development and contribute to business performance.
• Developing strong internal/external networks and build trusted relationships to enable change and influence behaviour across MUFG.
• Developing strong relationships with key stakeholders / central point of contact / liaising with supporting functions such as Finance Legal Compliance Tokyo Head Office etc in relation to operating Transaction Banking business within EMEA

• Team Oversight Training & Engagement Accountability for the correct and thorough completion of deliverables produced by direct reports; training and development and engagement of direct reports & supporting TB enterprise engagement and rotational training & mobility assignments. Support the leadership client centricity and high engagement culture within the TB EMEA team and EMEA region. Support & Advocate the One MUFG strategy.

Work Experience Skills and Experience

Functional / Technical Competencies:

Essential

Knowledge Skills & Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years at VP SME experience in a Transaction Banking Regional office in the capacity of regional Product & P&L management; COO or Business Management functions which also include Risk and Control responsibilities across cash management liquidity & FX and trade finance and working capital solutions. Revenue and pipeline realization and reconciliation is valued.

• Financial control and management (target setting) with critical stakeholders; revenue & Margin capital expense group allocation methodologies origination to time to first revenue expertise; capable to support investment prioritisation

• Foundational financial resources management derived through deep functional understanding product balance sheet planning and revenue / client behavioural and billing life cycle of TB solutions experience in understanding challenging and influencing financial and client segmentation strategy

• Experience leading target operating model change organisation design or transformation initiatives including but not limited to AI deployment near / off-shoring / client journey mapping & transformation support would be an advantage

• Actionable Insights and Decision support- ensure foundation deployment of MIS is produced at regional and global HO level to support effective & predictive business steering story-telling and stakeholder engagement on progress to plan & impactful remediation / support articulation

• Excellent MS suite including Co-pilot Power BI & Tableau fluency working familiarity with CRM tools such as Salesforce applications; interest and experience in agentic ai would be an advantage

TB EMEA Product Governance Risk and Control Responsibilities:

• Governance Risk and Control: Experience of product governance and management of end to end risk management 1-3LOD framework and responsibilities within a TB environment including RCSA Operational and Conduct Risk Attestations

• Proactively identify assess and remediate operational conduct etc interconnected risks from financial client segmentation operational and conduct

• Ability to manage and lead representation of the TB EMEA Risk Assessment Forum TB EMEA contribution of the EMEA Product Governance Forum and representation of TB at other equivalent stakeholder equivalent meetings.

• Ensure fair treatment of customers and compliance with applicable regulations directives internal policies and standards. Main strong internal controls and support timely remediation of audit regulator and conduct risks identified

Leadership & Collaboration:

• Enterprise responsibility to execute model and represent foundational items of Transaction Banking Regional role including but not limited to

• Inter-affiliate and Head Office hierarchies structures costing & allocations
• Enterprise Risk and Control programmes of work leadership for TB EMEA and representation at regional / divisional for a
• Product governance and Internal Audit programmes of work pan EMEA
• Financial and non-financial management performance
• Regional CSR Sustainability and Employee Engagement
• Build a team of high-quality professionals that will achieve the objectives of the broader MUFG Group to leverage the strategic advantages.

As such critical stakeholder engagement and consistent story-telling expertise across a matrixed organisation is essential including when no direct authority is in place.

• Maintain and enhance good working relationships with stakeholders across the region and globally to share best practices provide support and develop effective local policies and procedures appropriate to the bank and working in support of the One MUFG and overall Global Transaction Banking strategy

Personal Requirements

• Independence of own opinion based on TB SME experience with global matrix organisations

• Communication: SME and data-led with Clarity and outcome-orientated communication skills with ability to simplify complex and specialist topics for SMEs and non SMEs

• Data & Industry relevant Story-telling: Data-fluent across TB and broader client / product margin patterns with strong analytical skills matched to TB experience and macro economic understanding enabling this role to input constructively challenge and collaborate EMEA and HO stakeholders for franchise progression

• Curiousity and Kaizen approach to work: the ability confidence and trust to ask why / why not and solicit buy in at TB and broader regional / global level to make impactful continuous improvements for our internal and client franchise ways of working

• Tenacity and resilience with a strong sense of accountability to deliver

• Prioritization pivot: Demonstrated ability to work across complex and connected regional priorities understand prioritizations and pivots positively with a growth mindset

• Culture carrier: motivated by continuous learning assimilate & application of learning effective practices to enhance team ways of working client centricity and global network connections. Motivated to actively lead & engage others on team and EMEA-wide engagement initiatives CSR leadership and contributing to the growth and inter-connectivity of the TB business globally

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.