Associate, Financial Planning Support

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Purpose of the Role:

Supporting the CFO of Global Corporate & Institutional Banking APAC (GCIB APAC) and broader Financial Planning Team, this position will assume accountability for the completeness and accuracy of GCIB APAC's financial information and forecasting across both corporate and investments banking. This role will have deeper focus on segment reporting and tracking of initiative / collaboration framework as required by senior management.

As part of this remit, the role will assume day-to-day management responsibility for all financial data, including relevant data sourcing from Bank ERP systems, bespoke databases /data warehouses/ data cube management and pipeline management/forecasting tools. This will include the production of financial reports, dashboards and other management reporting to support the strategic objectives of the target segment / initiatives / collaboration framework.

Success in this role will be identifiable by enhancing  the sourcing of business financial intelligence for day-to-day business activity and improved decision making by senior managers by them having access to quality business intelligence, KPI tracking and reporting.

Key responsibilities will be as follows

• Responsible for the accuracy of financial information, including the production of financial data in a timely and controlled manner

• Responsible for maintenance of allocated GCIB APAC reporting on financial tracking, dashboards, and KPI performance, with a focus on segment reporting

• Provide development and business maintenance support for critical management information architecture for GCIB APAC (e.g. bespoke databases /data warehouses/ data cubes and pipeline management/forecasting tools)

• Drive continuous process improvement and enhancement of deliverables to suit commercial requirements

• Monitor various project initiatives and track the success criteria in measurable terms

• Support broader Financial Planning team with upward GCIB-related reporting for GCIB APAC Management

• Assist CFO and Director Financial Planning, as required, with troubleshooting and general business issues for GCIB APAC

• Liaison with the financial planning teams in-country as required

• Liaison with product offices and other key stakeholder's integral to GCIB APAC's performance, safety and soundness

• Adhere to the risk and control framework for the business and ensure it is followed as per MUFG guidelines

Job Responsibilities:

Financial

• Responsible for production of timely and accurate financial tracking, cost allocations. RWA and EL allocations of allocated segment/initiatives

• Responsible for allocated GCIB APAC primary financial databases, including sourcing, cleansing, aggregation, which will feed into their respective report.

• Put in place and maintain all relevant monitoring, control and relevant analytical works to ensure reported number is accurate and trackable

Strategic

• Continuously monitor the business performance of allocated segment and recommend tactical changes to improve efficiency, effectiveness and safety and soundness

• Assist Financial Planning team, as required, with troubleshooting and general business issues for GCIB APAC

• Support business unit heads and management where required to effectively manage their business provide ongoing advice from financial perspective, both in terms of interpreting the data and setting potential remediation initiatives

• Support additional initiatives as required with requisite data and analytics to support overall GCIB APAC

Customer

• Contribute to overall GCIB strategy and business by working closely with internal and external partners as well as stakeholders.

• Define and delivering key business process improvements ensuring smooth day to day business operations to enhance client experience.

• Drive client centric implementation and development of business-wide action plans and key initiatives for areas of improvements

People

• Connect beyond your team and leverage our global strength as One MUFG.

• Value contributions and results over titles and hierarchy.

• Develop yourself, others and recognise achievements.

• Encourage innovative ideas. Initiate and manage projects independently or in coordination with virtual teams and be pro-active in proposing solutions

Business Management, Operations and Safety & Soundness

• Support Financial Planning in respect of GCIB APAC's day-to-day financial management and control activities, ensuring these are conducted in line with MUFG's safety and soundness requirements

• Support the continuous development / re-engineering of the current tasks performed by the planning team to build a more efficient and appropriate work flow structure for the future

• Ensure all reporting is concise, relevant to the audience, accurate and timely, but also that it is complete in terms of PCDA guidelines

• Adhere to the risk and control framework for the business and ensure it is followed as per MUFG guidelines

Communications & Other

• Liaison with the financial planning teams in-country, and in Tokyo head office

• Liaison with product offices and other key stakeholders integral to GCIB APAC's performance, safety and soundless

• Support the Financial Planning, to deliver effective internal communications to all relevant stakeholders regarding the business strategy and performance

• Help disseminate key financial policies and procedures across the GCIB APAC planning (and broader) organisation to ensure everyone is well informed and up-to-date, and clear about their accountabilities.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree

• Professional qualification in ACA/CPA/CMA/CFA will be favourably considered

• Minimum 3 years' experience in Banking industry

• Minimum 3 years' experience in a financial planning and analysis or financial accounting role within a Corporate and Investment Bank

• Strong team Management and stakeholder management skills to collaborate with other departments

• Strong understanding of MS Office (with emphasis on Excel and PowerPoint) and databases management.

• Good knowledge of Corporate and Investment Banking business drivers would be an advantage, but is not a pre-requisite

• Experience operating across Asian markets would be a distinct advantage, although not a pre-requisite

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) is an equal opportunity employer. We view our employees as our key assets as they are fundamental to our long-term growth and success. MUFG is committed to hiring based on merit and organsational fit, regardless of race, religion or gender.