Associate, Risk Management

Responsible for assessing and mitigating the risks within Transaction Banking Business in Asia and Oceania region for MUFG to conduct business within legal parameters
- Provide holistic risk management so that as to support the development of regional Transaction Banking Strategy to deliver and expand the business in the region, as well as strengthening, developing and driving management of products
- Support the development of the department’s strategy keeping risk elements in view. Undertake the responsibilities and duties of a Compliance Liaison Officer for TRANSACTION BANKING OFFICE FOR ASIA and regional TB (risk management and compliance role in first line of defense)
- Support the regional risk management framework and provide guidance to regional TB countries to implement control measures and reduce risk gaps
- Support various approaches to improve risk information sharing within TRANSACTION BANKING OFFICE FOR ASIA and regional Transactional Banking and achieve more integration with relevant stakeholders
- Work in partnership with colleagues from regional Risk and Compliance departments to understand policy and regulatory changes.
- Communicate such revisions to the regional Transactional Banking offices and advise impact and actions to be taken.
- Consider implications to Transaction Banking business and work in partnership with various departments to develop solutions to enable TRANSACTION BANKING OFFICE FOR ASIA and regional TB offices to conduct business within the legal parameters
- Work in partnership with Transaction Banking colleagues to provide external market insights into best practice and market insights to support in decision making on product strategy.
- Support various approaches to improve risk information sharing within TRANSACTION BANKING OFFICE FOR ASIA and regional TB and achieve more integration with relevant stakeholders
- Handle compliance and risk management enquires and provide Transactional Banking staff the necessary advice
- Work in partnership with Transaction Banking colleagues to review and provide input to ensure all materials to fully compliant with all regulations into marketing presentation material for internal as well as external audiences
- Support compliance and financial crime related initiatives for Transaction Banking business to conduct business within the legal parameters
- Execute and monitor the Bank's compliance and risk management projects within Transaction Banking Office for Asia, and report the status to Transaction Banking Management and the relevant Risk/Compliance partners.
- Support compliance monitoring/testing and various audit/inspection activities within TRANSACTION BANKING OFFICE FOR ASIA (including those by regulators), ensuring appropriate responses are submitted in a timely manner.Coordinate due diligence review on within Transaction Banking Office for Asia new and existing outsourcing arrangements and prepare for MAS reporting based on MAS Outsourcing Guidelines
- Coordinate business continuity management reporting, exercises and conduct annual periodic reviews
- Formulate and conduct self-inspection to strengthen internal controls within Transaction Banking Office for Asia
- Ensure within Transaction Banking Office for Asia standard operating procedures to be in line with all Bank policies and procedures applicable to within Transaction Banking business
- Support risk related reporting to be submitted within deadlines

**Job Requirements**
- Minimum 5 years of experience in Banking and Finance industry, or risk management, internal audit or compliance background is preferred
- Degree-holder in Business, Economics, Accountancy or Finance, Professional Cert such as CFA, International Compliance Association (ICA) etc.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office - Excel, Word, PowerPoint
- Good time management to support projects as assigned on an ad hoc basis
- Able to work both independently as well as with a team
- Detail-oriented and organised
- We regret to inform that only shortlisted applicants will be notified._