Job Description

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Discover your opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the world’s leading financial groups. Across the globe, we’re 150,000 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 world’s most trusted financial group, it’s 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.

About the role:

In your role as Analyst, your purpose and objective of your role in the GCIB KYC team is conducting customer identifications and due-diligences prior to on-board new customer, as well as ongoing monitoring of our customer’s money laundering risk profiles in accordance with internal and regulatory requirements.

The GCIB KYC team will work closely with the GCIB coverage team and MUFG’s Financial Crime divisions and follow appropriate channels to ensure each customer is on-boarded in accordance with our requirements, with any issues identified and dealt with appropriately. Responsible for completing the identification process, including sanction screening, negative press assessment and corruption allegations for all authorised individuals as required in accordance with relevant AML / CTF laws. For existing customers, the team will monitor our customer’s money laundering risk regularly as well as conducting periodic KYC reviews within the allocated time schedule.

What you’ll be doing:

New Customer On-boarding – When on-boarding any new customers, prior to providing designated banking services, the Analyst will perform customer identification and due-diligence processes to assess their money laundering risk profile to on-board any new customers prior to provide designated banking services.

Post On-boarding Process - After on-boarding is complete, the Analyst will continue to monitor our customer’s money laundering risk under the framework stipulated in our internal policies and procedures. Any detection of customer’s profile changes potentially impacting their money laundering risk, the Analyst is required to process customer due-diligence and identification as an extra-ordinary review. Apart from an extra-ordinary review, the Analyst will conduct a regular periodical KYC review in accordance with schedule set out in our internal policies.

Quality Control – As part of ‘in progress’ review, designated team members conduct cross check KYC due diligence reports prepared by other team members prior to submission for approval.

What we are looking for:

• 1 + years experience in the compliance, banking, accounting, legal, consultancy, regulatory or any equivalent sectors
• Experience in AML / KYC fields is considered favourably
• Economics / Finance / Business and Commerce / Accounting / Law Degree from a leading university is essential
• ACAMS / CPA / CA or a relevant Masters qualification will be considered
• favourably
• Possess a general understanding of financial business, economy and markets
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office in particular, MS Word, MS Excel and MS PowerPoint
• Be able to engage in independent research and analysis of customers, regulations and banking products
• The ability to communicate clearly both in writing and verballyYou will have strong interpersonal and presentations skills
• Will be a team player
• Will be a self-starter with drive, initiative and enthusiasm

Our culture:

MUFG fosters a highly professional, supportive work environment that enables our employees to help maximize our customers' prosperity. We focus on building long-term customer relationships and giving back to our communities in order to develop shared and sustainable growth for a better world.

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.