Job Description

Do you want your voice heard and your actions to count?

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.

Would you like to work for one of the World's largest banks in an exciting, dynamic and international environment?

We are currently recruiting for a VP Enterprise Risk Planning in our Risk Management Division in Amsterdam.

About MUFG Bank (Europe) N.V.

MUFG Bank (Europe) N.V. (MBE) is a fully-owned subsidiary of MUFG Bank, headquartered in Amsterdam. With offices throughout Europe, our teams provide clients with comprehensive financing solutions spanning Coverage & Structured Finance, Capital Markets and Transaction Banking, using MUFG’s global reach to provide bespoke solutions. With 73 green, sustainability, sustainability-linked and transition bond tranches in 2021 and 51 sustainability-linked loans in EMEA in 2021, MUFG is committed to supporting clients to achieve sustainable business growth.

Please visit our website for more information – https://www.mufgemea.com/mbe

Your impact at MUFG

As part of Enterprise Risk Planning within Enterprise Risk Management, you will play a key role in shaping the Risk function's technology, data, and tooling landscape. You will drive the development and execution of the Risk Technology Strategy, oversee risk technology initiatives, and champion the adoption of innovative solutions that enhance risk management capabilities. Acting as a Data Steward for ERM, you will help strengthen data governance, improve data quality, and support the effective management of key risk data assets. Working closely with stakeholders across Risk, IT, Data Management, and EMEA teams, you will ensure risk tools, databases, and EUC solutions are governed effectively, fit for purpose, and support informed decision-making across the bank.

Function positioning

The Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) department supports MBE's long-term stability and sustainable growth by providing a comprehensive and forward-looking view of the bank's risk profile to enable informed decision-making. Through a strong risk culture, robust risk management frameworks, and close collaboration with stakeholders, ERM helps balance risk and return across the organization. The function is composed of seven specialist areas: Governance, Resilience, Stress Testing & Strategic Risk, Model Risk, ESG Risk, Enterprise Risk Planning, and Risk Affairs. Together, these teams provide independent oversight and strategic guidance to strengthen resilience, support business objectives, and ensure a coordinated approach to risk management.

The role includes the following:

• Own and drive the MBE Risk Technology Strategy, ensuring alignment with evolving business priorities, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.
• Partner with EMEA Head Office and key stakeholders to shape the future-state ERM operating model, leveraging AI, intelligent automation, advanced analytics, and modern risk technologies to strengthen risk management capabilities.
• Lead the delivery and implementation of strategic technology initiatives across the Risk function, securing business engagement and required investment where necessary.
• Identify, develop, and promote the adoption of AI and agentic AI solutions that enhance risk processes, improve efficiency, strengthen controls, and support better decision-making, while ensuring appropriate governance and oversight.
• Act as a trusted advisor to Risk teams by raising awareness of available technologies, sharing knowledge, and supporting effective utilization of digital tools.
• Serve as the End User Computing (EUC) Champion, ensuring compliance with EUC governance requirements, including register maintenance, control effectiveness, remediation activities, and annual attestations.
• Define and execute the Risk Data Strategy to support BCBS239 compliance, ensuring alignment with enterprise-wide data management objectives and EMEA requirements.
• Represent the Second Line of Defence in strategic data initiatives, including the development of CRO Domain data marts and wider data warehouse capabilities, ensuring Risk requirements are effectively incorporated.
• Promote data as a strategic asset within ERM and ORM by embedding robust data management practices and governance standards.
• Fulfil Data Steward responsibilities, including ownership of data quality controls, monitoring activities, issue remediation, and compliance with Data Quality Management procedures.
• Partner with the Data Management function to enhance data quality, resolve data issues, and improve the reliability of risk data for reporting and decision-making.
• Manage the Inter-Affiliate Agreements including annual reviews, contractual updates and service review meetings, fostering effective collaboration between Service Providers and Service Receivers

In order to be successful in the role, you will need the following:

• Proven project management experience, including practical application of Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Experience developing strategic documents, roadmaps, and target operating models to support business and technology transformation initiatives.
• Strong experience gathering, analysing, and documenting IT business requirements and translating business needs into technology solutions.
• Experience preparing and delivering presentations and recommendations for senior management, governance committees, and regulators.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively across departments and functional disciplines, managing multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.
• Knowledge of risk management, data governance, and regulatory frameworks, including BCBS239 and relevant EU/EBA regulations.
• Hands-on experience with data and technology tools, including SQL, Python, Power BI, Azure, GitHub, and AI/GenAI solutions.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence, collaborate, and drive outcomes across Risk, IT, and Data Management functions.

Personal requirements:

Integrity and Responsibility

• Balance Risk with Opportunity
• Customer Focus
• Demonstrate Global Perspective

Professionalism and Teamwork

• Drive For Results
• Collaborate and Build Partnerships
• Communicate Effectively and Professionally

Challenge Ourselves To Grow

• Influence and Inspire Others
• Lead Change & Seek Continuous Improvement
• Think Strategically
• Manage and Develop Talent

What do we have to offer:

We offer you a role in one of the largest banks of the world in a growing and international environment. You have various opportunities to develop yourself and we will support you with that by offering various training and development possibilities.

• We take into account your home situation and your ambitions and help you to balance work and private life.
• Monthly team events.
• To work in an ambitious, international environment with colleagues from different countries and cultures, who strive for the best.

Besides that we will offer you:

• Gross salary based on experience and consistent with the market
• 8% holiday allowance and 13th month payment.
• 30 vacation days per year. Optional you can buy 15 additional days.
• Commuting allowance based on annual public transport 2nd class, most economical way, or € 0,23 per km with a max of 75km one way.
• €5,00 net remote working compensation per day, with a maximum of €60,00 per month.
• Possibility to order a mobile phone (up to €800,-)
• Possibility to order Office Equipment’s for the home office, (up to €500,-)
• Remote Working Policy i.e. Working From Home (WFH) and Remote Working in another Country.
• Bicycle plan (fiscal benefit)
• Company fitness (fiscal benefit)
• Mental health workshops and budget for external courses (i.e. Dutch language classes).
• Employee contribution towards Pension insurance (max 5%, currently 2%), our pension scheme is based on a defined contribution scheme.
• Training & development possibilities paid by the bank

Additional information

Acquisition in response to this vacancy is not appreciated.

The role is based in the Netherlands. All candidates need to be willing to relocate to the Netherlands. Internal employees will be supported in case of relocation.

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.