Financial Crimes Innovation Analyst

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 120,000 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.

The selected colleague will work at an MUFG office or client sites four days per week and work remotely one day. A member of our recruitment team will provide more details.

Reporting to the Global Head of Financial Crimes Innovation, this new position has been created for the purpose of supporting the Financial Crimes Innovation group, specifically in its support of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics vendor and internal solutions exploration.    

This position will be responsible for supporting a team that continually evaluates new and existing technology within and tangent to the financial industry in order to identify new technology machine learning and RPA solutions for the bank. The incumbent will concentrate on creating RPA routines using a variety of end user tools including Microsoft Power Automate and Keyence as well as creating models using Python, R Studio, etc., working closely with Financial Crimes stakeholders who will advise the use cases corresponding to any internal development for an optimal platform solution.    The incumbent will also analyze vendors and conduct trial exercises while working closely with users in all GFCD regions.   

Major Responsibilities:

• Work collaboratively across functional teams within GFCD to ensure optimal innovation vendor is selected based on stakeholder requirements

• Serve as the initial point of contact with vendors identified as providing innovative solutions to stakeholders

• Using end user development skills such as Microsoft Power Automate, Keyence, Python, R Studio, etc., develop end user Robotics and Machine Learning models based on stakeholder requirements.

• Support the Innovation team’s end user development group by providing maintenance and support services for all group developed automation.

• Monitor areas of innovation in the banking industry for proactive financial crime risk identification, and ascertain suitability for implementation within MUFG.  

• Perform continuous evaluation of available solutions that are active in the marketplace or financial space.

• Create supporting documentation to evaluate vendors for trial exercises, including interaction with Third Party Risk Management, Software Assessment, and similar MUFG groups

• Create supporting documentation for Request for Proposal engagements; coordinate RFP vendor notification, collection of responses from vendors and scoring from stakeholders, analyzing responses, and preparing results presentations to senior management

• Maintain management reporting on Innovation program initiatives 

• Assist in the creation of business requirements documents and other reporting documents where necessary.

• Execute data analysis used in Financial Crimes innovation projects

Experience/Skills

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Analytics or other related field.  

• A combination totaling 1-3 years of end user computing development using Robotics tools or machine learning products (e.g., Python, R Studio).

• A combination totaling 1-3 years of Risk/Financial Crimes technology, analytics, and audit experience relating to financial crimes systems.

• Basic knowledge of financial crimes systems including KYC, Sanctions, Transaction Monitoring, and Case Management.

• Knowledge of database structures, back-end functions, and data environments (such as Enterprise Data Warehouses).

• Experience interacting with compliance subject matter experts.

• Collaborative with strong interpersonal communication skills

• Systemic thinker across enterprise

• Process oriented coupled with a strong ability to develop appropriate program enhancing strategies

• Detail-oriented and organized execution and ability to multitask

 Additional skills

• Ability to work autonomously and initiate and prioritize own work  

• Ability to work with teams of project managers

• Solid judgment, strong negotiating skills, and a practical approach to implementation – including knowledge of Bank systems

• Strong knowledge of tools that enable data analysis, such as MS Access, Toad, SQL Navigator.    

The typical base pay range for this role is between $68K - $78K depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience and location. This role may also be eligible for certain discretionary performance-based bonus and/or incentive compensation. Additionally, our Total Rewards program provides colleagues with a competitive benefits package (in accordance with the eligibility requirements and respective terms of each) that includes comprehensive health and wellness benefits, retirement plans, educational assistance and training programs, income replacement for qualified employees with disabilities, paid maternity and parental bonding leave, and paid vacation, sick days, and holidays. For more information on our Total Rewards package, please click the link below.

MUFG Benefits Summary

We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws (including (i) the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, (ii) the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, (iii) the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, and (iv) the California Fair Chance Act) to the extent that (a) an applicant is not subject to a statutory disqualification pursuant to Section 3(a)(39) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 8a(2) or 8a(3) of the Commodity Exchange Act, and (b) they do not conflict with the background screening requirements of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the National Futures Association (NFA). The major responsibilities listed above are the material job duties of this role for which the Company reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of conditional offer of employment, if any.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required of personnel so classified.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to leveraging the diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experience of our workforce to create opportunities for our colleagues and our business. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender expression, gender identity, sex, age, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran and military status, disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other status of an individual or that individual’s associates or relatives that is protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.