Director, Intelligence & Analysis; Financial Crimes Compliance

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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 into the Managing Director – Global Head of Sanctions & Financial Crimes Compliance Operations, which falls within the Global Financial Crimes Division (GFCD), the Director of Intelligence & Analysis is a senior leader responsible for the strategic oversight and execution of complex financial crimes investigations and proactive analytic efforts, public-private partnerships, and the governance and oversight of suspicious activity/transaction reporting processes executed at the regional and country level.

This role serves as a central hub for synthesizing internal and external intelligence, driving high-risk reviews, and ensuring consistent, high-quality investigative outcomes across global operations to detect and prevent illicit financial activity.

• Create and execute the strategic vision for the Intelligence & Analysis program, aligning with broader FCC and enterprise priorities.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing global team, fostering a culture of integrity, accountability, collaboration, and continuous learning.
• Direct the production of strategic and tactical intelligence reports for senior leadership and regulatory stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain investigations procedures, operating manuals and controls aligned with regulatory expectations and industry best practices.

• Lead and oversee complex cross-border financial crimes investigations, including AML, sanctions, and emerging typologies.
• Promote a customer service culture by establishing strong relationships with key global and regional stakeholders, including the Global Head of AML, Global Head of Sanctions and Regional Financial Crimes Office Heads, to ensure that functional and regional investigative needs are timely identified and comprehensively met.
• Direct High Risk Reviews by analyzing internal customer and transaction data coupled with open-source data to determine the bank’s exposure and present recommendations to senior leadership.
• Ensure consistent investigative practices and reporting across regions through regional partnership and collaboration.
• Oversee the governance of Suspicious Activity Reporting/Suspicious Transaction Reporting (SAR/STR) Processes that are executed at the regional and country level;
  Identify trends and patterns in SAR/STR filings across regions and establish/oversee processes to ensure consistency and high quality of MUFG filings. Establish feedback loops such that risks identified through this reporting is fed into the global program for appropriate enterprise-wide analysis and risk mitigation.
• Promote a robust feedback loop with the Design, Tuning & Optimization organization to ensure that risk typologies identified through I&A investigative processes and public-private partnerships inform, as appropriate, the automated transaction monitoring program.

• Lead the Bank’s participation in industry information exchanges (e.g., peer bank forums, public-private partnerships, and regulatory initiatives) focused on combating financial crime.
• Represent the Bank in external forums,…