Vice President - Regulatory ; FTC

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The Regulatory Change Team (RCT) deals with new regulatory developments starting at the pre-publication stage (e.g. analysis consultation papers, discussion papers, draft regulation, etc.) leading to full implementation. It covers financial regulations in the UK, EU‑wide, US, and some topics from overseas jurisdictions where MUFG‑Securities (London) has licenses. Topics are allocated to team members who become SMEs in the topic and are responsible for their topics throughout the various stages of the regulatory lifecycle.

Among other, this includes reviewing and opining in Consultations, completing impact analysis, providing regulatory advice during the implementation of new regulations, attending trade association meetings and representing MUFG at those meetings, producing briefing papers, newsletter articles, and general MI.

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This is a 12-month maternity cover. The candidate will act as an SME on topics belonging to the following regulatory areas, or support the other SMEs on:

• US Regulation (Swap Dealer and Securities Based Swap Dealer)
• EU‑wide regulation (Markets, Conduct, Payments, Organisational Requirement, ESG, Listing)
• Other cross Border regulation where MUFG holds a licence (Canada, Asia Pacific).

• Become the SME on the regulatory topics under his/her responsibility (to be defined)
• Be up to date on all regulatory developments under their responsibility, by performing targeted horizon scanning.
• Complete impact analysis of regulatory developments and record the impact analysis in the relevant system.
• Escalate any material risks arising from the regulatory developments to management.
• Advise key stakeholders on the application of new requirements, risks from those requirements, and controls required to manage them; this includes at the earlier phases of consultation as well as during implementation.
• Participate and when needed lead pre‑implementation working groups with relevant stakeholders.
• Become the go‑to person during implementation, where he/she will provide regulatory advice and opinion.
• Prepare briefing papers, presentations, memos, newsletter articles, traceability documents, and general MI for the topics under their responsibility.
• Support other team members when required.
• Interact with other teams in Compliance, and outside Compliance as required.
• Attend and participate in trade association meetings, representing MUFG.

• Strong understanding of the UK and EU regulatory framework, understanding of US regulations is a plus.
• Strong technical understanding of investment banking activities, and securities trading.
• Exposure to trade associations.
• Working experience in wholesale banking, either in a compliance department, consultancy firm, regulatory agency or trade association.

Strong:

• Analytical skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Communication skills (oral and written).

The role holder will be assessed in accordance with their employing entity’s performance framework and process with relevant input obtained from the dual hatting entity as relevant.

As duties and responsibilities change, the job description will be reviewed and emended in consultation with the role holder. The role holder will carry out…