Analyst, Sanctions Programs; FTC

Position: Analyst, Sanctions Programs (12 month FTC)
Location: Greater London

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** OVERVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT/SECTION
** Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (MUFG) is one of the world’s leading financial groups. Headquartered in Tokyo and with over 360 years of history, MUFG has a global network with around 3,000 offices in more than 50 markets. The Group has over 180,000 employees, and offers services including commercial banking, trust banking, securities, credit cards, consumer finance, asset management, and leasing.

MUFG aims to be the world’s most trusted financial group through close collaboration among its operating companies, and to respond to all of the financial needs of its clients, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world.

MUFG’s shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York stock exchanges.

Please visit our website for more information -  Financial Crimes Office for EMEA (FCOE) in London is part of the Global Financial Crimes Division (GFCD) headquartered in New York. It works to ensure that our organisation conducts its business such a way that we protect our reputation, our business, and our clients within the regulatory and legal framework. It is responsible for the establishment and maintenance of effective systems and controls to protect clients’ assets and to mitigate the risk that MUFG might be used to further financial crime.

Within the Sanctions Team of FCOE, the Sanctions Spike Team is responsible for managing specific aspects of the control framework.
** NUMBER OF DIRECT REPORTS
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** MAIN PURPOSE OF

THE ROLE
*** The Sanctions Spike Team is responsible for the effective running of the Sanctions Program across all jurisdictions within EMEA. The team ensure the robust management of the broader Sanctions Control Framework, in support of this they provide oversight, SME knowledge and support to other Sanctions Teams including the offshore teams.
* This includes:  + Supporting and assisting with the implementation of MUFG Bank’s financial crimes risk appetite, policies and standards through working with Country Compliance teams, Operations and Business stakeholders.  + Providing support and logistical management to enable Sanctions Programs to deliver its book of work efficiently and effectively across the EMEA region with specific responsibility for the management Policy adherence, Risk Assessments, MI provision and Issues Management.  

+ Support the team processes and ensure our organisation conducts its business such that we protect our reputation, our business, and our customers within the regulatory and legal framework.
* As part of a leading global financial group, MUFG is required to act with integrity and meet our corporate responsibilities in the fifty-plus countries and regions where we operate.  Ensuring we have a comprehensive financial crime compliance program is one of our most important responsibilities.  MUFG has established the Global Financial Crimes Division in New York, USA to lead the program and each region under this program has a Financial Crimes Office.
* Financial Crimes Office EMEA (FCOE) is the regional office responsible for the establishment and maintenance of effective systems and controls to protect customers’ assets and to mitigate the risk that MUFG might be used to further financial crime in EMEA.
* MUFG’s financial crime compliance framework includes control processes designed to help the Bank detect, deter, and prevent financial…