Operations Risk and Control, Assistant Vice President

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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.

The Operations Risk and Control, AVP will be responsible for assisting with the duties of the BURM (Business Unit Risk Manager) for Operations. The associate will be responsible for key aspects related to issue management, risk assessments, control testing, risk metric reporting, documenting loss events, and assisting operations business lines with internal audits and/or RCSA’s.

• Issue Management
  • Assist with the support remediation of gaps via remediation plans that adhere to issues management mandates: timely issue and corrective action submission, accurate root cause identification, corrective action monitoring, on time closure, no failed validations, and no repeat issue.
  • Assist and participate in the identification of issues and partner with stakeholders in opening issues (Audit/Compliance/Management Identified).
• Acquiring the necessary management approvals
  • Assist with Project Managing the Issue/Action Plans for the following Key Issues (e.g. Registration of EUCs for MUSA Operations, Record Retention).
  • Maintaining Open Page Records (Progress Status Updates, Linking Issues To Risk and Controls, Losses, etc).
• Risk Assessments
  • Assist with the execution of front‑line risk assessment activities (ad hoc Risk/Controls review, all components of the Risk and Control Self‑Assessments (RCSA), Fraud Assessments, Third Party Vendor Assessments, Scenario Analysis, Monthly Risk Reporting).
  • Understanding of Risk Taxonomies, Inherent Risk Rationales, Proper Control Descriptions, Basel Risk Categories.
• Control Testing
  • Support Control Testing Team gather necessary samples needed to test controls.
  • Rewrite controls to meet control description requirement.
• Metrics & Reporting
  • Prepare risk reporting, risk analysis and risk mitigation recommendations including control environment performance and risk management plans in place for critical issues.
  • Prepare key risk management reporting such as Risk Management Business Review (M ), Risk Metric Reporting, Issue Management Reporting.
  • Assist with creation/tacking/management of MUSA Operations SLA Metrics between Front Office and MUSA Operations.
  • Assist with Monthly Trigger Event Reporting.
• Risk Event Losses
  • Identify/Report/Track Risk Events and Report to Operational Risk Management (ORM) Team.
  • Monitor and evaluate emerging risk, internal operational trends, and external risk events for potential impact to control environment.
• Audit/Compliance
  • Assist in Preparation/Maintenance/Tracking of Audit/Compliance Calendar.
  • Mitigate Audit Issues and Draft Management Action Plans.
• Other
  • Support management to generate various metrics reports for senior management and board level committees.
• Assist in sustaining the operational risk and control framework and ensuring MUSA Operations is aligned with Bank Policy’s.

• 2-5 years of demonstrated experience with Operations Risk and Control design, including Risk and Control Self‑Assessments (RCSA).
• Bachelor’s degree is required in risk management, finance, business, information systems, or equivalent field.
• Demonstrated analytical, critical thinking, and problem‑solving capabilities, with an iterative approach to identifying solutions and driving decisions.
• Proven…