Division Risk Manager - AVP

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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 Division Risk Manager (DRM) is a member of the First Line of Defense (FLoD) responsible for overseeing the identification, assessment, monitoring, and remediation of risks and issues within the assigned business unit. The role ensures effective execution of the Risk & Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) and Issue Management programs in alignment with enterprise standards and regulatory expectations.

The DRM is part of a team of approximately 4-5 risk managers responsible for day-to-day execution of risk and issue management activities and serves as a trusted risk advisor to business leadership.

Key Responsibilities Risk & Control Self-Assessment (RCSA)
• Lead and execute the RCSA lifecycle in accordance with enterprise standards.
• Ensure comprehensive identification and assessment of Operational, Compliance, Third Party, Information, and Model Risks.
• Provide effective challenge to business stakeholders on risk identification, control design, and control effectiveness.
• Ensure risks, controls, and processes are accurately documented and maintained within Open Pages.
• Identify emerging risks and thematic control issues and escalate as appropriate.

Issue Management
• Serve as FLoD owner for Issue Management activities from identification through remediation and closure.
• Ensure timely identification, escalation, and documentation of issues where risk exceeds tolerance.
• Oversee root cause analysis, management action plans, remediation timelines, and remediation evidence quality.
• Govern issue changes, extensions, and escalation processes.
• Ensure remediation is completed in a timely, sustainable manner and is prepared for independent validation.

Qualifications
• 3-5 years of experience in operational risk management, audit, compliance, bank operations or related disciplines.
• Experience implementing, executing, building, or enhancing risk and control frameworks.
• Experience interacting with regulators on examinations and issue remediation.
• Experience partnering with Second Line of Defense (SLoD) and Third Line of Defense (TLoD) teams across issue life cycles, examinations, and emerging risk identification.
• Experience presenting balanced risk perspectives to senior risk and control governance committees.
• Experience with process documentation (MS Visio), risk and control assessments, and issue validation.
• Excellent skills in risk assessment, governance, and reporting with strong understanding of business operations and financial markets preferred.
• Strong knowledge of inherent risks within the applicable business lines.
• Ability to analyze risk trends and identify indicators of changing risk levels.
• Ability to translate technical risk concepts into clear, business-oriented language.
• Demonstrated problem-solving…