Chief Corporate Services Office; Risk and Governance Initiatives, AVP

Do you want your voice heard and your actions to count? Discover your opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the world’s leading financial groups. Across the globe, we’re 150,000 colleagues, striving to make a difference for every client, organization, and community we serve. We stand for our values, building long-term relationships, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world.

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Join MUFG, where being inspired is expected and making a meaningful impact is rewarded.

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 CCSO Risk & Governance AVP will support the Chief Corporate Services Office (CCSO) in the execution of governance activities, operational risk management, control implementation, and process improvement initiatives. This role partners with business stakeholders to identify risks, implement effective controls, support governance processes, and drive automation opportunities that improve efficiency and strengthen the control environment.

The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of experience in governance, risk management, operational controls, audit, process improvement, or management consulting, with experience in process engineering and automation preferred.

Responsibilities Support governance forums, reporting, and committee activities.

Coordinate risk assessments, control evaluations, testing, and remediation activities.

Partner with process owners and SMEs to identify risks and implement sustainable controls.

Track issues, findings, action plans, and governance commitments through completion.

Develop and maintain procedures, process flows, control documentation, and governance artifacts.

Analyze processes to identify control gaps, inefficiencies, and automation opportunities.

Support implementation of workflow, reporting, and automation solutions to improve control execution and monitoring.

Prepare management reporting, dashboards, metrics, and executive presentations.

Coordinate responses to audit, compliance, risk management, and regulatory requests.

Contribute to the continuous improvement of governance frameworks, processes, and controls.

Qualifications5+ years of experience in governance, risk management, controls, audit, process improvement, or related disciplines.

Working knowledge of risk and control frameworks, issue management, and governance practices.

Experience documenting processes, procedures, and operating models.

Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Experience with Power BI, Power Automate, SharePoint, Service Now, or similar tools preferred.

Financial services or other regulated industry experience preferred.
· The typical base pay range for this role is between $109K - $148K depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience and location. This role may also be eligible for certain discretionary performance-based bonus and/or incentive compensation. Additionally, our Total Rewards program provides colleagues with a competitive benefits package (in accordance with the eligibility requirements and respective terms of each) that includes comprehensive health and wellness benefits, retirement plans, educational assistance and training programs, income replacement for qualified employees with disabilities, paid maternity and parental bonding leave, and paid vacation,…