Global Project Solutions - Director

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.

With a vision to be the world’s most trusted financial group, it’s part of our culture to put people first, listen to new and diverse ideas and collaborate toward greater innovation, speed and agility. This means investing in talent, technologies, and tools that empower you to own your career.

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.

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Deep experience in the banking or finance industries required

• Proven experience in leading multiple projects and teams 

• Ability to estimate, plan, staff, and deliver complex projects

• Experience translating and articulating team's and firm's goals into business strategy with stakeholders and clients

• Prior experience managing Business Analysts and System Analysts

• Experience working in Agile environment

• Experience in Loan IQ; migration, user, operations manager or business owner required

FUNCTIONAL SKILLS

• Loan IQ knowledge as a user, Operations Manager, or Business Owner is required, preferably including active participation in design/migration/implementation/upgrade initiatives

• Extensive background in supporting all aspects of commercial lending

• In-depth knowledge of:

  • Accounting principles and practices related to syndicated lending

  • Risk types, policies, control measures and processes

  • Applicable laws, rules, regulations governing the space

  • Business processes, systems and tools used in the loan market

  • Operational risk that exists throughout the lifecycle of a syndicated loan

  • Systems used to manage the Syndicated lending business: ACBS, Loan IQ, AFS, ClearPar, Syndtrak, Intralinks, Debt Domain, Versana etc.

  • Market initiatives to streamline and automate settlement and servicing, including API integration with industry standard platforms, FpML, Blockchain, DLT, OCR, Robotics/Automation

• Advanced analytical & problem-solving skills applicable to streamlining operational processes and improving productivity and efficiency

• Prior industry association or working group involvement (e.g. LSTA, LMA) a plus

• Strong SQL skills

• Understanding various application functionalities that translate across products

• Strong planning, estimating, organization, and leadership skills

• Effective use of collaboration tools

• Consistently able to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

• Excellent organizational and communication skills, with the ability to influence change cross-functionally

• Anticipates changing business needs, adjusts priorities accordingly, and allocates necessary resources and budget to achieve objectives

• Equips the business to become an effective competitor in a highly dynamic landscape

• Considers stakeholder needs and input as well as best practices and insights from industry trends when making strategic decisions

• Is flexible, decisive, and serves as a trusted advisor to senior leaders within the organization

• Demonstrates effective negotiation and influencing skills

• Is comfortable presenting in senior/executive forums, control groups, steering committees, etc.

• Prioritizes and facilitates a culture of continuous improvement and systems thinking

• Sets the tone for successful collaboration with other business units and corporate entities

• Creates an environment that fosters communication, transparency, and collaboration

• Cultivates innovation and values learning as a lifelong professional objective

• Leads by example, acting with integrity and engaging inclusively/with intent

• Communicates effectively

• Iterative problem-solving

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Drive the streamlining and optimization of loan settlement and servicing, including an in-depth evaluation of loan procedure