Finance Change & Innovation Lead

Do you want your voice heard and your actions to count?

Discover your opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), the 7th largest financial group in the world. Across the globe, we’re 160,000 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.

Would you like to work for one of the World's largest banks in an exciting, dynamic and international environment? 

We are currently recruiting for a Finance Change & Innovation Lead for our Finance Division in Amsterdam.

MUFG Bank Europe N.V. (MBE) is a fully-owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the largest ranked Financial Groups in the world in terms of assets. A world-class set of businesses and more than 180,000 employees in 50 markets. MUFG offers stability in an ever-changing market, providing services to high-profile clients worldwide.

For more than 50 years MBE offers corporate and investment banking services to both Japanese and non-Japanese corporate customers in The Netherlands and, through its branches. The goal is to be among the top performing foreign-owned banks operating in The Netherlands, providing value-added banking services and excellent operations, fulfilling both Japanese and Global Multinational Corporate customers' needs.

At MBE we are committed to contributing to a more sustainable future. Thus, we will encourage you to embed environmental, social & governance (ESG) factors in your everyday work and in our culture.

The MBE subsidiary based in The Netherlands is a network of branches (Germany Branch (Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Munich), Spain Branch (Madrid, Barcelona), Belgium Branch (Brussels), Austria Branch (Vienna)), managed from Amsterdam.

Your impact at MUFG

You will play a critical role in overseeing the successful implementation of key finance modernization and sustainability reporting initiatives, i.e. implementation of a cloud-based Multi GAAP Accounting Hub Finance System and steering the implementation phase of CSRD project with a data driven strategic approach with a focus on digitizing the data supply chains for ESG data. This role also entails collaborating with wider finance teams across MBE and EMEA, data management, data warehousing and technology teams to ensure initiatives linked to the Finance projects are being executed on holistically and in a timely fashion and act the key finance ambassador. Furthermore, you will be involved in implementation of new products and their (accounting) assessment to implementation in the systems. You will also work together with various project teams of talented professionals and collaborate closely with various stakeholders across the organization to ensure seamless execution of MBE's finance transformation, while strategically positioning the bank for long-term financial efficiency, compliance, and growth.

You will report to the Head of Statutory Reporting, Policies & Projects acting as the co-pilot, taking charge for the execution of finance change & modernization agenda and support finance senior management across bigger and smaller initiatives, their follow-up and reporting thereon.

The role includes the following:

• Provide change leadership: Ensuring that Finance and IT resources are focused on what matters most executing on the change strategy for the CFO domain. 
• Change Management: Lead change management efforts by fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and adaptability within the finance team and across the bank. Anticipate and address potential challenges and roadblocks related to the implementation process.
• Project Oversight: Provide overall project oversight for projects that fall under change agenda of the CFO, including project planning, resource allocation, risk management, and timeline monitoring. Ensure that the projects remains on track and within budget while meeting all necessary milestones.
• Stakeholder Engagement both within and outside Finance: Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including IT, compliance, risk, and operations, to ensure alignment and effective communication throughout the implementation process. Engage with external vendors and partners as needed.
• Process Enhancement: Identify opportunities to optimize financial processe