Global Financial Crimes – Complex Investigations, 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.

Job Summary: 

Reporting into the Head of Complex Investigations, which is part of FCC Investigations within GFCD Operations, this position is responsible for performing investigations and conducting Global Exposure Reviews in significant matters with global impact or of a highly sensitive nature. The GCI team coordinates and undertakes global complex investigations into potential financial crimes risks that could have a significant impact on the Bank, and GCI engages with law enforcement and peer institutions to stay abreast of and internalize relevant financial crimes typologies.

GCI works closely with Financial Crimes Advisory partners in the Anti-Money Laundering, Sanctions and Anti-Bribery and Corruption space. Together, the teams ensure that potential financial crimes risk identified by GCI is mitigated.

The work of GCI enjoys a high-level executive audience within and outside of the Financial Crimes function. As a result, GCI is expected to deliver oral briefings and written products of the highest caliber. GCI investigators are called on daily to demonstrate not only SME complex investigations expertise, but also sophisticated judgment and problem-solving skills. The GCI investigator must adeptly manage a heavy caseload of predominantly sensitive or high-priority cases.

The ideal candidate is someone with substantial experience conducting investigations for an audience of high-level managers and executives. The candidate must possess sophisticated written and oral presentation skills and demonstrated experience navigating within a high-impact program.   

Major Responsibilities:

• Continuously adapt to changing environments;

• Deliver efficiently and effectively on the team’s strategic vision;

• Collaborate with key stakeholders to ensure that potential financial crimes risk is acted on in a timely way;

• Communicate to key stakeholders, including leadership of the Global Financial Crimes Division, emerging risks, new significant matters, progress in ongoing matters, financial crimes risk identified within the Bank, and plans for addressing any such risk;

• Leverage information and leads from both internal and external sources to help inform the strategy of AML Compliance;

• Coordinate with regional FCC Investigations and FCC Data Analysis teams to implement the global model; and

• Prepare communications and presentations to be shared with business line executives and senior management.

Experience/Skills

• Bachelor's Degree.

• At least 6-8 years of experience in a Bank, government agency or law enforcement agency in a function that demonstrates expertise in AML, BSA and Financial Crimes.

• Experience interacting with the Executive Committee Leadership, control function leadership, and compliance subject matter experts.

• Proven excellence in execution in complex and demanding situations; with a demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

• Collaborative with strong interpersonal communication skills.

• Systemic thinker across enterprise.

• Process oriented coupled with a strong ability to develop appropriate program enhancing strategies.

• Detail-oriented and organized execution.

• Executive level presentation skills (oral and written).

• An Enterprise Risk Management perspective.

  Additional skills

• Experience interfacing with banking regulators and enforcement staff.

• Thorough understanding of an effective financial crimes risk management framework.

• Knowledge of Bank systems.

The typical base pay