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$96,000 - $120,000 USD yearly
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.
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)
MUFG Benefits Summary
We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws (including (i) the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, (ii) the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, (iii) the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, and (iv) the California Fair Chance Act) to the extent that (a) an applicant is not subject to a statutory disqualification pursuant to Section 3(a)(39) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 8a(2) or 8a(3) of the Commodity Exchange Act, and (b) they do not conflict with the background screening requirements of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the National Futures Association (NFA). The major responsibilities listed above are the material job duties of this role for which the Company reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of conditional offer of employment, if any.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required of personnel so classified.
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to leveraging the diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experience of our workforce to create opportunities for our colleagues and our business. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender expression, gender identity, sex, age, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran and military status, disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other status of an individual or that individual’s associates or relatives that is protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.
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.
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 OpenPages.
- Identify emerging risks and thematic control issues and escalate as appropriate.
- 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.
- 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 lifecycles, 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 skills with the ability to deliver innovative solutions with or without technology.
- Demonstrated experience working within a First Line of Defense model in a regulated financial institution.
- Experience with risk management systems such as OpenPages preferred.
- Risk judgment and critical thinking
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor messaging to technical, business, and executive audiences
- Stakeholder engagement and influence
- Governance and escalation management
- Continuous improvement mindset
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
MUFG Benefits Summary
We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws (including (i) the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, (ii) the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, (iii) the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, and (iv) the California Fair Chance Act) to the extent that (a) an applicant is not subject to a statutory disqualification pursuant to Section 3(a)(39) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 8a(2) or 8a(3) of the Commodity Exchange Act, and (b) they do not conflict with the background screening requirements of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the National Futures Association (NFA). The major responsibilities listed above are the material job duties of this role for which the Company reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of conditional offer of employment, if any.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required of personnel so classified.
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to leveraging the diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experience of our workforce to create opportunities for our colleagues and our business. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender expression, gender identity, sex, age, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran and military status, disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other status of an individual or that individual’s associates or relatives that is protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.
Salary : $96,000 - $120,000