Global Enhanced Due Diligence – Senior Expansion & Optimization Strategy

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 120,000 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.

Reporting directly to the Director – Global Head of Financial Institutions EDD Operations (FI-EDD Ops) within the Global Financial Crimes Division (“GFCD”), this new position has been created to support the operational expansion of the FI-EDD Team. We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced employee with a strong background in international project expansion, cross-border data movement, technologies and strategic project management (consultant experience). This role will be instrumental in supporting global initiatives, managing multi-stakeholder projects (Business, Compliance and Technology), and ensuring regulatory-compliant data operations across jurisdictions.

Major Responsibilities

• Draft, evaluate, and facilitate approval of inter-agency agreements with internal entities and formal contracts with external vendors for services or tools

• Develop and implement scalable frameworks for cross-border data transfer in compliance with global regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA, APAC-specific laws).

• Populate necessary Cross Border Data Movement (CBDM) forms to assess data transfer and processing between countries based on existing regulations

• Partner with the Data Privacy Office (DPO) to address questions and resolve risk recommendations related to CBDM forms

• Assist with the preparation and submission of technology funding requests and annual organization budget requests to successful acceptance

• Maintain internal and vendor relationships with service and tool providers for tools or processes required by the team to support each country in scope

• Ensure key project deliverables are actively tracked and met leveraging best in class project methodology and tools

• Prepare progress updates of operational changes for GFCD leadership, Senior Management, and the appropriate governance forums.

• Track all project risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies related to FI EDD Ops program activities

• Host regular project status meetings with operations, technology, and business teams to report progress

• Lead and manage the strategic expansion of projects across new international markets.

• Serve as a subject matter expert on data localization, sovereignty, and transnational data infrastructure.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including legal, compliance, IT, and product to ensure data strategies align with organizational goals.

• Drive project lifecycle management, from initiation and planning to execution and post-launch analysis.

• Advise clients or internal stakeholders on risk mitigation and best practices in international data governance.

• Manage vendor relationships, third-party assessments, and compliance reporting as part of data transfer solutions.

• Conduct market research and feasibility studies for new regional rollouts, offering strategic guidance on entry planning.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of experience in roles focused on project expansion, cross-border operations, or data technology strategy.

• Previous work with multinational corporations or regulatory bodies.

• Understanding of Financial Crimes Compliance & KYC, preferably specific to Financial Institutions’ customers. 

• Experience within a global position, driving execution at global and local levels is a plus.

• Demonstrated success leading international or multi-region technical projects.

• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel to cleanse, develop and interpret data, and produce reports, as well as project plans.

• Strong proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint produce reports, project strategy updates, status, and organizational charts.

• Ability to synthesize information from multiple data sources into a clear evaluation and recommended actions.

• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.

• Ability to work with multiple lines of business, regional managers, senior management, and regulators.

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to manage multiple assignments concurrently and meeting critical deadlines.

• Demonstrate strong leadership and management skills that build solid working relationships within the Bank.

• Ability and willingness to work independently.

• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and analytical skills.

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree and CAMS Certificate preferred or equivalent work experience.

• Deep understanding of global data privacy laws and cross-border compliance frameworks.

• Experience in Compliance, Control and Change Management, or Risk Management.

The typical base pay range for this role is between $126k-$164k 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, sick days, and holidays. For more information on our Total Rewards package, please click the link below.

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.