Analyst, Recovery and Resolution Planning (RRP), Enterprise Risk Management (12 month FTC)

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MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE 

You will support Enterprise Risk Management in delivering against our objectives and responsibilities for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

In this role, you will work within the Enterprise Sustainability and Resolvability (ESR) team; with a focus on supporting the annual update of RRP deliverables to meet regulatory requirements and expectations. The role also provides an opportunity to gain experience of the team’s coverage of reputational and sustainability risk management.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Specifically, key responsibilities of the Analyst role within the ESR team will focus on the following:

Recovery and Resolvability

• Supporting on MUFG EMEA Recovery and Resolution initiatives, including update of MUS(EMEA) Recovery Plan, Resolution Pack, Trading Wind Down analysis, playbooks and any additional analysis required by our regulators.
• Providing support on delivery of Recovery and Resolution projects, with engagement across teams to enhance existing process and documents.
• Assisting in the preparation of key risk reports and documentation for senior stakeholders and committees.
• Producing daily reports for the UK and Netherlands Securities entities’ recovery trigger frameworks, including support for EUC maintenance and development.
• Supporting Risk and the broader MUFG EMEA response to financial crisis management through maintenance of policies, playbooks and periodic testing.
• Supporting engagement across EMEA and Tokyo Offices, as a centre of RRP expertise driving best practice through the organisation.

In addition to focus on RRP, the role will support ESR’s management of Reputational and Sustainability risks via:

• Supporting the running and maintenance of the EMEA reputational risk management framework ; including updates of risk appetite, policy and procedures, terms of reference, templates and reports.
• Producing material for the EMEA Reputational Risk Committee (RRC) to ensure effective reputational risk governance, including preparing and updating risk reporting covering risk appetite status, KRI monitoring, and trend analysis.
• Regulatory horizon scanning; with support on identification and tracking of key regulatory developments relevant for EMEA Risk.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Functional / Technical Competencies:

Essential

• Experience of working in a similar control function for a large bank, investment bank, or financial services consulting firm
• Knowledge of the financial services regulatory environment in the UK and EU.

Preferred

Relevant experience in one or more of the following key areas:

• Recovery and resolution planning and financial crisis management including wind down plans and resolvability initiatives

Education / Qualifications:

• Degree level or relevant industry experience
• Studying towards a professional qualification such as CFA or FRM would be an advantage

PERSONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Strong desire to learn and grow. 
• Proactive and self-motivated.
• Attention to detail and accuracy.
• Interpersonal skills to enable collaboration with colleagues and interaction with stakeholders.
• Excellent communication skills, verbal and written.
• A structured and logical approach to work.
• Strong problem-solving skills.

We are open to considering flexible working requests in line with organisational requirements.

MUFG is committed to embracing diversity and building an inclusive culture where all employees are valued, respected and their opinions count. We support the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion in recruitment and employment, and oppose all forms of discrimination on the grounds of age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy and maternity, race, gender reassignment, religion or belief and marriage or civil partnership.

We make our recruitment decisions in a non-discriminatory manner in accordance with our commitment to identifying the right skills for the right role and our obligations under the law.