Trade Services Operations Compliance Senior Analyst, AVP

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.

Trade Services Operations Compliance Assistant Vice President position is located in Tampa, Florida or Tempe, Arizona.  This unique First Line of Defense team is responsible for three compliance activities: Conducting Anti-Money Laundering Red Flag reviews, analyzing and dispositioning OFAC/Sanctions alerts, and Performing Post Processing reviews (Quality Assurance).

Staff in this team has extensive understanding of Trade Finance products and its characteristics, an understanding of the various trade finance-based compliance regulations, and must be independently review, monitor, and make decisions on appropriate actions to take. 

This position has been created for the purpose of our BSA AML Investigation functions.  In this role, you will leverage Trade Finance products and their characteristics, compliance regulations, and work independently and within the team.  Learn to review, monitor, and make decisions on actions to take. As a senior analyst, may coach and train junior staff.

Major Responsibilities:

• Extensive understanding of trade transactions products and services along with related regulatory programs such as BSA/AML Red Flags, Sanctions/OFAC, Anti-boycott, JMOF, and other compliance rules as they apply to the movement of trade workflow.
• Independently conduct investigations of questionable activity, review and disposition Red Flag alerts accurately for potential violations of firm policies or applicable rules and regulations, escalate to the appropriate department when necessary.
• Staff must be familiar with common red flags, anti-money laundering, and sanction trends.
• Staff are responsible for completing all daily activities within SLA timeframes.
• Ensure adherence to “MUFG” Compliance Policies and Department’s Operating Manuals.
• Support and attain department-wide goals and objectives.
• Completing other duties as assigned
• Work collaboratively across functional teams and Second Line of Defense partners to ensure effective and efficient operations with clearly defined roles and responsibilities.

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of Trade Services Operations experience required.  
• Knowledge and experience in international trade and transaction workflows, sanctions and/or anti-money laundering laws and regulations.
• Ability to work independently and under minimal supervision.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Attention to detail; excellent organizational skills
• Excellent analytical skills and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to establish and maintain strong relationships across multiple departments
• Proficient with Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• College Degree preferred but not required.  Certificate or courses or any specialized training/exposure in International Trade, Trade and Commodity Financing/Project Finance is a plus.

The typical base pay range for this role is between $87K - $104K 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.