Head of UK Finance Transformation

MUFG

  • London
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 1 month ago
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.MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLEOversight and Accountability for Finance Transformation as it pertains to UK entities, and coordinating finance transformation across the international platformAccountability for the following department – UK Finance transformation, containing 3 direct reportsKEY RESPONSIBILITIESSpecifically, as a Finance Director reporting to the Head of Core Finance & regulatory reporting, you will take the lead in managing all finance transformation as it pertains to UK entities, and you are specifically accountable and responsible for the following activitiesChange Management
  • Lead on Change Management: Oversee all UK finance change projects (bank and securities) from inception to delivery, ensuring effective implementation and adoption
  • Responsible for leading on change strategic priorities that impact UK entities, and be able to articulate vision and strategic objectives
  • Utilise external contacts and industry best practice to assess current state and identity optimising opportunities
  • Resolve Project Issues: facilitate resolution of issues across different stakeholder groups to ensure smooth project delivery
  • Ensure effective communication and coordination of efforts to support delivery
Process Improvement
  • Review and Improve Processes: Assess current finance processes and implement changes aligned with our target operating model
  • Foster Continuous Improvement: Cultivate a culture of innovation and continuous improvement within the team
Partnering with IT Planning, Reporting and Admin team
  • Be the lead point of contact on all UK finance change project for the project management team.
  • Create strong working relationship, to collaborate closely to ensure efficient and effective project delivery
  • Responsible for ensuring correct cost allocation information for projects
Driving transformation alignment across the international platform
  • Responsible for ensuring alignment across the international platform on projects that impact Americas, EMEA and Asia
  • Responsible for collaborating globally with project teams in Americas and Asia to ensure requirements are appropriately gathered and implementation is consistent where appropriate
Management responsibilities
  • Direct line management of Finance staff within your team, including mentoring and supporting the team, enhancing their capabilities and fostering growth, including objective setting, career development and personal development
  • Provide leadership to Junior Finance staff acting as a role model for behaviour and compliance with company requirements.
  • Membership of Core Finance Leadership team, responsible for driving the vision and objectives of the team
Relationships with other function and stakeholders
  • Maintain and enhance good working relationships with stakeholders, across the region and globally to share best practises, provide support and develop effective local processes and platform appropriate to the Company, and working in support of the One MUFG and overall Group Strategy
  • Collaborate across teams: Work closely with key stakeholders at the Group level, within EMEA and also with the Americas and Asia to facilitate impactful finance projects
PERSONAL REQUIREMENTS
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Results driven, with a strong sense of accountability
  • A proactive, motivated approach
  • Strong decision making skills, the ability to demonstrate sound judgement
  • A creative and innovative approach
  • A strong people leader, with a focus on team development
PERFORMANCE AND DUTIESThe role holder will be assessed in accordance with their employing entity’s performance framework and process with relevant input obtained from the dual hatting entity as relevant.As duties and responsibilities change, the job description will be reviewed and emended in consultation with the role holder. The role holder will carry out other duties as are within the scope, spirit and purpose of the role as requested by their line manager or Department Head.MANAGING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
  • The role holder will have responsibilities for both MUFG Bank and MUFG Securities EMEA plc.
  • The role holder will be required to perform their duties and responsibilities on an entity neutral basis, without favour.
  • The role holder is required to follow regulatory requirements applicable to ensure each business is appropriately supported and to maintain the legal entity integrity of each of MUFG Bank and MUS.
  • Working terms are dictated by the terms of the Dual-Hat Arrangement Agreement in place between MUFG Bank and MUFG Securities EMEA plc and any other relevant agreements entered into between MUFG Bank and MUFG Securities EMEA plc.
  • The role holder will have responsibility for identifying and resolving where there may be a difference or conflict in needs between MUFG Bank and MUFG Securities EMEA plc, escalating to their manager where required.
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.

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