Lead Business Continuity Management Professional

Job Description

Vice President, Business Continuity Management | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, located in the Oceania region. MUFG, one of the world’s leading financial groups with 150,000 colleagues globally, strives to make a difference for every client, organization, and community, standing for values of long-term relationships and sustainable growth. This vital role strengthens the region’s business continuity, crisis management, and operational resilience capabilities, ensuring the financial group remains trusted and stable amidst potential disruptions. It offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact by shaping these critical functions within a highly regulated environment.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person, Oceania region

• Team: Regional Business Continuity Management, Second Line of Defense
• Mission: Lead and strengthen Business Continuity Management across the Oceania region to provide strategic oversight, challenge, and assurance over resilience capabilities.
• Tech Stack:

What You’ll Actually Do
• Lead BCM Framework: Lead and enhance the Business Continuity Management (BCM) framework across the Oceania region.
• Coordinate Resilience Activities: Plan and coordinate BCM activities, including business continuity testing, crisis management exercises, and disaster recovery programs.
• Provide Second Line Oversight: Provide second line of defense oversight, challenge, and advisory support on business continuity, operational resilience, technology resilience, and third-party risk matters.
• Assess and Mitigate Disruption Risks: Conduct risk assessments, scenario analysis, and assurance reviews to identify and mitigate disruption risks to critical business operations.
• Ensure Governance and Preparedness: Maintain BCM governance documentation, deliver BCM training and awareness programs, and support crisis management preparedness across the organization.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Seasoned banking professional with deep BCM expertise and exposure to non-financial risk management within a highly regulated environment.
• Experience: Minimum 8 years of Business Continuity Management experience within the banking or financial services industry, including strong experience in a regulated banking environment, crisis management, disaster recovery planning, operational resilience frameworks, and regulatory assurance programs; proven experience providing independent oversight or second line of defense challenge and assurance.
• Skills: Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior leaders, strong analytical, communication, and reporting capabilities, proven ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver outcomes in a complex environment, and advanced Microsoft Excel and reporting skills.
• Bonus: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification, professional certifications in BCM, Operational Risk, Risk Management, or related disciplines.