Vice President, Know Your Customer (KYC)

Job Description

Vice President, KYC (12 month Fixed Term Contract) | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group

The Tone:
This is a 12 month Fixed Term Contract role with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), located in Sydney, Australia. MUFG is one of the world’s leading financial groups, focused on building long-term client relationships, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth. This pivotal role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact by supporting the management and closure of key issues identified through internal audit, driving enhancements across KYC file remediation, training, and process improvements within the GCIB KYC team. You will ensure robust financial crime control frameworks are maintained and contribute meaningfully while advancing your career.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: 12 month Fixed Term Contract
• Location: Hybrid, Sydney, Australia

• Team: Dedicated GCIB KYC team, reporting to the Head of GCIB KYC.
• Mission: Support the management and closure of key internal audit issues by coordinating action plans and driving enhancements across KYC file remediation, training, and process improvements.
• Tech Stack: MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint

What You’ll Actually Do
• Coordinate: Manage and close internal audit issues by coordinating action plans across KYC remediation, training, programme enhancement, and process improvement initiatives, ensuring timely completion to high standards.
• Support: Assist the Head of GCIB KYC in delivering strategic priorities for the Oceania region and embedding policy and process changes within the team through practical leadership and subject matter expertise.
• Monitor: Track progress against target closure dates for remediation activities, identifying dependencies or delivery risks and ensuring robust evidence supports issue closure.
• Enhance: Contribute to updates of local procedures, controls, training materials, and working practices as part of the ongoing enhancement of the Oceania KYC programme.
• Perform QC: Conduct quality control over KYC due diligence reports prepared by team members prior to submission for approval, ensuring customer risk assessments meet policy and regulatory requirements.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Minimum Bachelor Degree in Economics, Finance, Business, Commerce, Accounting, Law, or another relevant discipline. Deep expertise in AML/CTF compliance and financial crime risk management is essential.
• Experience: Minimum 5 years’ relevant experience in KYC, AML/CTF, financial crime compliance, banking, audit, risk, legal, consultancy, or regulatory sectors. Experience in issue management, remediation, quality control, assurance, policy implementation, or stakeholder coordination is highly regarded.
• Skills: Extensive knowledge of banking products and corporate finance structures; strong grasp of customer risk assessment principles; clear and effective communication skills (written and verbal); strong interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Bonus: Ability to undertake independent research and analysis regarding customers, regulations, banking products, and financial crime risk issues; commitment to being a dependable team player; capability to work independently, prioritising multiple workstreams while adapting to changing priorities.