VP, Financial Crime Compliance Technology (Transaction Filtering, Name Screening & KYC)

About the role

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) is recruiting a Vice President for Financial Crime Compliance Technology in its Singapore office. The role supports the FCOA Technology team with functional and technical tasks in project management, incident management and day-to-day maintenance of Financial Crime Compliance systems, and provides technology governance, oversight and advisory support for KYC, Name Screening and Transaction Filtering systems across multiple APAC branches.

Key responsibilities

• Support the FCOA Technology team with project management, incident management and BAU maintenance of Financial Crime Compliance systems.
• Provide technology governance, oversight and advisory support for KYC, Name Screening and Transaction Filtering systems across APAC branches, managing projects, enhancements, issues and queries.
• Produce, review and interpret technical documentation such as design documents, business requirement documents and system architecture diagrams.
• Communicate project status, risks and issues to internal stakeholders and gather requirements.
• Manage system incidents in line with SLAs, escalating and resolving them at branch, regional and global levels.
• Keep up to date with regulatory requirements and bank standards, and lead or take part in technology governance initiatives for Financial Crime or Core Compliance systems.
• Oversee reporting team members, mentor them and foster knowledge sharing.
• Work with functional teams in the Global Financial Crimes Division and handle ad-hoc requests from leadership and other departments.

Required profile

• At least 10 years of hands-on technology experience in system development, implementation and support.
• Demonstrated experience delivering rollouts and enhancements for Transaction Filtering, Name Screening and KYC platforms in banking or financial services.
• Proven experience in technology project management, business system analysis or production support, and prior experience managing KYC/Name Screening/Transaction Filtering systems.
• Bachelor's degree or above.
• Willingness to join occasional early morning or night calls with global stakeholders and to take on ad-hoc tasks.

Required skills

• Knowledge of Actimize and/or HotScan is an added advantage.
• Knowledge of SWIFT payment message types.
• Strong technical, analytical and problem-solving skills; data analysis is a plus.
• Hands-on experience with AI-related projects in Financial Crime Compliance is advantageous.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.