We have an exciting opportunity for an individual to join our Shared Service: Data Management team responsible for counterparty data. The successful candidate will play a key role in the daily counterparty data management process by ensuring client data is processed in a timely and accurate fashion, while driving improvements and facilitating change. Our team is responsible for an extensive range of counterparty data across processes that span client onboarding, legal agreements, settlement instructions for all asset classes providing therefore an excellent opportunity for exposure to Front Office, Finance, Operations and Risk management functions.
We are MUFG. 360 years of heritage. A world-class set of businesses. And more than 180,000 employees in 50 markets. It’s no surprise that MUFG has grown to become one of the top five banks in the world. Our services include commercial banking, trust banking, securities, credit cards, consumer finance, asset management, and leasing. MUFG offers stability in an ever-changing market, providing services to high-profile clients worldwide.
Our vision? To become the world’s most trusted financial group. You’ll help us achieve it.
Overview of Department/Section
The Information Data Management department is responsible for data management and MI production across all international subsidiaries of MUSHD. The mandate for the department is to:
- Develop a business led, technology enabled data strategy and roadmap for delivery of data management target state
- Develop a data governance framework and establish data related policies and procedures to improve the value of data as an enterprise asset
- Source, validate and maintain master data repositories of market and reference data
- Agree data quality standards with business owners and track metrics and continuously improve data processes
- Investigate and analyse data issues, identify the root cause and recommend control improvements
- Develop and support an MI platform optimised for the aggregation of data and the reporting of processed and analysed information
- Deliver accurate, timely and insightful MI to the international business to support executive decision making and to meet statutory and regulatory reporting requirements
- The team operates internationally with staff currently based in London, New York and Hong Kong
The Shared Service: Data Management team in London has two main functions:
- Market Data: Includes EOD pricing, IPV prices, time series, corporate actions and curve maintenance
- Reference Data: Includes counterparty, common reference, instrument and organisational data
Key Responsibilities
In this role, you will be responsible for counterparty data processes across MUFG’s banking arm and securities business under a dual-hat arrangement. Under this arrangement, you will act and make decisions on behalf of both the bank and the securities business, subject to the same remit and level of authority, and irrespective of the entity which employs you.
- Sourcing, cleansing, validating, and distributing counterparty data
- Identify proactively technical or process improvements to enhance efficiency and reduce operational risk
- To ensure counterparty data captured is accurate, reliable and serves cross-functional and cross-entity purposes
- Ensure that desk procedures are kept up to date
- To prepare for daily management reports in regards to counterparty data input
- Support the Master Data Strategy
- Build positive and pro-active working relationships with key stakeholders across the business
- Involvement in key department and firm projects and initiatives in regards to counterparty data aiming at benefits realisation and control
Skills and Experience
- A minimum of 2:1 (or equivalent) in a Bachelor’s degree
- Excellent Microsoft Office skills
- Familiarity with key financial products
- Practical / working knowledge of the issues / challenges associated with reference data (beneficial)
- Experience of working with stakeholders
Personal Requirements
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- A proactive, motivated approach
- The ability to operate with urgency and prioritise work
- Team player with a professional approach
- A structured and logical approach to work
- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
- Strong analytical/numerical skills
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.
We are open to considering flexible working requests in line with organisational requirements.
