2026 MUFG Analyst Programme: Financial Planning Analysis

MUFG Bank, Ltd.; City Of London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in London seeks a Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst to join their team. This role involves providing financial support to senior executives, partnering on strategic plans, and contributing to departmental process improvements. Ideal candidates are motivated final year students or recent graduates with strong analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills. Flexible working arrangements may be available.

Qualifications

• Strong interest in financial markets.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• High levels of motivation and integrity.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Attention to detail and accuracy is critical.
• Innovative with the ability to generate new ideas.

Responsibilities

• Provide financial analytics to senior executives for decision making.
• Partner with business unit heads on budgets and strategic plans.
• Input on design and implementation of departmental processes.

Skills

Interest in financial markets

Excellent communication skills

Strong analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Attention to detail

Education

Final year student or recent graduate

Job description

Overview

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 150,000 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.

Working within Financial Planning & Analysis

Working within Financial Planning & Analysis will enable you to develop in-depth knowledge of management information reporting to enable decision support to the Senior Executive & Business Leads of MUFG; covering a wide range of topics including Revenue, Expenses, Headcount, Resources & Strategic Initiatives.

Applications close on 2 November 2025. To apply, please visit: www.mufgcampus.com

Who We Are

We are MUFG. With over 360 years of heritage and more than 150,000 employees in 40 countries, we've grown to become one of the top ten banks in the world.

Combining our global network and financial strength with a dedication to becoming the world's most trusted financial group, we pride ourselves on exceeding client expectations and building long-term relationships. We support our clients and protect their interests with the highest levels of professionalism and expertise, while also serving society and fostering a sustainable vision for growth.

We're looking for ambitious, driven individuals to join our team, and help us to become the world's most trusted financial group. With graduate schemes and internships available around the world, you will have the opportunity to learn from some of the best experts in the industry.

Our Business Areas

Our securities business offer a comprehensive product suite to clients around the world through five key business lines in the primary and secondary markets: capital markets, credit, rates, equities, and structured products.

Our commercial banking arm is a leading corporate lending bank offering an intensive range of services from Project Finance & Syndicated Loans through to Transaction Banking & Asset Finance.

By joining MUFG, you'll have the opportunity to enhance your financial expertise and become part of a truly international organisation.

With our global reach and collaborative culture, you have the opportunity to create a brighter future at MUFG

What to Expect

We are looking for talented candidates to join our Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst Programme.

Financial Planning & Analysis is a support department for Front and other Middle office areas playing an active role managing & setting the firm's Budgets & Forecasts and providing financial support to Senior Leadership.

Principal functions and responsibilities

• Decision Support: Provide financial analytics to the senior executive & management team to support decision making & scenario planning. Deliver meaningful insights into business performance and provide financial modelling on forecasts and profitability. Deliver competitor & peer analysis including market trends. Review operations and recommend new productivity or cost saving initiatives.
• Business Partnering: Work closely with the leadership team to formulate the business's medium to long term financial and strategic plan. Partnering with business unit heads and business managers to build & evaluate their annual budgets and forecasts. Communicating results and recommendations to senior management for improvements that will lead to cost reduction, revenue generation and streamlining operations.
• Projects: Provide key input into the design, specification and implementation of systems and controls to enhance underlying departmental processes

Join Our Team

We look for talented, motivated and ambitious people who will be able to help drive our business forward.

Successful candidates will:

• have a strong interest in financial markets
• have excellent communication & interpersonal skills
• have high levels of motivation and integrity
• have strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Have excellent attention to detail and accuracy
• be innovative and have the ability to generate new and creative ideas
• be in their final year of study or have graduated in the last 12 months

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.