Assistant Vice President, IAM Junior Engineer

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial group is looking for an Access Management professional in Greater London. This role involves managing identity and access across the organization. Responsibilities include engineering support for IAM applications, resolving incidents, and developing access reviews. Ideal candidates have practical experience with IAM tools and strong communication skills. This position offers opportunities for career growth and a collaborative work culture, with flexible working arrangements considered.

Qualifications

• Experience in access management area (0-4 years required).
• Practical experience with IAM applications essential.
• Experience using SQL/PSQ and Oracle databases is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering support for Identity Access Management application.
• Create and mature access reviews in the identity management system.
• Investigate and resolve access-related incidents.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Decision-making

Proactive approach

Team-working skills

Education

Technical degree

Tools

RSA IGL

SQL/Oracle

Active Directory

PowerShell

Job description

About the Role

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, 150,000 colleagues strive 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 is 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.

Technology EMEA Departments

• Corporate Investment & Transaction Banking Technology
• Planning, Reporting, Administration & Head Office Liaison
• Architecture, Middleware, Data Management & Enterprise Services
• Digital Engineering Services and Solutions
• IT Security
• Technology Innovation Management
• Risk Management

The Identity & Access Management team sits within the IT Security Department. The team is responsible for:

• Provision of access for IT systems across MUFG Bank & EMEA Offices and MUFG Securities EMEA
• Identity Access management process including Joiner, Mover, Leaver of identities and access reviews
• Folder access management
• Management and maintenance of all Technology core documentation (Bank and Securities Policies, Technical Standards, Procedures and Processes within the remit of the Head of Technology for Bank EMEA and the International Head of Technology for Securities/CIO)

The team is also responsible for submitting data to the Quarterly Business Review (QBR) Global Leads for selected regions and producing IT reports for senior management and the Board.

The Team reports directly to the Head of IT Risk, Security & Control.

Main Purpose of the Role

In this role you will be responsible for enforcing company policies and procedures related to identity and access management 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, irrespective of the entity which employs you.

The candidate should have a good understanding of governance structures within the financial technology sector as well as knowledge of key technical frameworks and audit. In addition, the candidate is expected to have demonstrable communication and team‑working skills and should be willing to provide ad‑hoc support to the wider RSC teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide engineering support for Identity Access Management (RSA IGL) application
• Create and mature access reviews in the Identity Access Management application
• Mature and implement privileged access controls
• Investigate and close raised incidents assigned to the team
• Manage queries relating to application operations including password and access issues
• Contribute to the Knowledge Management Database
• Record events and problems and their resolution in the knowledge base / SOP
• Read and review standard operating procedures and required training materials; create additional documentation as needed to support processes
• Identify and suggest possible improvements on procedures
• Engage in knowledge transfer sessions for any new or onboarded application that comes under the scope of user access management
• Follow‑up and update relevant trackers and systems
• Some experience with Active Directory management of accounts and groups
• Some experience in enforcing least privilege methodology for all access provisioning

Qualifications & Experience

Essential

• Minimum overall experience of 0‑4 years in Access Management area
• Practical experience with RSA IGL or other IAM applications
• Experience using SQL/PSQ and Oracle
• Practical experience with Web services protocols (REST/SOAP)
• Practical experience with Java/JSP
• Practical experience with web development basics such as HTML, CSS, JS
• Some experience with Linux/Windows servers and databases (SQL/Oracle)
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
• Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken (Proficiency in English)
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• A proactive, motivated approach
• Strong decision‑making skills; ability to demonstrate sound judgement
• Incident management / resolution processes
• Good to excellent practical experience of Microsoft Office (incl. Visio)
• Knowledge of scripting in PowerShell
• Knowledge of IAM tooling, preferably RSA IGL
• Results‑driven with a strong sense of accountability
• Process‑driven
• A calm approach with the ability to perform well in a pressurized environment

Desirable

• Knowledge of Technical / Cyber Security risk frameworks (e.g., ISO27001, NIST, FFIEC)
• Experience documenting IAM processes and procedures
• Flexibility in working in a 24/7 shift model
• Risk Management processes
• Incident management
• Splunk experience
• ServiceNow experience
• Technical graduate

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.