Assistant Vice President, IT Assurance Coordinator

MUFG Bank, Ltd.; City Of London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial corporation is seeking an Assurance Coordinator to manage technology assurance activities across EMEA. The ideal candidate will support IT risk governance and assist in regulatory reviews. Strong experience in IT controls and compliance in secure IT environments is essential. Join a dynamic team dedicated to fostering innovation and maintaining high standards of governance.

Qualifications

• Experience in implementing governance frameworks and compliance processes in IT.
• Familiarity with IT controls frameworks like SOX and COBIT.
• Direct involvement in audit preparation and assurance activities.

Responsibilities

• Support IT risk governance initiatives and reporting.
• Assist in independent testing of technology-owned controls.
• Contribute to cyber security assurance activities.

Skills

IT Governance & Risk Compliance

Regulatory Experience

IT Controls

Stakeholder Engagement

Communication & Presentation

Autonomous Delivery

Technical Proficiency

Job description

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.

MUFG (Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group) is one of the world's leading financial groups. Headquartered in Tokyo and with approximately 350 years of history, MUFG is a global network with around 2,300 offices in over 50 countries including the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Asia and Oceania, and East Asia. The group has over 150,000 employees, offering services including commercial banking, trust banking, securities, credit cards, consumer finance, asset management, and leasing.

As one of the top financial groups globally with a vision to be the world's most trusted, we want to attract, nurture and retain the most talented individuals in the market. The size and range of MUFG's global business creates opportunities for our employees to stretch themselves and reap the rewards, whilst our common values, to behave with integrity and responsibility, and to build a culture which is fair, transparent, and honest, underpin everything that we do. We aim to be the financial partner of choice for our clients, whatever their requirements, building long-term relationships, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world.

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

The Assurance Coordinator supports the effective management of technology assurance activities across MUFG EMEA. This role involves close collaboration with Technology teams and selected business functions to coordinate and deliver assurance activities across key areas, including controls testing, EUC attestation, regulatory reviews and broader framework and assurance activities such as CRI and Cyber Security benchmarking. These are critical activities to provide assurance over our technology controls framework for both internal assurance, board and executive reporting and regulatory commitments. The ideal candidate will have a good background in IT controls frameworks, testing and experience with performing and supporting regulatory reviews.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support the delivery of IT risk governance initiatives, including regular reporting cycles, KRI data collection, and documentation updates.
• Assist in the execution of independent testing activities for technology-owned controls, ensuring accurate evidence gathering and timely completion.
• Coordinate and support the internal system risk evaluation process, following frameworks and guidance provided by MUFG Bank Head Office.
• Facilitate the EUC Controls attestation process, including tracking submissions and supporting sample testing of Business Critical EUCs.
• Contribute to cyber security assurance activities, including assessments related to FFIEC, SWIFT CSP, REP18, CRI Profile, and other regulatory or internal frameworks.
• Ensure quality and consistency in audit and risk-related deliverables, particularly when preparing responses or data for external stakeholders.
• Support process improvement initiatives by identifying inefficiencies and recommending enhancements to IT risk and control procedures.
• Maintain documentation and trackers to ensure visibility and traceability of assurance activities and control testing outcomes.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across Technology and Risk teams to ensure alignment and timely delivery of assurance tasks.
• Assist in the execution of the EUC Controls annual attestation and Business Critical EUC sample testing, including evidence collection and stakeholder follow-up.
• Support regular assessment initiatives related to FFIEC, SWIFT, REP18, CRI Profile, and other cyber security assurance activities, including scheduling, documentation, and stakeholder coordination.
• Coordinate and support the ISSP Systems Risk Evaluation process, ensuring alignment with MUFG Bank Head Office guidance and accurate documentation of control assessments.
• Prepare and contribute to monthly reporting for risk and management committees, ensuring accuracy and completeness of data related to risks, issues, controls, and assessments.
• Support delivery of Risk & Control awareness activities, including logistics for training sessions and preparation of materials under guidance from the Assurance Lead.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• IT Governance & Risk Compliance: Experience in implementing governance frameworks, control monitoring mechanisms, and compliance processes within secure IT environments.
• Regulatory Experience - Experience in performing and/or supporting regulatory review processes is highly beneficial
• IT Controls - Strong understand of IT controls and IT controls frameworks (e.g. SOX, DORA, NIST, COBIT, CRI).
• Business Knowledge - Working understanding of investment banking.
• Project & Process Management: Strong background in process optimisation using structured project delivery approaches.
• Audit & Assurance Support: Direct involvement in audit preparation, control design, and assurance activities, including reporting and documentation.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Proven ability to collaborate with internal departments and external partners to support audit readiness, facilitate IT risk assessments, and ensure alignment between business requirements and control objectives.
• Communication & Presentation: Skilled in presenting complex technical information to varied audiences, with strong written and verbal communication.
• Autonomous Delivery: Able to work independently on assigned tasks, ensuring timely and accurate execution of audit, risk, and assurance activities with minimal supervision.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Experience working in diverse, multicultural environments, effectively engaging with cross-functional teams to support IT risk and audit-related initiatives.
• Technical Proficiency: Familiarity with enterprise-grade technologies commonly used in secure IT environments, including platforms for data management, application development, and system integration.

PERSONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Excellent communication skills
• Results driven, with a strong sense of accountability
• A proactive, motivated approach.
• The ability to operate with urgency and prioritise work accordingly
• Strong decision making skills, the ability to demonstrate sound judgement
• A structured and logical approach to work
• Strong problem solving skills
• A creative and innovative approach to work
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• The ability to manage large workloads and tight deadlines
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
• A calm approach, with the ability to perform well in a pressurised environment
• Strong numerical skills

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.