Assistant Vice President, Project Manager

MUFG; City Of London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services group in London is looking for an experienced Project Manager to enhance operations through strategic transformation. The ideal candidate will have 3–5 years of experience in financial services project management, familiarity with payments processing, and strong stakeholder management skills. This role demands proactive project delivery and compliance with regulatory requirements in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience managing projects in financial services, preferably within Operations.
• Experience with payments processing and related operational controls.
• Familiarity with project governance and delivery frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Manage the delivery of assigned projects within the Operations portfolio.
• Support stakeholder engagement and governance reporting.
• Contribute to trade lifecycle and payments-related initiatives.

Skills

Project planning and delivery

Stakeholder engagement and communication

RAID management and reporting

Strong organisational skills

Document and artefact management

Education

Prince2 Foundation, AgilePM, or equivalent certifications

Tools

MS Project

JIRA

Confluence

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 120,000 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.

THE ROLE The Operations Change function supports strategic transformation across all Operations projects and processes. This role contributes to the delivery of complex, multi-stream programmes aligned to the EMEA regional strategy. Projects may include regulatory change, operational transformation, and technology integration, with a focus on trade lifecycle and payments initiatives within investment banking.

Main purpose of the role

To manage the delivery of assigned projects within the Operations portfolio, ensuring they meet defined scope, timeline, budget, and quality standards. The Project Manager will work under the guidance of the Programme Manager and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver operational and technology change. This includes:

• Planning and executing project delivery in line with the project delivery framework.
• Managing project risks, issues, dependencies, and change controls.
• Supporting stakeholder engagement and governance reporting.
• Ensuring project artefacts are complete, accurate, and audit-ready.
• Contributing to trade lifecycle and payments-related initiatives.

NUMBER OF DIRECT REPORTS: None

Key responsibilities

• Deliver projects from initiation to closure, ensuring alignment with programme objectives.
• Maintain project plans, milestones, and reporting dashboards.
• Track and manage risks, issues, and dependencies using RAID logs.
• Support governance forums including working groups and steering committees.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across Operations, Technology, and Business teams.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls and regulatory requirements.
• Provide input into programme-level reporting and updates.
• Support trade lifecycle and payments-related project streams, including trade migration, client onboarding, and transaction reporting.
• Maintain documentation to required standards for audit and PMO review.
• Assist in post-implementation reviews and lessons learned exercises.

Work experience

Essential:

• 3–5 years of experience managing projects in financial services, preferably within Operations.
• Exposure to trade lifecycle processes including trade capture, settlement, and reporting.
• Experience with payments processing and related operational controls.
• Familiarity with project governance and delivery frameworks.
• Strong organisational and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred:

• Experience supporting regulatory or operational change programmes.
• Understanding of investment banking products and front-to-back processes.
• Exposure to cross-border payments and messaging standards (e.g. SWIFT, SEPA).
• Experience working in matrixed environments across multiple teams.

Skills and experience

Functional / Technical Competencies:

• Project planning and delivery
• RAID management and reporting
• Stakeholder engagement and communication
• Document and artefact management
• Familiarity with project delivery tools (e.g. MS Project, JIRA, Confluence)
• Basic financial tracking and budget awareness

Education / Qualifications:

• Preferred: Prince2 Foundation, AgilePM, or equivalent certifications

Personal requirements

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Proactive and delivery-focused mindset
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
• High attention to detail and structured approach
• Collaborative and team-oriented
• Willingness to learn and grow within a programme delivery environment

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.

At MUFG, our colleagues are our greatest assets. Our Culture Principles provide a roadmap for how each of our colleagues must think and act to become more client-obsessed, inclusive and innovative. They reflect who we are, who we want to be and what we expect from one another. We are excited to see you take the next step in exploring a career with us and encourage you to spend more time reviewing them!

Our Culture Principles

• Client Centric
• People Focused
• Listen Up. Speak Up.
• Innovate & Simplify
• Own & Execute