Global Talent Specialist

MUFG Americas; London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

MUFG Americas is seeking a Talent Management professional to oversee and implement key talent processes globally. This role requires collaboration across multiple regions, driving efficiencies in talent development while ensuring alignment with global standards. Ideal candidates will possess experience in managing talent initiatives, have strong project management skills, and demonstrate exceptional communication abilities. This impactful position offers the opportunity to contribute significantly to the organization's talent strategy in a globally integrated environment.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of managing talent processes preferred.
• Experience in multi-national organizations and project management.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Management of the global talent calendar and talent processes.
• Analysis of Talent data to support management decision making.
• Lead initiatives to support talent development and career progression.

Skills

Communication

Project Management

Critical Thinking

Tools

Microsoft Office

Workday Talent Acquisition

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 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.

Overall Purpose of Job:

This role supports the management and implementation of key talent, succession and promotion progresses globally, liaising directly with colleagues in EMEA, Americas, APAC and Tokyo. This role is pivotal in ensuring connectivity, communication and alignment in talent management activity across the regions and Tokyo

This role is responsible for oversight and execution of end to end Talent processes, driving a One MUFG mind-set, advising HR colleagues on best practice, conducting reporting, analysis and process improvements in order to contribute towards the identification and development of talent for a high performing organisation.

No of Direct Reports

None

Essential Functions*:

Talent & Promotion

• Management of the global talent calendar, including global talent reviews and senior promotion processes, ensuring it is kept up to date and there is alignment/consideration of other key HR activity and business cycles.
• Support in the creation, management and annual review/updates of global talent process documentation, policies and procedures. Put in place processes for maintenance of documents and data where they do not already exist. Ensure globally consistent documentation is used throughout all talent processes
• Apply critical thinking and talent specialist knowledge to identify opportunities to change and improve MUFG’s talent management processes. Align regions to single, standard processes in order to support efficiency and ability to review our talent pool globally.
• Responsible for implementation of talent processes, outputs and MI in key systems, such as Workday and Anaplan, to ensure simple and effective processes and reporting are in place.
• Analysis of Talent, Succession and Promotion data and reporting to support management decision making such as for management boards, committees and head office to drive actions relating to talent development, progression and succession.
• Support the creation of presentation templates and materials for HR and Business Presentations. Deliver briefing sessions to Global HR and business stakeholders in preparation for talent and development planning processes
• Build relationships with HRBPs to provide first point of contact for Talent queries and advise on Talent Management process implementation. Provide guidance/ information and documentation as required to ensure processes are followed appropriately, and challenge stakeholders to take action to develop talent.
• Engage directly with business leaders as required to facilitate talent reviews.
• Facilitate post-process reviews, such as lessons learned/ after action review sessions to seek feedback and ways to improve talent management processes
• Partner with other HR teams such as HR Solutions, Analytics and Workforce Planning, and/or Performance and Reward on key HR cyclical processes and ensure collaboration and that talent activity is aligned to the work of other teams.
• Support on ensuring all talent processes adhere to regulatory requirements, capturing, diarising and documenting regional regulatory requirements for all talent activity
• Support with drafting talent management communications to HRBPs and the business

Career Development & Talent Progression

• Lead and contribute to initiatives to support talent development, for instance alignment of career and international mobility initiatives, and providing Talent insights in the development of Talent Programmes.
• Responsible for the delivery of development plans globally, from system implementation to training and employee/ manager upskilling.
• Manage communications and initiatives relating to career progression, such as project managing and/or contributing to “Own Your Career” Week and facilitating Career Development sessions.
• Work with the Talent Acquisition team, drive awareness of internal opportunities to drive the internal candidate pipeline for MUFG and increase % of vacancies that MUFG appoints internal applicants.

Projects & Talent BAU

• Leading/ supporting on a variety of Talent projects and/or global enhancements as required.

Due to the global nature of this role, occasional participation in out of hours calls will be required.

Work Experience

• Knowledge of running talent processes preferred, either through COE or HRBP experience.
• Experience of managing projects with multiple stakeholders
• Experience working in a multi-national matrix organisation.
• Experience managing competing priorities/deadlines

Functional/Technical Skills and Knowledge requirements

• Intermediate skills in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) – essential
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Workday Talent Acquisition knowledge (desirable)

*As duties and responsibilities change, the job description will be reviewed and amended in consultation with the job holder. The job holder will carry out any other duties as are within the scope, spirit and purpose of the job as requested by the line manager or Head of Department/Division

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.