Vice President, Incident Respond Lead

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial institution is looking for a Senior SOC Analyst to drive effective management of information security across its banking and securities business. This role requires proven experience in threat analytics and incident response, along with strong leadership skills to guide investigations and incident response efforts. Candidates should have a minimum of 3 years' experience in a similar role and knowledge of industry-standard frameworks. The position offers a full-time contract with opportunities for impactful contributions to the company’s cyber security strategy.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience in a Senior SOC Analyst or Tier 2/3 role.
• At least 5 years of experience in Information Security within the financial services sector.
• Proven expertise in threat analytics and incident response.

Responsibilities

• Manage information/cyber security across MUFG's banking arm.
• Lead investigations into complex security incidents.
• Coordinate incident response efforts and ensure timely actions.

Skills

Threat analytics

Incident response

Cyber investigations

Strong analytical skills

Communication skills

Tools

Splunk

SIEM

EDR tools

SOAR tools

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 have 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 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.

MUFG (Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group) is headquartered in Tokyo and has approximately 35,000 years of history. We are a global network with around 2,300 offices in over 50 countries, spanning the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, 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, our aim is to attract, nurture and retain the most talented individuals in the market. The size and range of MUFG’s global business create opportunities for employees to stretch themselves and reap the rewards. Our common values—behaving with integrity and responsibility, building a fair, transparent and honest culture—underpin everything we do. We aim to be the financial partner of choice for our clients whatever their requirements.

Main Purpose of the Role

To ensure effective management and control of information security, IT and information risk for MUSI by ensuring all appropriate Security IT and common sense controls are in place, followed and evidenced across the whole business and IT department.

The role involves liaising with other information security functions within MUFG’s international business and the broader MUFG group to ensure a consistent approach to all controls, standards and policies is adopted across the organisation.

To ensure all necessary Information Security controls are in place and that an appropriate strategy to protect the firm from all cyber external and internal threats is defined and implemented.

To develop, implement and manage compliance with appropriate IS and IT Security policies, standards and procedures.

To support the relationship and associated reporting requirements between Technology and internal and external bodies such as auditors, management committees, Tokyo head office regulators (via Compliance), Operational Risk.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage information/cyber security across MUFG’s banking arm and securities business under a dual‑hat arrangement.
• Act as Tier 2 escalation point within the SOC, leading investigations into complex security incidents.
• Perform in‑depth analysis of escalated events and alerts to determine root cause, scope and impact.
• Lead and coordinate incident response efforts ensuring timely containment, eradication and recovery.
• Serve as the Centre of Excellence for Incident Response, setting best practices and standards across the global SOC and IR functions.
• Contribute to the globalization of SOC and IR processes, ensuring alignment and consistency across regions.
• Collaborate with global SOC and IR teams to harmonise incident response workflows, tooling and reporting standards.
• Provide expert guidance to Detection Engineers to optimise detection logic and improve alert fidelity.
• Mentor and train junior SOC and IR analysts, fostering a culture of continuous learning and operational excellence.
• Contribute to the development and refinement of Standard Operating Procedures for Tier 1 and Tier 2 operations.
• Conduct quality assurance reviews of Tier 1 analysis and provide constructive feedback.
• Collaborate with the Detection Logic Engineering team to enhance detection capabilities and threat coverage.
• Support audit and regulatory engagements by providing timely and accurate responses to information requests.
• Liaise with cross‑functional technology teams to ensure timely resolution of response tasks and to escalates issues as needed.
• Support broader Information Security and Operational Security initiatives as required.
• Maintain up‑to‑date knowledge of cyber threats, attacker techniques and relevant laws, regulations and best practices.
• Participate in out‑of‑hours incident response rotations as necessary.

Skills and Experience

• Minimum 3 years of experience in a Senior SOC Analyst or Tier 2/3 role.
• Proven expertise in threat analytics, incident response and cyber investigations.
• Strong understanding of attacker TTPs across diverse environments.
• Familiarity with industry‑standard incident response frameworks (e.g. NIST, SANS).
• Experience with both network‑based and host‑based threat detection and analysis.
• Proficiency in writing detection queries (Splunk preferred) and working with SIEM/EDR/SOAR tools.
• Solid understanding of operating systems, networking and security infrastructure.
• At least 5 years of experience in Information Security within the financial services sector.
• Strong analytical and communication skills with the ability to present complex issues clearly to stakeholders.
• Knowledge of international security standards and control frameworks (e.g. ISO 27001, NIST CSF).

Personal Requirements

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Results‑driven with a strong sense of accountability and urgency.
• Proactive, structured and logical approach to problem‑solving.
• Strong decision‑making skills and sound judgement under pressure.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines.
• High attention to detail and accuracy.
• Calm and composed under pressure with a collaborative mindset.
• Open to 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 heard. 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 re‑assignment, 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.

Required Experience

Key Skills

• Change Management
• Financial Services
• Growing Experience
• Managed Care
• Management Experience
• Analysis Skills
• Senior Leadership
• Performance Management
• Process Management
• Leadership Experience
• Negotiation
• Analytics

Employment Type: Full‑Time

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1