Vice President, Structured Finance Credit Office

MUFG Americas; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial services provider is seeking a VP for their Structured Finance Credit Team in London. The role involves reviewing credit applications, monitoring compliance, and engaging with stakeholders on strategic developments. Ideal candidates have a relevant degree, experience in credit risk, and strong analytical skills. The company offers flexible working arrangements and is committed to diversity and inclusion.

Qualifications

• Experience in credit assessment and compliance.
• Strong understanding of structured finance principles.
• Ability to communicate complex information clearly.

Responsibilities

• Review credit applications and make recommendations.
• Monitor portfolio in line with internal policies.
• Engage with frontline on deal-specific developments.
• Support strategic initiatives within the credit division.

Skills

Risk management

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Education

Relevant degree in finance or related field

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.

1) Main Purpose and Accountability of the Role

Specifically, you have accountability for the following named departments, this includes:

• Structured Finance Credit Team, CIB Credit

2) Roles, Scope and Reporting Structure

• Authority from, and Reporting to Managing Director, Head of Structured Finance Credit Team EMEA:

3) Key Responsibilities

• Reviewing credit applications received and making recommendations to senior management on transaction specific files as well as continuously and actively monitoring the portfolio in line with internal policies and applicable regulatory guidelines. Ensure a high quality of written and verbal work.
• Responsible for making balanced, timely and thoughtful credit decisions within the firm’s risk appetite.
• Responsible for proactive solutions driven engagement with front line on deal specific and/or strategic developments through guidance, direction, feedback and identification of red flags or breaches of internal guidelines and policies. Escalating issues to Directors or the team head as appropriate.
• Responsible as a VP within CIB Credit for EMEA for supporting strategic initiatives.
• Responsible for developing knowledge of the various types of industries, sectors, countries, players and financial and legal structures within Structured Finance credit and commitment to further learning.
• Demonstrate the Risk Culture Pillars; taking accountability for identifying and mitigating risk; actively managing risk within the department; remaining curious by taking proactive ownership; role modelling the risk partnership with colleagues in 1LOD and 2LOD; and being willing to challenge existing practice and be proactive and positive to change.
• Responsible for representing the credit division at internal forums within the region.

4) Controls and Compliance

• You are responsible for ensuring the Company’s compliance with internal risk and compliance requirements, controls and procedures, including but not limited to:
• personally, following all relevant policies and procedures.

5) Relationship with other functions and stakeholders

• Maintain and enhance good working relationships with stakeholders, across the region and globally to share best practices, provide support and develop effective local policies and procedures appropriate to the Company, and working in support of the One MUFG and overall Group strategy

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.