Vice President, Application Manager (Cross-border payments)

MUFG Bank, Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial group in Singapore is looking for an Application Manager to oversee the cross-border payments system. The successful candidate will manage a dynamic team, ensuring the timely and quality delivery of solutions while maintaining system integrity and availability. Candidates need extensive experience in technology and a deep understanding of payment systems. This role offers an opportunity to impact the organization's growth and enhance service delivery.

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 years of experience in technology specializing in cross-border payment systems.
• Excellent knowledge of ISO20022 payment standard and SWIFT messages.
• Experience in software development lifecycle and exposure to Agile methodology.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with business stakeholders to standardize requirements.
• Understand the cross-border payments domain for solutioning.
• Ensure application availability without disruption.

Skills

Excellent analytical skills

Strong verbal and written communication

Problem-solving skills

Interpersonal and negotiation skills

Planning and organizational skills

Education

Qualifications in Computer Science or Information Systems

Tools

SWIFT

Global PayPlus from FINASTRA

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.

We are seeking a highly motivated candidate for the position of Application Manager who can oversee and lead the team within Information Technology Department under Asian Systems Office.

The successful candidate will be part of a growing dynamic regional team that in charge of Cross Border Payments System. This is a critical system that processes all the international payments and domestic SWIFT based RTGS payments received from our corporate customers in this region. You will be expected to play an important role in ensuring good quality, timely delivery of the system solutions. You will need hands-on experience in this domain.

Job Responsibilities

• Work closely with the business stakeholders to facilitate standardization of requirements to align with the application functions and minimize any customizations.
• Have an in-depth understanding of the cross-border payments domain and the application capabilities to facilitate solutioning of the end-to-end payment flow.
• Influence the business users to rationalize business requirements to minimize any customizations.
• Control the risks/issues related to the requirements and scope creep
• Play the lead role during incidents to look at service restoration and remediation activities working closely with the global application team to ensure all payments are recovered and processed within the stipulated SLA’s
• Oversee the outstanding defects/change requests, prioritize with business units and plan for the fix or implementation
• Ensure the application availability to process payments without disruption from an end-to-end perspective.
• Liaise with the different technology teams on the application and infrastructure side to ensure all interfaces to internal and external systems are functioning without disruption
• Maintain up to date knowledge based or documents related to application features and processes (subject matter expertise)

Job Requirements

• Minimum 12 Years of experience in technology (applications domain) specializing in implementation of cross-border payment systems.
• Experience in implementations in this domain to understand systems integration from payment system to channels, SWIFT, core banking systems, FX and AML systems.
• Experience in end-to-end payment cross-border processing and the architecture of systems from payment origination to processing and settlement in an straight-through processing environment.
• Should have practical experience in working with the business to streamline requirements and processes for cross-border payments processing
• Excellent Knowledge of ISO20022 payment standard and SWIFT messages
• Familiarity with the regulatory considerations in the countries in APAC region for payments is essential.
• Experience with Global PayPlus product from FINASTRA would be an advantage
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills
• Strong planning, organizational and time management skills
• Self‑motivated and possess drive, and ability to work independently and a good team player
• Experience in software development lifecycle (SDLC) and exposure to Agile methodology
• Qualifications in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) is an equal opportunity employer. We view our employees as our key assets as they are fundamental to our long‑term growth and success. MUFG is committed to hiring based on merit and organisational fit, regardless of race, religion or gender.