Vise President, IT Project Governance/Enablement and Tokyo Head Office Liaison (Bilingual Japanese/English)

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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.

The selected colleague will work at an MUFG office or client sites four days per week and work remotely one day. A member of our recruitment team will provide more details.

This position is responsible for reviewing project funding/drawdown requests submitted by project teams. This position is also expected to consult project teams and to provide the best effective way to move forward projects, considering the adherence to corporate governance rules, assessing the feasibility and justification of project plans (cost, schedule, scope), optimizing costs, identifying risks, and verifying that the appropriate level of detail is provided within the documentation.

Responsibilities

Providing guidance to project teams to resolve complex situations. Mitigate risks in unique situations; offering support with toolsets (Project Portfolio Portal - in-house tool, MS Project, PlanView, etc.) and coordinating with the Tokyo Home Office for funding/drawdown approvals when required. Additionally, this position will package funding/drawdown requests based on information provided by Project Managers (summarizing the request, inputting information into cost plans, etc.) for expedited approvals.

Qualifications

More than 5 years of experience in IT project management in financial industry is preferred.
Attention to detail is a MUST - validation of numbers and dates is required daily.
Requires being onsite at the NJ office (Harborside) 4 days a week.
Bilingual (Japanese/English) capability is necessary to understand Tokyo Head Office procedure and direction, and the communication with the team in the Tokyo Head Office.

The typical base pay range for this role is between $120K - $157K depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience and location. This role may also be eligible for certain discretionary performance-based bonus and/or incentive compensation. Additionally, our Total Rewards program provides colleagues with a competitive benefits package (in accordance with the eligibility requirements and respective terms of each) that includes comprehensive health and wellness benefits, retirement plans, educational assistance and training programs, income replacement for qualified employees with disabilities, paid maternity and parental bonding leave, and paid vacation, sick days, and holidays. For more information on our Total Rewards package, please click the link below.

We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws (including (i) the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, (ii) the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, (iii) the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, and (iv) the California Fair Chance Act) to the extent that (a) an applicant is not subject to a statutory disqualification pursuant to Section 3(a)(39) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 8a(2) or 8a(3) of the Commodity Exchange Act, and (b) they do not conflict with the background screening requirements of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the National Futures Association (NFA). The major responsibilities listed above are the material job duties of this role for which the Company reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of conditional offer of employment, if any.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required of personnel so classified.

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