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.

What you'll do:

• Investigate, research, and analyse customer activity including transaction monitoring system alerts and manual escalations to identify potential suspicious activity related to financial crime, making recommendations on Suspicious Transaction Reporting (STR) to relevant authorities.
• Prepare STRs and other required reports in accordance with local regulatory guidelines and within specified timeframes, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
• Document investigation results thoroughly for both reportable and non-reportable cases in a timely manner, maintaining high standards of record-keeping.
• Communicate effectively with Branch and Department Heads as well as other stakeholders to support case research and investigations, fostering collaborative relationships across functions.
• Maintain appropriate records and files to ensure efficient, consistent, and auditable investigation reporting processes that meet regulatory expectations.
• Provide timely and accurate information to Team Lead and Management to support decision-making processes, including escalating investigation issues or programme gaps when necessary.
• Offer insights and recommendations aimed at enhancing investigation quality and improving process efficiency through thoughtful analysis and feedback.
• Support or lead financial crime-related projects and initiatives by coordinating stakeholders, tracking deliverables, managing timelines, and ensuring effective implementation of solutions.
• Prepare regular management reports detailing investigation outcomes, trends, risks identified, and perform other ad hoc duties as assigned by leadership.

What you bring:

• Minimum five years’ relevant experience in financial crime compliance gained within a reputable organisation; preferably with direct exposure to investigative work.
  Bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification required; AAMLP accreditation mandatory while CAMS/CAMLP or other recognised industry accreditations considered advantageous.
• Broad understanding of banking operations as well as financial crime risk within the banking sector coupled with familiarity with AML transaction monitoring practices.
• Comprehensive knowledge of regulatory requirements including HKMA and JFIU expectations relating to transaction monitoring and suspicious transaction reporting procedures.
• Experience conducting investigations involving fraud, money laundering or other forms of financial crimes within a regulated environment such as a financial services firm or consultancy.
• Exceptional attention to detail demonstrated through proven ability to conduct thorough research, identify patterns indicative of financial crime activity, produce comprehensive documentation for investigations.
• Strong team player with a track record of building effective working relationships across functions through collaborative communication methods.
• Excellent communication skills enabling engagement with senior stakeholders during complex investigations or project initiatives.
• Self-motivated individual willing to take ownership of assigned matters while following through diligently until quality outcomes are delivered within expected timeframes.
• Project management experience including stakeholder coordination, timeline management, structured execution of initiatives preferred; ability to demonstrate leadership qualities such as sound judgement proactive communication collaboration constructive challenge when appropriate; ability to operate with urgency prioritise work effectively structured logical approach proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.

What's next:

If you are ready to make a difference in financial crime prevention while enjoying flexible working opportunities generous benefits supportive leadership apply now!

We regret to inform that only shortlisted applicants will be notified.

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 organsational fit, regardless of race, religion or gender.