Assistant Vice President, Finance Control (12 Month FTC)

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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 its 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. As one of the top financial groups globally with a vision to be the world’s most trusted we want to attract nurture and retain the most talented individuals in the market. The size and range of MUFGs global business creates opportunities for our employees to stretch themselves and reap the rewards whilst our common values to behave with integrity and responsibility and to build a culture which is fair transparent and honest underpin everything that we do. We aim to be the financial partner of choice for our clients whatever their requirements building long-term relationships serving society and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world. MUFGs shares trade on the Tokyo Nagoya and New York (NYSE : MTU) stock exchanges. The groups operating companies include but are not limited to MUFG Bank Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking (Japan’s leading trust bank) Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Holdings (one of Japan’s largest securities firms) and MUFG Americas Holdings. Please visit our website for more information - Purpose of the Team Our Financial Reporting and Accounting Control Team (FRC) is responsible for the central reconciliation of finance systems to upstream sources and related control aspects for MUFG Securities EMEA Plc and MUFG Securities (Europe) N.V. and the required IFRS and JGAAP reporting in an accurate the timely manner. Key Responsibilities of the role Oversee certain aspects of the MUS(EMEA) finance function ensuring an appropriate level of control and governance is applied and is in line with minimum standards as set out within firm policies and procedures. Main aspects of the role include : Revenues
Supporting the Revenue Team in month end close Providing insight and support for P&L and the related BS impact of the financial instruments
Costs
Supporting the Cost Team in month end close Providing insight and support for cost and expense recharge mechanism
Balance Sheet
In depth third party-based Balance sheet substantiation
Reporting
You will complement timely and accurate financial reporting with value-add analysis through detailed analytical procedures to understand business performance and drivers You will leverage Business Intelligence (our primary data reporting tool) and your knowledge of systems architecture to develop and automate processes to enhance control increase efficiencies and enable greater focus on value-add analysis Extensive communication is required across the firm including direct interaction with trading desks risk teams product control and other Finance teams with regular communication with Tokyo colleagues You will engage with external auditors to support the process throughout the cycle including interim procedures controls review and year-end substantive testing The team is expected to maintain recent detailed process notes for all material areas of responsibility and support other team members through cross-training and knowledge sharing to promote a culture of continual professional development across the team The role may require rotation within the team to ensure exposure to alternate products at appropriate intervals Other ad-hoc tasks depending on the workload of the team
General
Projects: provide key input into the design specification and implementation of systems and controls to enhance underlying departmental processes New Products Complex Transactions and Businesses: Key involvement in the New Product Approval and product implementation processes ensuring appropriate bookings and related interpretation in the cash control mechanism. Play a leading role in ensuring governance standards are adhered to.
Skills and Experience
Big 4 trained preferred and ACA / ACCA qualified / newly qualified (part-qualified considered) Financial instruments experience (preferred not essential) Solid knowledge of IFRS required Familiarity with PRA / FCA Reporting requirements (preferred not essential) Familiarity with working with very large volumes of complex data Competent user of Microsoft Office with advanced Excel skills
Personal Requirements
Results driven with a strong sense of personal accountability The ability to work flexibly in managing large workloads and tight deadlines Outstanding attention to detail and accuracy The ability to operate with urgency and priorities work accordingly A structured and logical approach using your own initiative and good judgement to work autonomously The ability to think about topics holistically in gaining a front to back understanding of areas outside your immediate remit Excellent interpersonal skills and confident communication style
This advert will close on 12th January 2026 We are open to considering flexible working requests in line with organisational requirements. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion 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. Employment Details Employment Type: Full Time Experience: years Vacancy: 1 Key Skills: Forecasting, Financial Services, GAAP, Accounting, IFRS, Regulatory Reporting, Financial Analysis, Financial Modeling, Budgeting, Financial Report Interpretation, Financial Management, Financial Planning #J-18808-Ljbffr
Location:
Greater London
Job Type:
FullTime

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