VP - Finance Technology

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.

Experience Range: 13+ years

Product Ownership & Strategy

- Define and own the product roadmap for finance and reporting platforms supporting corporate lending
- Align platform capabilities with business, finance, regulatory, and operational priorities
- Drive strategic finance transformation and process improvement initiatives
- Prioritise delivery backlog based on business value, risk, and regulatory commitments
- Act as the primary interface between Finance stakeholders and Technology delivery teams

Finance & Lending Domain Leadership

- Provide SME guidance across: Corporate lending processes
- Loan accounting
- Interest accruals
- Reconciliations
- Financial adjustments
- Regulatory reporting
- Financial controls

- Ensure accurate representation of finance requirements within technology solutions
- Support interpretation of accounting and regulatory impacts of system changes

Stakeholder Management

- Partner with senior stakeholders across: Finance
- Product Control
- Treasury
- Lending Operations
- Credit Risk
- Regulatory Reporting
- Enterprise Technology

- Facilitate governance forums, steering committees, and prioritisation discussions
- Communicate delivery progress, risks, and dependencies to leadership teams

Delivery & Agile Leadership

- Lead Agile product delivery across onshore and offshore teams
- Own backlog management, sprint planning, prioritisation, and release planning
- Define user stories, acceptance criteria, and business outcomes
- Ensure delivered solutions meet operational, financial, and regulatory requirements
- Drive high-quality UAT execution and business sign-off processes

Data, Reporting & Controls

- Oversee financial data lineage and reporting integrity across systems
- Drive reduction of manual adjustments and reconciliation breaks
- Ensure appropriate controls, auditability, and governance are embedded in solutions
- Support regulatory and audit remediation initiatives

Operational & Production Oversight

- Support production issue triage and prioritisation
- Lead root cause analysis for finance and reporting incidents
- Ensure stability and resilience of critical reporting processes
- Coordinate business continuity and operational readiness activities

Required Experience

Domain Expertise

Strong experience in:

- Corporate banking
- Commercial lending
- Syndicated loans
- Financial reporting
- Regulatory reporting
- Reconciliations and adjustments
- Finance transformation programmes

Product Ownership Experience

- 8+ years in banking finance technology or finance change roles
- 3+ years in Product Owner, Lead BA, or Finance Change leadership roles
- Proven experience managing enterprise finance or reporting platforms
- Experience working with Agile delivery models

Technical & Data Knowledge

Strong understanding of:

- Financial systems architecture
- Data warehousing concepts
- SQL and data analysis
- Reporting platforms and BI tools
- System integration concepts
- SDLC and Agile delivery practices

Experience with:

- SQL Server
- Power BI / Tableau / SSRS
- Loan servicing systems
- Finance ledger systems
- Reconciliation platforms

Key Skills & Competencies

Leadership Skills

- Strategic thinking
- Decision-making under pressure
- Stakeholder influence
- Delivery leadership
- Cross-functional coordination

Analytical Skills

- Financial data analysis
- Process modelling
- Root cause investigation
- Risk and impact assessment

Communication Skills

- Executive-level communication
- Workshop facilitation
- Requirement articulation
- Documentation and governance reporting

Preferred Qualifications

- Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Technology, or related discipline
- Professional qualifications advantageous: ACA
- ACCA
- CIMA
- CFA

- Agile / Scrum certifications beneficial
- Experience in Tier 1 or large international banking institutions preferred

Key Deliverables

The successful candidate will:

- Deliver scalable and controlled finance reporting solutions
- Improve transparency and integrity of lending financial data
- Reduce operational risk and manual processing
- Drive successful finance transformation outcomes
- Improve alignment between Finance and Technology functions
- Enable efficient offshore delivery capability

Success Measures

Success in the role will be measured by:

- Accuracy and timeliness of financial reporting
- Reduction in reconciliation issues and manual adjustments
- Delivery of strategic finance initiatives
- Stakeholder satisfaction
- Audit and regulatory compliance outcomes
- Delivery predictability and platform stability

Ideal Candidate Profile

This role is ideal for someone who:

- Understands both banking finance and enterprise technology
- Can challenge business stakeholders constructively
- Has led finance change in complex regulated environments
- Can manage offshore technical delivery teams effectively
- Operates comfortably at both strategic and detailed levels
- Understands how corporate lending transactions flow through finance systems end-to-end

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.