MUFG Singapore | Vice President, Non-Financial Risk Management (NFRM), GCIB APAC

What you'll do

• The role will support the implementation and ongoing execution of GCIB APAC NFR Target Operating Model, with a particular focus on providing review and challenge of business risk assessments, issues and incident management, remediation oversight, thematic review and strategic initiatives across the region.
• This position is ideal for someone who thrives in a collaborative environment and values transparency, early escalation, and continuous improvement.
• As part of MUFG’s APAC team, you will work closely with senior business partners and risk stakeholders across the region, helping to strengthen NFRM through effective oversight, challenge and consistent risk management practices.
• A key part of the role will be identifying recurring risk themes and emerging risks, supporting strategic projects and thematic reviews where broader NFR concerns emerge, and translating lessons learned into practical improvements.
• You will be joining a globally respected financial institution renowned for its commitment to integrity, strong governance, and nurturing a risk-aware culture.
• Work in an environment that promotes transparency, early escalation, and continuous improvement, collaborating across the lines of defence to strengthen risk awareness, governance and effective remediation.
• You will provide review and challenge of Line 1 risk assessments, risk ownership and the issue management cycle, including issue descriptions, root-cause analysis, the appropriateness of remediation plans and closure packages.
• You will monitor material issues, incidents, breaches and remediation activities across the region, supporting timely escalation and regional visibility of key risk matters.
• You will also work across the lines of defence to strengthen governance, clarify roles and responsibilities, and promote greater consistency, transparency and early risk escalation across the region.
• Provide review and challenge of Line 1 risk assessments, risk and control ownership, supporting consistent and effective NFRM across GCIB APAC.
• Drive greater consistency in issues and incidents management across the region, work closely with the business functions, in-country NFRM teams and risk stakeholders.
• Facilitate discussions across regional business, NFRM and risk stakeholders to align on material risk matters, clarify ownership and actions, and drive timely resolution and escalation where required.
• Provide review and challenge throughout the issue management lifecycle, including reviewing issue descriptions, root cause analysis, action plans, completion timelines and closure packages.
• Develop meaningful management information and risk insights for senior leadership, covering material issues, incidents, remediation progress, emerging risks and recurring themes.
• Maintain regional visibility over material issues, incidents, breaches, remediation activities relevant to GCIB APAC, supporting timely escalation and regional visibility of key risk matters.
• Engage proactively with business management, in-country NFRM teams Second Lines of Defence and Internal Audit to promote clear risk ownership, effective challenge and appropriate remediation.
• Identify recurring risk themes, control weaknesses and emerging risks, assessing potential risk implications across GCIB APAC markets.
• Design and implement effective findings governance by developing clear roles and responsibilities across remediation validation teams, business unit risk teams, and findings owners.
• Establish robust routines and procedures to ensure organisation-wide awareness, ownership, and execution of open findings and control gaps.
• Coordinate thematic reviews or targeted deep dives where issues, incidents or control weaknesses suggest broader non-financial risk concerns across GCIB APAC markets.
• Support strategic projects and initiatives involving material or emerging NFR considerations.
• Drive NFRM capability building through targeted training and knowledge-sharing, while identifying opportunities for process enhancement, simplification and automation across the region.

What you bring

• Your background should include reviewing audit findings, analysing control gaps, investigating root causes, planning remediations, documenting closure evidence & driving thematic reviews or uplift initiatives.
• Deep familiarity with issue management lifecycles, incidents breaches, control testing outputs, RCSA findings & remediation tracking is essential.
• Strong project management skills are required enabling you to manage multiple priorities concurrently while solving problems pragmatically & collaboratively.
• Effective communication is vital—you must engage confidently with business units, country/regional teams & risk stakeholders promoting transparency early escalation & continuous improvement.
• Constructive challenge skills regarding root cause ownership, remediation quality & closure evidence verification will set you apart.
• Experience coordinating targeted reviews where recurring issues suggest broader NFR concerns is highly valued.
• Professional certifications in risk, audit, compliance or controls are advantageous but not mandatory.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience in Business, Finance, Operations, Risk Management, Audit or a related field.
• Prior exposure to reviewing audit findings, control gaps analysis, incident root cause investigations as well as remediation planning and closure evidence documentation.
• Demonstrated ability to drive thematic reviews or remediation programmes including lessons learned initiatives or control uplift projects within corporate banking or investment banking operations.
• Deep knowledge of issue management processes including incidents tracking, breaches analysis, control testing outputs interpretation (RCSA findings), remediation tracking methodologies.
• Strong project management skills enabling prioritisation of multiple concurrent priorities; includes pragmatic problem-solving abilities within complex stakeholder environments.
• Effective communication skills allowing engagement with business units at country/regional level as well as risk stakeholders; able to promote transparency & early escalation.
• Experience coordinating targeted reviews where incidents/issues/control weaknesses suggest broader concerns; able to scope & coordinate deep dives effectively.
• Professional certifications in risk/audit/compliance/controls are beneficial but not mandatory; relevant internal training also acceptable.

MUFG Singapore

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