Director, Intelligence & Analysis (Financial Crimes Compliance)

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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.

Reporting into the Managing Director – Global Head of Sanctions & Financial Crimes Compliance Operations, which falls within the Global Financial Crimes Division (GFCD), the Director of Intelligence & Analysis is a senior leader responsible for the strategic oversight and execution of complex financial crimes investigations and proactive analytic efforts, public-private partnerships, and the governance and oversight of suspicious activity/transaction reporting processes executed at the regional and country level. This role serves as a central hub for synthesizing internal and external intelligence, driving high-risk reviews, and ensuring consistent, high-quality investigative outcomes across global operations to detect and prevent illicit financial activity.

Summary of Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership & Program Development

• Create and execute the strategic vision for the Intelligence & Analysis program, aligning with broader FCC and enterprise priorities.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing global team, fostering a culture of integrity, accountability, collaboration, and continuous learning.
• Direct the production of strategic and tactical intelligence reports for senior leadership and regulatory stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain investigations procedures, operating manuals and controls aligned with regulatory expectations and industry best practices.

Complex Investigations & SAR Governance & Oversight

• Lead and oversee complex cross-border financial crimes investigations, including AML, sanctions, and emerging typologies.
• Promote a customer service culture by establishing strong relationships with key global and regional stakeholders, including the Global Head of AML, Global Head of Sanctions and Regional Financial Crimes Office Heads, to ensure that functional and regional investigative needs are timely identified and comprehensively met.
• Direct High Risk Reviews by analyzing internal customer and transaction data coupled with open-source data to determine the bank’s exposure and present recommendations to senior leadership.
• Ensure consistent investigative practices and reporting across regions through regional partnership and collaboration.
• Oversee the governance of Suspicious Activity Reporting/Suspicious Transaction Reporting (SAR/STR) Processes that are executed at the regional and country level; Identify trends and patterns in SAR/STR filings across regions and establish/oversee processes to ensure consistency and high quality of MUFG filings. Establish feedback loops such that risks identified through this reporting is fed into the global program for appropriate enterprise-wide analysis and risk mitigation.
• Promote a robust feedback loop with the Design, Tuning & Optimization organization to ensure that risk typologies identified through I&A investigative processes and public-private partnerships inform, as appropriate, the automated transaction monitoring program.

Public-Private Partnerships

• Lead the Bank’s participation in industry information exchanges (e.g., peer bank forums, public-private partnerships, and regulatory initiatives) focused on combating financial crime.
• Represent the Bank in external forums, including peer financial institutions, law enforcement, and other public authorities, to share intelligence, trends, and data to detect and prevent financial crimes.
• Ensure effective integration of external intelligence (law enforcement, regulatory advisories,) into internal investigative processes.
• Collaborate closely with key internal senior stakeholders including the Global Head of Sanctions, Global Head of AML, Global Head of Design, Tuning & Optimization to promote effective feedback loops.

Qualifications:

• No less than 15 years’ experience in the financial sector, at major institutions, preferably within a global organization.
• 12+ years of experience in financial crimes compliance, investigations, intelligence or related fields within a global financial institution or regulatory body.
• 10+ years in a leadership role within a financial institution, regulatory agency, or law enforcement organization.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex investigations and high-risk reviews.
• Experience engaging with industry bodies, law enforcement, and regulatory authorities.
• Extensive knowledge of financial crimes-related banking laws and regulations administered by the U.S. Treasury Department, the Federal Banking Agencies and equivalent foreign authorities in major jurisdictions
• Strong leadership presence with the ability to influence senior executives and represent the Bank with regulators.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, finance, international relations, criminal justice, or a related field.

The typical base pay range for this role is between $166K - $229K depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. This role may also be eligible for certain discretionary performance-based bonuses 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.

MUFG Benefits Summary

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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