Vice President, IT Governance, Risk, & Compliance

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We are currently recruiting for a Vice President, IT Governance, Risk, and Compliance for our IT Risk & Governance Division in Amsterdam.

About MUFG Bank Europe

MUFG Bank Europe N.V. (MBE) is a fully-owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the largest ranked Financial Groups in the world in terms of assets. A world-class set of businesses and more than 180,000 employees in 50 markets. MUFG offers stability in an ever-changing market, providing services to high-profile clients worldwide.

Purpose of the function

IT Governance, Risk, and Compliance Manager act as the team member of the IT Risk, Security, and Control team within the MBE Systems Division. They provide oversight and serve as the senior contact for external and internal auditors and co-ordinates timely remediation and reporting across the organisation.

Function positioning

Within MBE, the Systems Division supports IT structures with regard to IT applications, infrastructure and hardware. IT Security team is one of the four units running under the Systems Division such as Applications, IT Services and IT Planning.

IT Governance, Risk, and Compliance Manager reports to the Head of IT Security, who reports to Head of MBE Systems, who reports to the Managing Director MBE, responsible for Operations & Systems Divisions or in his/her absence the Management Board.

The role includes the following:

• Acts part of the IT GRC team
• Supports the bank’s senior management in all questions regarding IT Governance, Risk and Compliance form 1st Line of Defense perspective
• Acts as the senior contact for monitoring and reporting audit remediation tasks.
• Oversees implementation and maintenance the IT Policy House up to date
• Responsible for the oversight and closure of reporting requests  from the HQ and EMEA to ensure  that risks are mitigated without affecting business
• Responsible for oversight, monitoring of remediation of IT risks and current residual IT risk position
• Accountable for maintenance of the golden source for all regulatory and  Compliance topics (IT Related) and playing a key role in development of processes/ best practices to report on time/accuracy / completeness
• Lead the efforts to Identify and document IT Compliance deviations; tracking countermeasures to remediate deficiencies and gaps
• Supporting the IT agenda by ensuring that the delivery of strategic goals is complemented by appropriate IT process and services of appropriate quality

Consultation and others

• Closely work together with Audit functions, Operational Risk Management, other IT functions inclusive of MBE Branches, EMEA & HQ and with the PMO, Corporate Planning and other business functions.

• The execution of the function will be according to the policies of the MUFG group in collaboration with EMEA Head Office in London and Head Office in Tokyo.

In order to be successful in the role, you will need the following:

Skills and experience:

• A minimum of 6 years of work experience in IT Governance , Risk & compliance in a bank / financial services organization / Fintech
• Proven experience within  Information Governance , Risk and Compliance(in conjunction with COBIT, ITIL)   with practical(hands on) experience in the management/compliance reporting  
• Experience or knowledge of strategic IT governance management, managing information security risks from third party suppliers and delivering IT governance within a highly regulated environment
• Strong negotiating and influencing skills with the ability to influence senior decision makers
• Present and articulate complex data and arguments for everyone to understand
• Committed to driving excellence and quality in all aspects of your role, identifying and embracing leading practice
• Team Leadership experience

What do we have to offer:

We offer you a role in one of the largest banks of the world in a growing and international environment.  You have various opportunities to develop yourself and we will support you with that by offering various training and development possibilities.

• We take into account your home situation and your ambitions and help you to balance work and private life.
• Monthly team events.
• To work in an ambitious, international environment with colleagues from different countries and cultures, who strive for the best.

Besides that we will offer you:

• Gross salary based on experience and consistent with the market
• 8% holiday allowance and 13th month payment.
• 30 vacation days per year. Optional you can buy 15 additional days.
• Employee contribution towards Pension insurance (max 5%, currently 2%), our pension scheme is based on a defined contribution scheme.
• Commuting allowance based on annual public transport 2nd class, most economical way, or € 0,23 per km with a max of 75km one way.
• €5,00 net remote working compensation per day, with a maximum of €60,00 per month.
• Possibility to order a mobile phone (up to €800,-)
• Possibility to order Office Equipment’s for the home office, (up to €500,-)
• Training & development possibilities paid by the bank
• Bicycle plan (fiscal benefit)
• Company fitness (fiscal benefit)
• Mental health workshops and budget for external courses (i.e. Dutch language classes).

Additional information:

Acquisition in response to this vacancy is not appreciated.

The role is based in the Netherlands. All candidates need to be willing to relocate to the Netherlands. Internal employees will be supported in case of relocation.

We are open to considering flexible working requests in line with organisational requirements.

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.