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.

MUFG has a global network spanning 50+ markets, with over 2,000 offices worldwide, and over 360 years of history. We offer services across commercial banking, trust banking, securities, credit cards, consumer finance, asset management, and leasing, providing stability and expertise in a dynamic financial landscape.

This temporary assignment will be working at MUFG, and may involve working at an MUFG site, you will however be contracted through Magnit Global, a UK registered employment business with the company registration number 05537535.

About the role:

This role at MUFG Bank focuses on driving the implementation of the bank’s financial crime risk appetite, policies, and standards across the EMEA region, with a particular emphasis on sanctions compliance. It involves collaborating with Transformation and Technology partners, Country Compliance teams, Operations, and Business stakeholders to ensure the bank conducts its operations with integrity and within the regulatory and legal framework. Key responsibilities include managing sanctions-related projects, supporting the delivery of change initiatives, enhancing efficiency, and remediating gaps in compliance processes. The Financial Crimes Office EMEA (FCOE) works within MUFG’s global financial crimes framework to detect, deter, and prevent financial crime—including money laundering, terrorist financing, bribery, and corruption—while protecting customers’ assets and the bank’s reputation, providing clear and consistent sanctions advisory support across the region.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead sanctions regulatory horizon scanning across EMEA, identifying and analysing new and emerging regulations
• Provide subject matter expertise across key sanctions regimes (UK, EU, OFAC and other relevant jurisdictions)
• Assess the impact of regulatory developments on existing sanctions controls and frameworks
• Partner with control owners and stakeholders to ensure controls remain effective and compliant
• Produce high-quality written summaries and briefings for senior stakeholders
• Support regulatory change activity and contribute to the delivery of financial crime initiatives
• Review and assess the effectiveness of the sanctions control framework, identifying gaps and recommending enhancements
• Engage with regional and global stakeholders to support consistent understanding and implementation

Key Skills & Experience

• Experience within a central sanctions or financial crime function (banking, consultancy, or similar)
• Strong knowledge of sanctions regimes, particularly UK, EU, and OFAC
• Proven experience in regulatory change, including horizon scanning and impact assessment
• Excellent writing and analytical skills, with the ability to distil complex regulation into clear, concise outputs
• Strong understanding of financial crime controls, risk management, and compliance frameworks
• Experience working with senior stakeholders across multi-jurisdictional environments
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities effectively
• Proactive, detail-oriented, and solutions-focused approach