Account Reconciliation & Controls AVP

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.

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.

Work Experience

• Experience implementing account reconciliation and controls practices within the highly regulated financial services sector
• Advanced knowledge of audit, reconciliation and control process flows
• Fluency in financial products, regional accounting principles and practices

Functional Skills

• Expert understanding of financial statements and general ledgers, and ability to identify and highlight discrepancies or issues
• Extensive knowledge of financial products, accounting principles and compliance regulations
• Knowledge and experience on Reconciliation System (IntelliMatch system preferable)
• Proven ability to explain procedures and the rationale behind account reconciliation and control initiatives
• Thorough understanding of regulatory and reporting requirements, as well as of risk types, policies and control measures and processes
• Extensive knowledge of applicable regional accounting agencies and principles such as FASB and GAAP
• Expertise in process flow or workflow creation as well as process improvements to enhance service quality and process integrity
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and interpret reports

Foundational Skills

• Demonstrates Leadership

• Communicates Effectively

• Identifies multiple paths to success using analytical and critical thinking as well as decision-making skills
• Operates strategically to support a culture of continuous improvement and systems thinking
• Makes sound business decisions in a complex work environment
• Collaborates with other business functions and divisions to advance business objectives
• Is flexible, decisive, and able to establish support from leadership
• Monitors industry trends and best practices and applies insights to advance the business
• Exhibits and fosters optimism, resilience, flexibility, and openness to others' ideas
• Inspires innovation and values learning as a lifelong professional objective
• Leads by example, engaging inclusively and with intent
• Always acts with integrity

Responsibilities

• Reconciliation of daily movements in assets and liabilities accounts and client settlements, and investigation and resolution of reconciliation breaks
• Reconciliation of general ledger accounts for commercial and corporate loans in the system of record
• Ensuring all lending transactions are booked and managed accurately, minimizing operational risks and losses and ensuring compliance with all bank policies and procedures
• Conducting monthly certification of general ledger balances
• Identifying and resolving breaks
• Reducing errors, and ensuring adherence to audit and control policies
• Identifying policy gaps and formulating and instituting policies to streamline processes
• Performing reconciliation data analysis and making insights-based recommendations
• Conducting process mapping to identify significant risks and controls
• Supporting activities related to both internal and external audits and other requests
• Overseeing vendor quality control

Education

• Degree or equivalent work experience equally preferable

The typical base pay range for this role is between $72K - $105K depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience and location. This role may also be eligible for certain discretionary performance-based bonus 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.We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to leveraging the diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experience of our workforce to create opportunities for our colleagues and our business. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender expression, gender identity, sex, age, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran and military status, disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other status of an individual or that individual’s associates or relatives that is protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.