KYC Quality Control, Assistant Vice President

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  • MUFG Americas
Job Summary
Location
Glendale ,AZ 85318
Job Type
Contract
Visa
Any Valid Visa
Salary
PayRate
Qualification
BCA
Experience
2Years - 10Years
Posted
15 Mar 2025
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Job Description

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 120,000 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.

Job Summary

The Quality Control Professional II is responsible for performing a quality control review of KYC files submitted by the Onboarding Unit to ensure compliance with the BSA/AML policy. This position is typically expected to review very large numbers of reviews and serves as a subject matter expert for KYC process. The position reports into the Head of KYC QC Reassessments within the First Line of Defense Control Office.

Responsibilities:

  • Performs quality control reviews of KYC files created by Onboarding team to determine if the review and research were conducted in accordance with the quality standards and timeframes set by established procedures, bank policy and regulatory requirements. Ensures client data, business activity & narrative, products, alerts, documents, extension/exemption and other case determinations are appropriate, fully supported, and clearly documented. Documents each review by completing a QC Checklist. Demonstrates a detailed understanding of the various computer systems used for performing and documenting the investigations. Communicates concerns with the Onboarding unit and the Team Manager. Ensures that referrals (from SLoD)/escalation/information requests are properly dispositioned and appropriately documented.

  • Maintains effective working relationships with key business partners. Maintains the ability to provide good customer service. Requires close working relationships with Financial Crime Risk Management business partners.

  • Assists the Manager with basic duties including case assignments, case reviews and staff training. May be involved in the interview process for potential candidates for open positions or receive delegated responsibilities from management.

  • Stays abreast of developments concerning BSA/AML/Sanctions including internal policy, standards, onboarding process and system changes and work with management to ensure the bank remains in compliance. Maintains QC desktop manuals and procedures.

  • Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

  • Typically requires a bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 3-5 years of investigative or related work experience with specific emphasis on BSA/AML preferably in the financial services industry. Related professional certifications are highly preferred.

  • Excellent interpersonal skills including superior verbal and written communication skills.

  • Must be able to multi-task, adapt well to changing priorities and effectively prioritize workflow to meet critical deadlines.

  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, demanding, and changing environment; must work well under pressure.

  • Expert knowledge of BSA/AML laws and regulations relative to money laundering and terrorist financing and the ability to apply this knowledge in assessing client KYC profiles.

  • Firm understanding of bank products and services especially foreign correspondent banking products and services.

  • The ability and willingness to work independently is required. Must attend and complete Bank-sponsored job-related training.

The typical base pay range for this role is between $87k-$104k 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.

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. The major responsibilities listed above are the material job duties of this role. 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.

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