Analyst, KYC Analyst - Client Onboarding

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.

MUFG is as committed to your future as you are. It's part of our culture to put people first, and that means focusing on you. Whether your goal is to advance your career, tackle new roles within financial services, refine your knowledge as a subject matter expert, or move and work abroad, MUFG provides you with the opportunity to chart your course toward career success. Invest in your potential by taking positive steps to advance your career and pursue your next opportunity with us!

Our Global Markets’ team delivers comprehensive solutions across Credit, FX, Rates, Equities, and Structured Products, leveraging MUFG’s global scale and financial strength. Operating seamlessly across major financial hubs - including New York, London, and Hong Kong - we combine deep product expertise, disciplined risk management, and real-time market insight to serve institutional and corporate clients. Through integrated trading, sales, and risk solutions, we provide liquidity, facilitate client execution, and design strategies that help navigate dynamic market conditions.

The KYC On-Boarding team is part of Client KYC Group, which is situated within the Global Corporate & Investment Banking ("GCIB") of MUFG Bank London branch. This function acts as a centralized 1st line support team, providing support to Corporate & Investment Banking in EMEA, Capital Markets and MUFG Securities across EMEA.

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE 

This individual will be primarily responsible for the management of the end-to-end KYC on-boarding of new client relationships. This includes conducting client outreach, Customer Due Diligence, Screening (Bribery, Corruption, Adverse Media & sanctions), ensuring compliance with regulatory and internal policies.

A key aspect to this role is managing multiple priorities and ensure completion deliverables in a timely fashion.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

In this role, you will be responsible for KYC across MUFG’s banking arm and securities business under a dual-hat arrangement. Under this arrangement, you will act and make decisions on behalf of both the bank and the securities business, subject to the same remit and level of authority and irrespective of the entity which employs you.

• Ensure that “Know you Customer” due diligence onboarding reviews are completed within the prescribed SLA and comply with the Bank’s AML policy and all applicable regulatory requirements.
• Complete relevant Bribery and Corruption checks for prospective transactions for existing clients to identify potential reputational, business and sanction risks.
• Perform Customer Due Diligence/Enhanced Due Diligence on a variety of entity types ensuring compliance with internal policies.
• Conduct PEP, sanctions and Adverse Media screening to identify potential risks.
• Identify and validate Ultimate Beneficial Owners and complex corporate control structures.
• Actively seek out opportunities to improve the on-boarding process; including the strengthening of controls and improving efficiency.
• Drive to build knowledge within the Anti-Money Laundering sector and to understand the rationale for underlying policy requirements.
• As part of the onboarding process, be vigilant to Identify and escalate risks/issues to line management.
• Assist the business where changes occur to existing customer profiles, by taking appropriate actions (i.e. conducting interim partial assessments, system updates and escalating where appropriate)
• Facilitate the setup of non-KYC entries into the relevant systems, ensuring data is accurate and controls are sufficiently in place. This includes Guarantors, Non-trading roles.
• Assist other members of the team and work on ad hoc projects where necessary.
• Support the wider Client KYC Group team with admin related tasks

WORK EXPERIENCE

Preferred:

• Experience in Anti Money Laundering, fraud and bribery or Financial Crime roles

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Functional / Technical Competencies:

• Awareness of UK & European Anti-Money Laundering regulations [ESSENTIAL]
• Attention to detail is essential [ESSENTIAL]
• Technical knowledge of Financial Institutions [ESSENTIAL]

Work Experience:

• Experience in Anti Money Laundering, fraud and bribery or Financial Crime roles [ESSENTIAL]

Education / Qualifications:

• Degree Level or relevant industry experience [BENEFICIAL]

PERSONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Excellent communication skills
• Results driven, with a strong sense of accountability
• A proactive, motivated approach.
• The ability to operate with urgency and prioritise work accordingly
• A structured and logical approach to work
• Strong problem-solving skills
• A creative and innovative approach to work
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• The ability to manage large workloads and tight deadlines
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
• A calm approach, with the ability to perform well in a pressurised environment

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.