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 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.
OVERVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT/SECTION
An exceptional opportunity has arisen to join the newly established Sustainable Client Solutions (SCS) Team in London. The SCS Team is responsible for working closely with Relationship Managers and Product Partners throughout in the Global Corporate Investment Bank, Japanese Corporate Banking Division, and Global Markets in the Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region in order to promote engagement on sustainable finance and sustainable advisory (i.e. ESG ratings, disclosures, and controversies), as well as spearheading EMEA’s Green Transformation (GX) strategy, all of which are core pillars of the region’s client solution proposition.
NUMBER OF DIRECT REPORTS
None
MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the advisory and origination activities of SCS, primarily supporting the Head of Sustainable Client Solutions on resourcing related to the GX Strategy. Additional support will be given to other senior members of the SCS Team as well.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
The successful candidate will:
- Assist in preparing client engagement materials, including generating thought provoking and topical content.
- Collaborate throughout the region with RMs and Product Partners to help identify sustainable finance and other cross-sell opportunities acting in a product neutral capacity.
- Proactively stay up-to-date on sustainability-related themes like taxonomies, regulations, etc.
- Have responsibility for internal knowledge sharing and supporting training efforts related to sustainable finance and advisory topics.
- Support the Head of SCS as required in liaising with Head Office stakeholders and responding to regular information requests.
- Be responsible for ensuring proper governance and risk management practices around sustainable finance products.
WORK EXPERIENCE
- Desirable to have a level of front office experience.
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Functional / Technical Competencies:
- Knowledge of sustainable finance, sustainable advisory, and other sustainability-related themes
- Clear communication skills
- Sound IT knowledge and skills
- Quantitative / numerical skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Interest in Sustainability
Education / Qualifications:
Degree Level and/or relevant industry expertise
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
- Strong decision making skills, the ability to demonstrate sound judgement
- 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
- Excellent Microsoft Office skills, especially Excel and PowerPoint
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.