Financial Planning and Analysis Business Partner

2 weeks ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom MUFG Full time
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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:
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) is one of the world's leading financial groups.

Headquartered in Tokyo and with approximately 350 years of history, MUFG has a global network with 1,100 offices in over 40 countries.

The Group has over 140,000 employees, offering services including corporate banking, commercial banking, retail banking, wealth management, investment banking, capital markets, personal and corporate trust, and transaction banking.


The Group's operating companies include Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (Japan's leading trust bank), and Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Holdings Co., Ltd., one of Japan's largest securities firms.


MUFG conducts securities business internationally through its overseas subsidiaries Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International plc, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA) Inc., Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (Hong Kong), Ltd.

and Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (Singapore), Ltd.

With each member of the group working in partnership with one another, MUFG provides best in class service and products to corporate and institutional clients.

Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International (MUSI) is the European hub of MUFG's securities business.

Headquartered in London we have just over 600 employees and are active throughout the international capital markets, focusing on debt, equity, derivatives and structured products.

Due to the diverse nature of our business we require a clear unifying vision for all of our people. It is this vision and our corporate values that reflect who we are and guide how we behave.

We therefore strive to recruit individuals who share our vision and values, and who have the motivation and commitment to help us move our business forward.


The Financial Planning & Analysis (FPA) department is responsible for budgeting, forecasting and decision support for the Securities and Banking Divisions of MUFG in the EMEA region.


The mandate for the department is as follows:

  • FP&A's primary responsibility is to connect senior management's long term "strategic plan" to reality. The strategic plan is a topdown, senior management driven document that sets highlevel targets (revenue, net income, core strategic initiatives, etc.) for the firm. Within MUFG this is articulated as 3 year midtermbusinessplans, dissected into annual budgets.
  • FP&A partner with the business to develop the operating and financial plan required to achieve management's strategic plan. To keep the plans aligned to the current reality of our clients & markets we also are responsible for development of a rolling forecast, in parallel with the traditional budget
  • As a key part of the forecasting process, FP&A conduct monitoring and variance analysis to show how the budget and/or rolling forecast compares against actual performance. This incorporates peer reviews, levying challenge and providing insight on opportunities to enhance shareholder returns.
  • FP&A utilise financial data to advise management on decisions such as how to improve performance, minimize risk or capture new opportunities from both within the company and within the external environment. This includes analysis of historical financials, variance explanations, forecast with risks and opportunities to current plan, and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
  • Decision support aims to provide the business and Executives with enough information to answer key questions from external stakeholders and to identify levers that can be pulled to optimize performance or meet certain goals.
  • Participate in projects including:
  • Capital allocation: How should the organization's capital be spent?
  • Market research: Determining the size of a given market, leaders, laggers and potential opportunities in which the organization may have a competitive advantage.
  • Organisational structure: providing support in Identifying potential acquisitions, integrations, internal reorganisations and divestitures.
  • Process optimization: creating systems & workflow efficiency and leveraging developments in technology (BI, AI, RPA)

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