**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. Reporting to a Managing Director, the Procurement Business Operations Manager is responsible for leading assigned procurement functional teams, managing day to day operations, staffing and developing teams, running optimization programs and developing Key Performance Indicators consistent with industry best practices and financial services industry third party risk regulatory guidance. The Procurement Business Operations Manager will be responsible for integrating functional processes across the broader procure to pay lifecycle including accounts payable, contract management, sourcing, and third-party risk management. This role has direct accountability for managing daily operations of one or more of the functional areas above and will ensure processes are built, maintained, and enhanced to meet business needs and regulatory requirements. Additionally, the Procurement Business Operations Manager will develop and maintain appropriate policies, process, and procedures, as well as ensure compliance with other key programs across the Bank. **Key Responsibilities:** + Manage one or more procure to pay functional areas. + Manage direction, and thought leadership in the design, implementation, and execution of solutions. + Manage or support technology solutions, changes, and upgrades by providing leadership and direction in the implementation, integration, and delivery of the solutions used by the Procurement Operations of the Americas and Third-Party Risk Management organizations. + Responsible for directly supervising staff and building a high performing team and metric driven culture. + Manage third party vendors and/or outsourcing providers in accordance with relationship terms. + Accountable for governance, performance, and linkages with objectives. + Effectively influence stakeholders and business owners, facilitating the procurement processes/programs and compliance with Bank policy and practices. + Ensure procurement efforts and objectives, and spend management, fully support business objectives, as well as other Bank and regulatory requirements. + Own drafting, updating, management, and enforcement of all procurement policies and procedures. + Remain current on trends associated with industry best practices in procurement, procurement responsibilities and associated organizational design, and trends relating to insurance programs, system, and services. **Job Requirements:** + 5+ years leading teams and transformational program and process groups within procurement or accounting organizations. + 10+ years progressive experience in a procurement discipline; accounts payable, sourcing, contracting, etc. + Bachelor's degree in business administration/finance or equivalent business experience. + MBA preferred or other advanced process reengineering degree or certification such as re-engineering or Six Sigma certification. + Experience in designing, deploying, or managing procure-to-pay tools and technology. + Ability to manage staff and drive performance improvement across a team; strong teamwork, coaching, management, and collaboration skills. + Demonstrated innovation mind-set with strong process improvement skills. + Excellent eProcurement, eSourcing, procurement systems, and process improvement skills. + Excellent analytical skills, continuous improvement mind-set. + Excellent business/financial acumen with demonstrated knowledge of financial reporting, preferably in-house at a financial institution. + Ability to prioritize and work on multiple activities at one time. + Excellent written, excel & graphical, and oral communication skills with internal clients, external partners, and team members; strong influencing and relationship skills; polished interpersonal skills. The typical base pay range for this role is between $155K - $205K 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 (https://careers.mufgamericas.com/sites/default/files/document/2023-01/mb-live-well-work-well.pdf) 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. At MUFG, our colleagues are our greatest assets. Our Culture Principles provide a roadmap for how each of our colleagues must think and act to become more client-obsessed, inclusive and innovative. They reflect who we are, who we want to be and what we expect from one another. We are excited to see you take the next step in exploring a career with us and encourage you to spend more time reviewing them! **Our Culture Principles** + Client Centric + People Focused + Listen Up. Speak Up. + Innovate & Simplify + Own & Execute