Assistant Vice President, Singapore HR (Job ID: 10077090)

About the role

Main Purpose of the Role The role provides essential operational support to both MUFG Bank Singapore Branch and MUFG Securities Asia, in delivering the safety, soundness, and compliance of all HR activities in alignment with local labour laws, regulatory requirements, and organisational standards, ensuring that global delivery meets local requirements. Operating within the GHR operating model, the role collaborates closely with Regional HR Business Partners, and colleagues in Global Functions to ensure seamless, consistent delivery of HR support to clients in country, acting primarily as a coordinator across CoE areas rather than as a subject matter expert in each Global Function. The role provides timely and accurate HR support to employees and managers who are primarily focused on country-specific activity, balancing global consistency with local relevance. The role plays a critical support role in fostering a compliant, engaged, and high-performing workforce that help to deliver the company's business objectives in country, under the direction and guidance of the country Head of HR. Country HR team role(s) enable globalisation and centralisation by focusing on activities that must be delivered to and/or performed within the country. Job Responsibilities: Support to the country Head of HR as the main interaction point between Country Managements (General Manager /Deputy General Manager) and HR Gather information on local business and regulatory needs and pass these to the Branch or Country Head of HR for consideration Support the preparation of country-specific inputs for Global HR functions to shape people plans and HR strategies, collating relevant local data or insights as required Assist with the organisation and delivery of HR programmes and initiatives within countries, supporting alignment to both local needs and global direction Maintain and update reference materials on country-specific employment practices to support team awareness and compliance Provide HR support to deliver on the requirements of both internal and external local boards and committees Assist in the preparation of HR materials (e.g., reports, statutory submissions, presentations) for local boards, governance committees, and external regulators, ensuring accuracy and timeliness Help monitor and collate data on people-related risk indicators (e.g., mandatory training compliance, whistleblowing activity) for reporting purposes Support the coordination of annual certifications, licence renewals, and statutory audit responses by managing trackers, liaising with relevant teams, and ensuring timely follow-up Help maintain documentation and dashboards related to risk culture and governance activities Coordinate HR risk, compliance and audit activities ensuring compliance and best practice Act as deputy to the Head of HR for the Emergency Response Team, support in the execution of Business Continuity Planning (BCP) exercises and HR responses during live incidents in Singapore. Support local ER activity Provide support to the management of employee relations cases, ensuring case files, correspondence, and records are accurately maintained Assist with the preparation of documents and materials for meetings with trade unions, works councils, and employee representatives, ensuring consistency and accuracy Support engagement with Trade unions, act as liaison officer Coordinate with external legal advisers and labour authorities as directed, helping to gather documentation and supporting case management processes Help capture and document learnings from ER cases to improve future practice Support required legal, fiscal and regulatory steps outs in global processes Act as main point for Human Resources policies and procedures by partnering with department stakeholders to ensure completeness of respective procedures and SG specific policies are up to date and in alignment with regulations and external market Be the Singapore entity liaison governance and risk management, identify gaps and implement appropriate mitigation plans. Support the documentation of locally compliant process variations or workarounds under direction, ensuring records are clear, complete, and audit ready Liaise with Payroll, Legal, Finance, Compliance, and Risk teams to gather required information to update HR systems, payroll, procedural documents, and employee communications in line with approved changes Maintain tracking logs for local deviations and support the preparation of materials for audit or compliance review Embed the global people strategy at country level Support local engagement activity, including helping to collect and summarise Branch engagement scores and assisting in the delivery of follow-up actions Escalate safety and soundness issues or process gaps promptly to the accountable Global Function following guidance Support delivery of high-touch HR services to senior leaders by assisting with mee

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