Financial Crimes Compliance – Complex Investigations Intern

Financial Crimes Compliance – Complex Investigations Intern (FCOA - FCO)

Internship Period: 11 January 2027 – 30 June 2027

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.

Job Description

• Support the FCOA Complex Investigations team in identifying, triaging, and documenting APAC financial crime intelligence leads, including adverse media, external referrals, LFCF escalations, and typology-driven review matters.
• Assist with APAC media sweep activities by reviewing public-source materials, preparing concise summaries, identifying subjects of interest and jurisdictional nexus, and drafting recommended next steps for review.
• Support exposure reviews, including drafting template inputs, organizing SOI details and identifiers, tracking APAC branch responses, and performing basic completeness checks.
• Be involved in performing investigations, including assisting in organizing investigation workpapers, KYC/transaction data, RFIs, and correspondence into appropriate case folders while observing confidentiality, information classification, and recordkeeping expectations.
• Help prepare governance and management information materials, including updates for various forums and calls, exposure review trackers, escalation trackers, action logs, and quarterly summary inputs.
• Support process improvement and document refresh activities, including template clean-up, checklist development, cross-reference checks, and final presentation of learnings/operational improvement ideas.

Job Requirements

• Undergraduate student in Law, Business, Accountancy, Finance, Economics, or a related discipline, with a strong interest in financial crime compliance.
• Strong written communication skills, with the ability to summarize complex information clearly, accurately, and professionally for internal stakeholders.
• Good analytical judgment and attention to detail, including the ability to distinguish facts, assumptions, potential risks, and proposed follow-up questions.
• Comfortable working with Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook; familiarity with data organization, trackers, research databases, or public-source research is advantageous.
• Able to handle confidential information responsibly and follow instructions on information security, cross-border data sharing, and recordkeeping.
• Self-motivated, organized, and comfortable working with stakeholders across APAC locations; able to manage deadlines and ask timely questions when scope or evidence is unclear.
• Prior coursework or internship exposure to AML, sanctions, anti-bribery and corruption, investigations, risk management, or regulatory compliance is advantageous but not mandatory.

Important Note

• Interested applicants will be required to submit a CV and Cover Letter.
• Please submit your details via our early careers website: Careers (myworkdayjobs.com).
• Only shortlisted applicants will be notified.

This internship role is based in Singapore. It is open to Singaporean and PR students only. In Singapore, MUFG internship partners include National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Management University, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), and Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS).

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) is an equal opportunity employer. We view our employees as our key assets as they are fundamental to our long-term growth and success. MUFG is committed to hiring based on merit and organizational fit, regardless of race, religion, or gender.