Working Student - Banking (Resilience)

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.

Would you like to work for one of the world's largest banks in an exciting, dynamic and international environment?

MUFG is currently recruiting for a Working Student for the Resilience Team within the Chief Operating Officer (COO) Division in Amsterdam.

About MUFG Bank (Europe) N.V.

MUFG Bank (Europe) N.V. (MBE) is a fully owned subsidiary of MUFG Bank, headquartered in Amsterdam. With offices throughout Europe, teams provide clients with comprehensive financing solutions spanning Coverage & Structured Finance, Capital Markets and Transaction Banking, using MUFG’s global reach to provide bespoke solutions.

About the Resilience Team

The Resilience team helps ensure that MUFG Bank Europe can continue to deliver critical services to clients, even during disruptions. It oversees key areas including Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM), vendor management, procurement oversight, operational resilience, business continuity management, outsourcing governance and regulatory compliance.

As a Working Student, you will gain hands-on experience in a wide range of resilience-related activities and work closely with colleagues across Europe, providing excellent exposure to the banking sector and to how a global financial institution manages risk and resilience.

Your impact at MUFG

This Working Student role offers an excellent opportunity to gain practical experience within a dynamic and international banking environment.

You will support the Resilience team across a variety of activities, including:

• Supporting Third-Party Risk Management activities, including supplier assessments and due diligence reviews.
• Assisting with vendor management and procurement-related processes and documentation.
• Supporting the maintenance of outsourcing and third-party inventories.
• Contributing to business continuity management activities, including testing, reporting and documentation updates.
• Assisting with operational resilience initiatives and regulatory deliverables.
• Supporting the preparation of management information, presentations and reports for governance committees and senior management.
• Performing data analysis, quality assurance and record maintenance activities.
• Supporting process improvement initiatives and helping leverage tools such as Microsoft Copilot to increase efficiency.
• Collaborating with stakeholders across multiple departments and countries within MUFG.
• Assisting with ad hoc projects and administrative activities arising within the Resilience team.

In order to be successful in the role, you will need the following:

Essential

• Currently enrolled as a full-time student with interest in or affinity with banking, financial services, or related field
• Fluent language skills (verbal, written) in English
• Working knowledge of Excel, PowerPoint and Word
• Ability to use AI tools (i.e. Microsoft Copilot) to improve work efficiency
• Good communication, writing and presentation skills
• Proactive self-starter, intrapreneurial, able to handle a significant and diverse workload
• Good working habits, high attention to detail, results driven, willing to learn
• Think independently and critically to create own views
• Calm, structured and logical approach to work, pragmatic
• Team player with ability to collaborate in cross-division teams and display organizational sensitivity
• Ability to work in multicultural environment, respecting diversity

Nice to have

• Previous internship or work experience within financial services, risk management, procurement, consulting or a related field
• Experience with Power BI, Power Automate or other data visualization tools
• Experience working with large datasets and performing data analysis
• Basic knowledge of operational resilience, business continuity management, outsourcing or third-party risk management
• Basic knowledge of SQL and/or Python
• Familiarity with Microsoft Teams, SharePoint and collaboration tools

Personal requirements

Integrity and Responsibility

• Balance Risk with Opportunity
• Customer Focus
• Demonstrate Global Perspective

Professionalism and Teamwork

• Drive For Results
• Collaborate and Build Partnerships
• Communicate Effectively and Professionally

Challenge Ourselves To Grow

• Influence and Inspire Others
• Lead Change & Seek Continuous Improvement
• Think Strategically
• Manage and Develop Talent

What do we have to offer

• An opportunity to work in one of the largest banks in the world in a growing and international environment.
• Various training and development possibilities to support your growth.
• We take into account your home situation and your ambitions and help you to balance work and private life.
• Monthly team events.
• To work in an ambitious, international environment with colleagues from different countries and cultures, who strive for the best.

We are open to considering flexible working requests in line with organisational requirements.