Overview
This role supports the execution of corporate market transactions and client service delivery within MUFG Corporate Markets Hong Kong. The Senior Associate acts as a key coordination point across clients, internal teams, and external advisors, ensuring timely, accurate, and compliant processing of documentation and transaction workflows.
The role is operationally focused, with strong emphasis on transaction execution, document management, and stakeholder coordination, rather than legal advisory. The incumbent contributes to service quality, operational efficiency, and client satisfaction across multiple concurrent engagements.
Key Accountabilities and main responsibilities
Strategic Focus
- Contribute to process optimisation initiatives, improving efficiency and scalability of service delivery
- Support implementation of best practices and standardisation across transactions
- Assist in internal reporting and management insights for operational performance
Operational Management
- Manage end-to-end coordination of corporate market transactions, including timelines, deliverables, and documentation flow
- Serve as a primary point of contact for clients, ensuring clear communication and responsiveness throughout the transaction lifecycle
- Coordinate with legal counsel, financial advisers, registrars, and other external stakeholders to facilitate execution
- Prepare, review (non-legal), and organise transaction documents to ensure completeness and accuracy
- Maintain document control, versioning, and audit trails in line with internal standards
- Translate technical or legal requirements into clear operational processes and documentation workflows
- Manage data entry, tracking, and reporting for assigned transactions
- Identify process gaps and support continuous improvement of documentation workflows and operational procedures
People Leadership
- Build and maintain effective working relationships with clients, advisors, and transaction stakeholders
- Collaborate closely with internal teams (Operations, IT, Change, etc.) to ensure seamless service delivery
- Proactively manage stakeholder expectations and escalate issues where required
Governance & Risk
- Ensure all activities comply with MUFG policies, regulatory requirements, and market practices
- Monitor for data accuracy, completeness, and inconsistencies, escalating risks appropriately
- Maintain strict confidentiality and information security standards
The above list of key accountabilities is not an exhaustive list and may change from time-to-time based on business needs.
Experience & Personal Attributes
- 3–6 years’ experience in corporate services, capital markets operations, legal support, or transaction coordination
- Experience in documentation-heavy, process-driven environments (e.g., registrars, legal firms, clearing systems, corporate secretarial services)
- Exposure to capital / debt markets and clearing systems is advantageous
- Strong organisation and multitasking capability across concurrent transactions
- Detail-oriented with high standards of accuracy and compliance
- Effective client-facing and stakeholder management skills
- Strong communication skills (English and Chinese – Cantonese & Putonghua)
- Proficient in MS Office tools, particularly Excel and document management
- Eligible to work in Hong Kong without visa sponsorship
MUFG Pension & Market Services is a global, digitally enabled business that empowers a brighter future by connecting millions of people with their assets – safely, securely and responsibly.
Through our two businesses MUFG Retirement Solutions and MUFG Corporate Markets, we partner with a diversified portfolio of global clients to provide robust, efficient and scalable services, purpose-built solutions and modern technology platforms that deliver world class outcomes and experiences.
A member of MUFG, a global financial group, we help manage regulatory complexity, improve data management and connect people with their assets, through exceptional user experience that leverages the expertise of our people combined with scalable technology, digital connectivity and data insights.
Our MUFG Corporate Markets division provides clients with a comprehensive corporate market offering that connects issuers to their stakeholders. Our uniquely integrated range of corporate markets capabilities includes shareholder management and analytics, stakeholder engagement, share and unit registry, employee share plans, and digital and print communications. We also offer company secretarial support, as well as various specialist offerings such as insolvency solutions. We operate in twelve countries throughout Australasia, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, United Kingdom and Europe.
Our teams combine a wealth of industry experience with a rigorous focus on client management to deliver a premium service underpinned by market leading digital technology provided by our Technology division.
MUFG Pension & Market Services is building a dynamic, client focused, caring and inclusive culture that is built on the foundations of an entrepreneurial spirit, effective risk management, empathy and trust, and underpinned by its core values.
We are an inclusive employer whose people work collaboratively. We encourage, support and value the various talents and perspectives of our people and promote a flexible and blended work environment where our people can thrive and their wellbeing is supported. We know that diversity drives better client outcomes, continuous improvement, and growth. Be part of the MUFG Pension & Market Services journey and together we will achieve our full potential.
We treat all individuals fairly and equitably and do not discriminate on the basis of diverse characteristics including, but not limited to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity, cultural background, physical abilities/disabilities, religious or political belief, marital or family status or carers responsibilities.
Candidates must have the relevant work rights to be considered for an opportunity at MUFG Pension & Market Services. Successful applicants will be required to complete background screening prior to commencement of employment.