Are you passionate about risk management and operational excellence? As a Control Manager Associate in our Acquisitions and Strategic Investment (ASI) team, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping a robust control environment and driving continuous improvement across our business.
Job Summary
As a Control Manager Associate within the Acquisitions and Strategic Investment (ASI) team, you will support efforts to promote early compliance and operational risk identification. You will maintain a sustainable and disciplined end-to-end control environment, identifying and escalating issues with urgency. You will partner with the business to ensure timely issue resolution, focusing on robust governance and ensuring timely reporting and escalation of any exceptions to management. Collaborating with key stakeholders, you will enhance control processes and contribute to strategic projects, supporting robust risk management practices. Your role is crucial in maintaining a strong control environment and fostering continuous improvement.
Job Responsibilities
- Develop a strong understanding of the Acquisitions and Strategic Investments business.
- Assist as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Compliance and Operational Risk Evaluation (CORE) system, supporting the business in managing processes, risks, controls, issues, and action plans documented in CORE.
- Have a strong understanding of the activities performed by the Acquisitions business as well as the Strategic Investments business to provide informed guidance on risks and controls.
- Independently assess adequacy of operational risks identified along with their, adequacy of aligned controls, Issues and Action Plans, and pro-actively escalate areas of concern to senior business management with high sense of urgency.
- Independently assess the broader control environment for the risk stipe, provide draft assessment rating, with rationale of a wholistic view including existing and emerging risks in the business.
- Support the assessment of legal obligations and applicability for the business. Summarize rationale for mapping to the business and present with strong rationale to senior business leaders.
- Support the development of internal controls and monitor any changes.
- Stay informed about changes in applicable policies, standards, and procedures, analyze their impact on existing risks and controls, and work with the business to implement necessary adjustments.
- Provide regular updates to senior management on the control environment, including preparing materials for risk and control forums.
- Demonstrate adaptability by responding to various needs, ensuring timely and sustainable delivery.
- Support business teams with various ad-hoc requests and activities related to risk and control, including Legal Entity tagging, Legal Obligation tagging, and implementing firmwide program changes.
Required Qualifications, Capabilities And Skills
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required
- 3+ years of experience in financial services industry with background in controls, audit, SOX compliance, quality assurance, operational risk management, or compliance; or equivalent subject matter expertise in a relevant business related function / operation.
- Good communication and influencing skills.
- Experience in stakeholder engagement.
- Ability to prioritize tasks and manage multiple assignments effectively.
- Capacity to respond quickly to changing business needs and urgent requests.
- Knowledge of acquisitions and / or strategic investments
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Knowledge of intelligent automation tools such as Tableau, Python, Alteryx, or UI Path
ABOUT US
JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.
About The Team
Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we’re setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.Control Management maintains a strong and consistent control environment through a joint accountability model that aligns managers with each function and region to mitigate operational risk. The team focuses on four areas: Control Design & Expertise, Risks & Controls Identification/Assessment, Issues & Control Deficiencies and Control Governance & Reporting.
