Payments Controls Apac Strategy

**JOB DESCRIPTION** CIB Control Management Group**

**Background**

Rapid digitization across the globe is transforming all aspects of our lives, and payments are one of the most crucial elements. Payments is a rapidly evolving, high profile space and JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM), as one of industry’s largest and most important players, has an enormous opportunity to shape its future. J.P. Morgan’s Payments organization provides cash management, liquidity, commercial card, FX and escrow solutions to clients across the world. Teams are constantly innovating, using the latest technology and data analytics to deliver specialized solutions to help clients grow and streamline their businesses. The team is a motivated, forward thinking team with a singular focus of delivering innovative payment services via the most important platforms of today and tomorrow including real-time payments and distributed ledger technology.

In support of the rapidly evolving payments landscape, the Payments Controls Organization is undergoing a transformation and advancing its end to end strategic operating model, bringing together the product, operations and technology controls organizations. Control managers are responsible for partnering with the Payments business to oversee control requirements at the portfolio level and make sure requirements align with product strategy.

**Responsibilities**:

- Gather, synthesize, and creatively analyze data to provide insights, identify issues and arrive at recommendations
- Develop Executive-level materials for key meetings with Payments business leadership
- Assisting in the definition of future operating models, as well as, control and governance frameworks
- In partnership with the Product, Ops., and Tech. Control Managers, further enhance the escalation framework, deliver appropriate messaging to senior management, and manage the Payments Controls Regional Control Forum
- Working across Payments Controls teams to obtain and review data points to further regional / local governance

**Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills**:

- Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting or other related discipline
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in financial institutions in strategy, program management, controls, operational risk, compliance, legal, audit or similar function
- Experience leading strategy, operations, process improvement, and tactical projects
- Program management experience, ideally coupled with a strategic mindset and financial experience
- Assimilates broad-ranging information quickly and able to distil into key points
- Ability to synthesize information to formulate a “story” for Senior Management
- Exceptional analytical skills to understand a diverse array of programs and complex end-to-end workflows

**Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills**:

- Experience solving complex business problems and driving projects from strategy to execution
- Ability to influence outcomes and get the best from people, even where no direct line management responsibility exists
- Strong understanding of stakeholder management; budget management, risk management and operations

**ABOUT US**

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world’s most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

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. In accordance with applicable law, we make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as any mental health or physical disability needs.

**ABOUT THE TEAM**

The Corporate & Investment Bank is a global leader across investment banking, wholesale payments, markets and securities services. The world’s most important corporations, governments and institutions entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. We provide strategic advice, raise capital, manage risk and extend liquidity in markets around the world.

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 Identi