Financial Crime Escalations Specialist (all genders)

J.P. Morgan; Berlin; Vor Ort; EUR 55.000 - 75.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading financial services firm in Berlin seeks a Financial Crime Escalations Specialist to analyze escalations, prepare committee presentations, and ensure compliance with relationship review processes. Candidates should have relevant education and experience in financial crime or compliance roles, and excellent communication skills in both English and German are required. This role offers an opportunity to contribute to a critical team within a growing environment.

Qualifikationen

• Relevant education in Economics, Finance, Banking, Business Administration, or related fields.
• Experience in Audit, Compliance, or Financial Crime roles.
• Effective communication with internal stakeholders and regulatory authorities.
• Strong analytical skills to investigate and resolve issues.
• Ability to assess customer risk profiles and assign risk levels.
• Commitment to team collaboration and growth.
• Excellent computer literacy.

Aufgaben

• Analyze escalations regarding Financial Crime and customer relationships.
• Prepare presentations for the escalations Committee.
• Ensure compliance with SLAs during relationship reviews.
• Conduct internal outreach for incomplete escalations.
• Build partnerships with key stakeholders across the firm.

Kenntnisse

Analytical skills

Communication in English

Communication in German

Compliance knowledge

Team collaboration

Ausbildung

Relevant education in Finance or Banking

Tools

MS Office Suite Applications

Jobbeschreibung

Excited by the opportunity to build innovative digital retail banking products and services in a start-up environment, backed by one of the leading financial service providers worldwide?

Join us at JPMorgan & Chase Co. at our newest European hub for Chase bank, located in the heart of Berlin. In this exciting chapter of continued growth and expansion for Chase, we’re looking for a passionate Financial Crime Escalations Specialist.

As a Financial Crime Escalations Specialist in our KYC team, you willbe a vital part of our team, responsible for ensuring and conducting the timely relationship review of Customers escalated due to financial crime concerns or negative media association.

Job Responsibilities:

• Perform critical analysis of escalations in relation to Financial Crime, raised by internal stakeholders, and review respective customer relationships in order to identify if they can be cleared or require further escalation to the Line of Business Committee.
• Assess information collated from various sources and provide a clear and articulate summary recommendation to the Team Lead on the outcome of the review
• Prepare escalations Committee presentations with clear and concise narratives tailored to senior audiences
• Support the end-to-end process of the relationship review journey to ensure we comply with SLAs
• Assist with change management for by sharing process improvements and best practice amongst the team
• Being a key contact for the business and conducting internal outreach if the information provided as part of the escalation is lacking key information.
• Develop strong partnerships with key stakeholders within the first and second line (e.g. Financial Crime Operations, Sanctions Compliance, Anti-money Laundering Investigations etc.) and proactively build and maintain relationships across the firm.
• Provide candid feedback to the business to ensure that the follow up actions are worked within a reasonable timeframe

• Attending frequent knowledge sharing and calibration calls with other areas of Chase to ensure that the customer journey is progressing within SLA

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills:

• Relevant education in Economics, Finance, Banking, Business Administration, Engineering (or similar) and / or Bank Apprenticeship / relevant professional experience.
• Related working experience in Audit, Compliance, Anti-Financial Crime, Anti-Money Laundering, KYC and/or other Controlling / Investigating related roles within Banking / Financial Services / FinTech or similar.
• Clear and effective communication is crucial for interactions with internal stakeholders, customers and regulatory authorities, as applicable.
• Very good analytical and research skills, with the ability to deep-dive and investigate issues to reach a successful resolution.
• The ability to review and assess customer risk profiles & related alerts and assign appropriate risk levels based on established criteria.
• A commitment to collaboration and collective growth within the team.
• Very good computer literacy, including MS Office Suite Applications.

• Excellent communication skills in English & German.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills:

• In-depth understanding of KYC regulations, AML laws, and Compliance frameworks in the financial services industry.
• Good Knowledge of the German regulatory framework and best practices regarding AML and KYC processes
• Familiarity with digital banking platforms, payment systems, and financial technologies.
• Comfortable to operate within an ambiguous and everchanging environment.
• Relevant AML/ KYC accreditations (e.g. ACAMs or similar)
• Familiarity with KYC software, databases, and customer screening tools. Ability to adapt to new technologies
• Growth mindset and a passion for learning and self-development.

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