Equities Business Control Manager – Associate

J.P. MORGAN; City Of London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial services firm is seeking a Control Manager Associate to manage regulatory obligations and operational risks in the Equities Business. Responsibilities include acting as a trusted advisor, improving control processes, and ensuring compliance with regulatory initiatives. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree, strong analytical skills, and proficiency in Excel. A collaborative mindset and organization skills are also essential for success in this dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks within deadlines.
• Strong understanding of controls and their application.

Responsibilities

• Serve as trusted control advisor to the Front Office.
• Represent Front Office interests in regulatory initiatives.
• Identify, document and remediate control gaps.

Skills

Excellent organizational skills

Strong analytical skills

Excellent Excel, Word, PowerPoint skills

Strong team player

Understanding of Equities products and markets

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Job Description

You are an advisor, highly motivated, energetic self-starter who takes ownership of processes, interested in working in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, participating in key initiatives and becoming involved in a diverse set of issues that will have a direct impact on the organization. You have found the right team.

As a Control Manager Associate in the Equities Business, you will help the business manage its regulatory obligations, conduct and operational risk and supervisory requirements. Specifically, you will manage various aspects of the end to end control environment spanning business execution, credit risk, market risk, model risk valuation controls, operations and finance. The mandate is a key role for the business in the increasingly complex and demanding global regulatory environment. You will be a trusted advisor on regulatory, operational risk and control matters.

Job Responsibilities

• Serve as trusted control advisor to the Front Office including prepping it for examinations and audits
• Represent Front Office interests vis a vis control/regulatory initiatives in conjunction with legal, compliance and other functions
• Execute and implement business controls, risk governance, and reporting priorities and strategy.
• Identify, document and remediate control gaps, risk assessment and root cause issue analysis. Be responsible for policy development, review and implementation.
• Improve the “user experience” for all stakeholders and partners, i.e., focus in enhancing transparency, efficiency and simplicity of control processes
• Be responsible for Front Office supervision management and execution, Front Office supervision and oversight including exception management, and Front Office supervisory tool development
• Handle operating procedure documentation and implementation during pre-trade, and in certain cases, post-trade surveillance

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Bachelors degree
• Understanding of Equities products and markets. Understanding of the end to end product life cycle for Equities
• Excellent organizational skills - manages and prioritizes multiple tasks across different time horizons within deadlines
• Strong understanding of controls and their application to different processes and businesses
• Strong analytical, problem solving and process re-engineering skills
• Excellent Excel, Word, PowerPoint skills. Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong team player with excellent partnering and influencing skills

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. 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

J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.