Finance and Business Management Project Manager - Associate

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in London seeks a Finance and Business Management Project Manager – Associate to lead a broad portfolio of initiatives from strategic system replacements to process improvements.

You will translate Finance needs into clear specs, build partnerships across Finance, Operations and Technology, and drive delivery end-to-end. The role requires strong business analysis, governance, and risk management skills, with a controller mindset and experience coordinating testing, UAT, and

Qualifications

• Understand Finance end-to-end processes and translate into tech outcomes.
• Knowledge of regional Finance operating model, governance and stakeholder touchpoints.
• Experience with planning, governance, RAID, and status reporting.
• Strong business analysis: requirements gathering, operating model and process analysis.
• Ability to build relationships and influence across Finance, Operations and Technology.
• Ability to produce executive-status updates and facilitate meetings.

Responsibilities

• Elicit and translate Finance requirements into functional specifications; define the end-to-end operating model and data migrations.
• Lead testing coordination and ensure requirements and operating model are validated; drive issue resolution.
• Coordinate project and migration activities; support training; identify risks and maintain project documentation; coach junior BAs.

Skills

Finance knowledge

Project lifecycle

Requirements gathering

Stakeholder management

Executive reporting

Risk management

Test coordination

UAT coordination

SQL/Excel basics

Change management

Education

Accounting or PM qualification

Tools

SQL

Excel

Job description

Ready to shape how a global financial institution runs its Finance function? This is your opportunity to lead complex, high-visibility programs from requirements through implementation, working shoulder-to-shoulder with Finance, Technology, and Operations leaders. You'll turn ambiguity into clear specifications, drive delivery end-to-end, and see your work directly improve accuracy, controls, and efficiency across the firm. If you thrive in a fast-moving, matrixed environment and enjoy solving problems that matter, we'd like to hear from you.

Job summary

As a Finance and Business Management Project Manager – Associate in Finance within the Corporate & Investment Bank, you will manage a broad portfolio of initiatives—from multi-year programs such as strategic system replacements, new product launches, and branch buildouts, to ongoing process improvements.

The team’s objectives you will support are to:

• Define and translate Finance requirementsby partnering with Finance subject matter experts to develop functional specifications and communicate needs to technology teams.
• Build strong cross-functional partnershipswith the core project team, regional and corporate finance, operations, technology partners, and business clients.
• Lead delivery end-to-endacross testing and implementation to ensure solutions are accurate and delivered on time for users.

Job responsibilities

• Analysis:Elicit, document, and translate Finance business requirements into functional specifications; develop/review the end-to-end operating model; define requirements for controlled reference data migration and the setup of legal entities and product system feeds into the target Finance environment.
• Testing:Partner with the Program Test Manager to create the test strategy, plans, scripts, and data; ensure requirements and operating model are fully validated; drive resolution of issues identified during testing.
• General:Coordinate project and migration activities with Business Lead and Project Manager; support training delivery; identify and manage risks; maintain up-to-date documentation in the project repository; manage and coach junior BAs.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Demonstrates a solid understanding of Finance functions, end-to-end processes, and how Finance requirements translate into technology and platform outcomes.
• Applies working knowledge of the regional Finance operating model and key process flows, including governance and stakeholder touchpoints.
• Brings practical project lifecycle experience, including planning, governance, controls, RAID management, and status reporting.
• Demonstrates proven business analysis skills: requirements gathering, documentation, operating model and process analysis, and translating needs into clear deliverables.
• Builds relationships and influences effectively across Finance, Operations, and Technology within a matrixed environment.
• Produces crisp written updates and executive-ready status reporting, and facilitates meetings effectively.
• Identifies, assesses, and mitigates risks and issues with a control-minded approach to delivery.
• Applies Finance and accounting acumen, including a controllers mindset and awareness of financial reporting impacts and controls.
• Supports test strategy, UAT coordination, defect triage, and cutover readiness.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Holds an accounting or project management qualification.
• Demonstrates awareness of line-of-business systems, middle-office operations, and adjacent products/solutions (e.g., iDDA, Cash Management) and how they feed Finance.
• Applies data and systems literacy, including data flows, reference data, reconciliations, and basic SQL/Excel where relevant.
• Contributes to change management activities, including training support, communications, and adoption tracking.

About JPMorgan Chase

JPMorgan Chase has been doing first-class business in a first-class way for more than two hundred years. We have been a leader in helping companies grow and markets develop throughout our history. We collaborate across the globe to deliver the solutions and advice to meet our clients’ needs, anywhere in the world. We operate in 100 countries and hold global leadership positions across our businesses. We have an exceptional team of employees who work hard to do the right thing for our clients and the firm every day. This is why we can offer you an outstanding career.