Payments Lifecycle Associate

Testing Site - JPMC; Lower Blandford St Mary; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Testing Site - JPMC in the United Kingdom is seeking a Payments Lifecycle Associate within Cash Asset Management to help drive efficiency and risk controls. You will work with senior management across a 390+ team, supporting end-to-end cash management and projections in a fast-paced treasury environment.

The role requires strong numeracy, attention to detail, and the ability to meet tight deadlines while collaborating across service leads, change teams and operations.

Qualifications

• Self-motivated, highly numerate and accurate; able to work in a team and problem-solve.
• Ability to meet tight deadlines and handle high-value payments.
• Good awareness of risk and control issues.
• Desirable experience in payments or cash management.
• Strong prioritisation, planning, organisational and time management skills.

Responsibilities

• Handle large value transactions to strict deadlines.
• Identify and challenge discrepancies to mitigate risk.
• Improve knowledge of processes and procedures.
• Work rotating shifts between 6am and 6pm with occasional Saturdays (day in lieu).
• Complete escalation issues where appropriate.
• Collaborate across Cash Asset Management and stakeholder groups to influence change.
• Deliver clear communication to stakeholders at all levels.
• Own process enhancements to reduce manual exceptions.
• Provide approval support for related regulatory requirements.

Skills

Numerical skills

Attention to detail

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Problem solving

Team player

Time management

Job description

Unlock your potential by joining our Cash Asset Management Utility - a Payments Operations team, where you will play a pivotal role, partnering with senior management, to drive innovation, enhance operational efficiency, and contribute to a dynamic and inclusive team culture.

As a Payments Lifecycle Associate in Cash Asset Management, you will be part of a firmwide function, consisting of over 390 employees operating in 7 locations, a firmwide utility providing end-to-end cash management enabling Treasury to manage the firm's balance sheet.You will work within the Projections Service. As a member of the Cash Projections Team the key priority is to ensure accurate and timely dialogue with Corporate.

Job responsibilities

• Handle large value transactions to the strictest of deadlines
• Identify and challenge discrepancies and anomalies to mitigate risk
• Work on continuously strive to improve knowledge of processes and procedures
• Act as a team player, able to work a rotating shift patterns with coverage between 6am and 6pm and very occasional Saturdays (day in lieu given)
• Complete escalation issues where appropriate
• Collaborate across Cash Asset Management (service leads, change teams and operations), building strong internal and firmwide stakeholder relationships to influence change
• Deliver effective communication tailored to stakeholders across the firm at all levels
• Own process enhancements to reduce manual exception processes
• Provide approval support for FINRA Series 99 requirements

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Series 99 Qualified (or to become within 6 month of start date)
• Self-motivated, highly numerate and accurate, team player with good interpersonal, problem solving and analytical skills
• The ability to meet tight deadlines and handle high value payments is essential
• Good awareness of risk and control issues
• Desirable to have previous payment and/or cash management experience
• Excellent prioritisation, planning, organisational and time management skills, with the ability to handle multiple priorities and to act with own initiative
• Confident in both verbal and written communication at all levels
• Takes responsibility and ownership for issues and follows through to resolution with timely and relevant communications
• Able to work comfortably and confidently under pressure and tight deadlines and is detail oriented

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Passion for continuous service improvement, creates conditions for identifying and solving process and data problems
• Financial Services background, especially in operational roles
• FINRA qualifications