Prime Brokerage Cash And Controls - Vice President

Testing Site - JPMC; Lower Blandford St Mary; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Testing Site - JPMC in the United Kingdom seeks a Vice President to lead the Prime Brokerage Cash & Controls function, shaping control standards, client-first delivery, and STP improvements. You will coach talent, drive automation and partner with Technology, Risk, and Legal to strengthen governance and outcomes.

The role requires proven leadership in high-stakes environments, advanced data storytelling, and FINRA SIE + Series 99 (or commitment to obtain).

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in payments or controls.
• Demonstrated skills using automation technologies.
• Advanced knowledge of market products, operating procedures, and relevant industry regulations.
• Proven leadership in high-stakes environments: proactive problem solving, clear decision-making, and ownership through to resolution.
• Impeccable time management; ability to set priorities, manage trade-offs, and deliver at a high standard under pressure.
• FINRA licensing: SIE + Series 99 (or commitment to obtain).
• Expertise in data analysis and storytelling with data; ability to translate insights into decisions for senior stakeholders.
• Strong executive communication skills; ability to craft and deliver in-person and virtual presentations to senior management.
• People leadership competencies: coaching and developing talent, influencing without authority, and driving cross-functional alignment.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day leadership for the Cash & Controls function, modelling high standards of ownership and delivery.
• Coach, mentor, and develop talent through clarity of goals and the fostering of a feedback-rich, inclusive culture.
• Drive team capacity planning and prioritization.
• Own payment controls and adherence to standards by setting clear guardrails and escalating issues with urgency and transparency.
• Review and apply incoming cash wires for institutional and retail clients, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and control compliance; permanently remediate issues to reduce non-STP recurrence.
• Perform, design, and implement key controls across the trade lifecycle; challenge the status quo to strengthen first-line control design.
• Liaise with global partners and stakeholders to resolve and mitigate reconciliation issues across the Prime Brokerage product set.
• Represent the function in governance forums and communicate complex issues succinctly to senior management and clients.
• Build trusted and lasting relationships with Technology, Operations, Product, Legal, and Risk to accelerate outcomes and manage dependencies.
• Lead change execution (requirements, testing, rollout, adoption) with disciplined program management.
• Prepare and analyse metrics that surface risk, capacity, and performance trends in order to convert insights into action.

Skills

Leadership

Automation

Data analysis

Executive communication

People leadership

Job description

Be a member of a dynamic team where individuals with diverse skills and backgrounds unite to achieve common goals through excellence and creativity—and lead from the front.

As a Vice President in the Prime Brokerage Cash & Controls team, you will lead and influence a high-performing function that provides services to hedge funds and professional investors, enabling them to finance their investment activities through a bespoke range of products. Our Prime Brokerage offering includes Global Custody, Securities Lending, Financing, and Margin Solutions. You will set the standard for control excellence and client-first delivery across cash wire processing, payments processing, and controls around equity and fixed income trading activity. You will also coach talent, drive automation and Straight-Through Processing (STP), and champion a culture of accountability, inclusivity, and continuous improvement.

Job responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day leadership for the Cash & Controls function, modelling high standards of ownership and delivery.
• Coach, mentor, and develop talent through clarity of goals and the fostering of a feedback-rich, inclusive culture.
• Drive team capacity planning and prioritization.
• Own payment controls and adherence to standards by setting clear guardrails and escalating issues with urgency and transparency.
• Review and apply incoming cash wires for institutional and retail clients, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and control compliance; permanently remediate issues to reduce non-STP recurrence.
• Perform, design, and implement key controls across the trade lifecycle; challenge the status quo to strengthen first-line control design.
• Liaise with global partners and stakeholders to resolve and mitigate reconciliation issues across the Prime Brokerage product set.
• Represent the function in governance forums and communicate complex issues succinctly to senior management and clients.
• Build trusted and lasting relationships with Technology, Operations, Product, Legal, and Risk to accelerate outcomes and manage dependencies.
• Lead change execution (requirements, testing, rollout, adoption) with disciplined program management.
• Prepare and analyse metrics that surface risk, capacity, and performance trends in order to convert insights into action.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Relevant experience or equivalent expertise in payments or controls.
• Demonstrated skills using automation technologies.
• Advanced knowledge of market products, operating procedures, and relevant industry regulations.
• Proven leadership in high-stakes environments: proactive problem solving, clear decision-making, and ownership through to resolution.
• Impeccable time management; ability to set priorities, manage trade-offs, and deliver at a high standard under pressure.
• FINRA licensing: SIE + Series 99 (or commitment to obtain).
• Expertise in data analysis and storytelling with data; ability to translate insights into decisions for senior stakeholders.
• Strong executive communication skills; ability to craft and deliver in-person and virtual presentations to senior management.
• People leadership competencies: coaching and developing talent, influencing without authority, and driving cross-functional alignment.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Financial services experience in Corporate Banking or Securities Services.
• Strong payments understanding and background with hands-on control design and testing exposure.
• Demonstrated leadership of teams and/or programs, including change management and continuous improvement.
• Experience within Prime Brokerage, Securities Settlements, or Asset Servicing.
• Reconciliations experience with a track record of reducing breaks and shortening resolution cycles.

Licensing note

• As a successful applicant you will be required to obtain your FINRA Series 99 certification within 12 months of your start date.