APAC Head of Human Resource Controls

Aumni; Hong Kong; Presencial; HKD 900.000 - 1.200.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

JPMorgan Chase in Asia Pacific seeks a Head of Human Resources Control Management to lead the regional control framework across end-to-end HR processes. You influence senior stakeholders, embed strong controls, and drive risk reduction through smarter processes and automation.

You will partner with HR leaders to identify risks, design control solutions, and oversee governance forums while ensuring timely remediation and audit readiness across multiple jurisdictions.

Formación

• 10+ years in operational risk, controls, audit, or related risk discipline.
• 7+ years in banking or financial services.
• Experience advising senior stakeholders on risk decisions.
• Experience designing and strengthening controls across complex processes.
• Experience leading risk governance routines.
• Proven people leadership with multi-dimensional accountability.
• Ability to assess regulatory, legal, operational, and reputational risk.
• Experience coordinating with independent assurance partners.

Responsabilidades

• Lead and strengthen the Asia Pacific HR control framework across end-to-end processes.
• Partner with HR stakeholders to identify risks and design effective controls.
• Advise HR leadership on governance decisions and remediation trade-offs.
• Drive risk assessment for ongoing change and product transformation.
• Coordinate and maintain HR risk profile with remediation progress.
• Collaborate with internal assurance teams for alignment on risk themes.
• Support review readiness with proper documentation and closure of actions.
• Lead regional risk and control governance forums.
• Embed control by design in new initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to simplify processes and automate controls.

Conocimientos

Operational risk

Controls management

Banking experience

Stakeholder management

Risk governance

People leadership

Regulatory risk

Communication skills

Time management

Descripción del empleo

In this regional leadership role, you will influence senior stakeholders, strengthen controls across critical employee and manager processes, and help teams move faster—safely. You will bring independent challenge, practical solutions, and a continuous improvement mindset. You will also help modernize controls through simplification and automation.

As a Head of Human Resources Control Management, Asia Pacific in the Human Resources Product Organization, you will lead the regional control framework that helps Human Resources identify, assess, and manage operational and regulatory risks. You will partner closely with senior Human Resources leaders to embed strong, scalable controls across key employee experiences and support safe, well-governed change. You will provide independent risk challenge and drive practical risk reduction through smarter processes and increased automation.

Job responsibilities

• Lead and enhance the Asia Pacific Human Resources control framework across end-to-end employee and manager processes.
• Partner with senior Human Resources stakeholders to identify material risks and advise on effective, sustainable control design.
• Act as a trusted advisor to HR leadership on control risks, governance decisions, prioritization, and remediation trade-offs.
• Drive a continuous and integrated approach to risk assessment in support of ongoing change and product transformation.
• Provide independent risk challenge through targeted reviews, issue analysis, root cause identification, and the monitoring, measurement, and escalation of operational risks in line with enterprise operational risk practices.
• Coordinate and maintain an accurate Human Resources risk profile, including key risks, controls, issues, remediation progress, and alignment with ongoing risk assessment activities.
• Partner with second line and independent assurance teams (for example, operational risk, compliance, legal, data privacy, resiliency, and internal audit) to align on risk themes, outcomes, and review readiness.
• Support internal and external review readiness by ensuring clear documentation, evidence, and timely closure of action plans.
• Lead regional risk and control governance forums, including agenda setting, materials, facilitation, and follow-up actions.
• Embed “control by design” into new initiatives by advising early on process design, control points, and operational readiness.
• Identify and recommend opportunities to simplify processes and strengthen controls through automation and digitization.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Minimum 10 years of experience in operational risk, controls, control management, audit, or a related risk discipline
• Minimum 7 years of experience within banking or financial services
• Demonstrated experience advising and influencing senior stakeholders on risk decisions and control outcomes
• Proven experience designing, assessing, or strengthening controls across complex, cross-functional processes
• Proven experience leading risk governance routines (for example, forums, executive updates, and action tracking)
• Proven people leadership capabilities, including hiring, coaching, performance management, and developing a high-performing team, with direct accountability for outcomes across multiple dimensions
• Demonstrated ability to assess risk across regulatory, legal, operational, and reputational dimensions
• Experience managing issues from identification through remediation, including documentation and evidence requirements
• Experience working effectively with independent assurance partners, including internal audit and compliance functions
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate complex topics into clear actions
• Strong program and time management skills, with experience delivering outcomes under tight deadlines

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience covering Human Resources process areas such as recruitment, compensation, payroll, benefits, mobility, talent development, or employee relations
• Experience supporting large-scale operating model, process, or technology transformation with controls embedded from the start
• Experience driving control simplification and automation (for example, shifting from manual checks to preventative or system-based controls)
• Experience working across multiple Asia Pacific jurisdictions and managing regionally varied risk requirements
• Experience using data-driven approaches to identify risk trends and target control improvements
• Experience building or maturing a regional control framework and governance from the ground up

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.

Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we’re setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.

Human Resources plays a critical role in driving the employee experience, shaping the firm’s culture and building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are a strategic partner to the business — working with leaders across the firm to hire, develop and retain the best people and help meet business goals. Together, we foster a work environment in which our people are supported, feel like they belong and are able to make an impact through their work. We develop and deliver a suite of products and services that help make JPMorgan Chase an employer of choice and drive our business forward.

Shape how Human Resources manages risk in a fast-evolving, product-driven operating model.