Legal Entity Risk Management, APAC - Associate

JPMorganChase; Mumbai; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in Mumbai is seeking an Associate in Legal Entity Risk Management to help build and strengthen the entity's risk governance and framework. You will work with India CRO and collaborate with Risk, Compliance, and Business teams to understand risk profiles and respond to emerging themes across APAC.

You will engage with cross-functional partners on regulatory changes, data governance, and AI risks while supporting governance documents, committees, and escalation processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant field.
• 3+ years of professional experience in risk management, compliance, finance or control in financial services.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with ability to communicate to all seniority levels.
• Strong organizational skills, ability to work under pressure and manage priorities with minimal supervision.
• Analytical, collaborative, proactive, and able to influence and partner across teams.

Responsibilities

• Implement an effective risk governance structure for India legal entities.
• Engage on regulatory deliverables, examinations and requests related to risk governance.
• Partner with risk and business teams to address regulatory changes and emerging risk themes (AI/data governance, climate risk).
• Support adherence to internal risk policies and external regulations, maintaining governance documents.
• Secretariat function for India risk committees, managing calendars and minutes.
• Collaborate with regional/global risk teams on projects affecting Risk Management.
• Support APAC CROs/LERMs and other team members in risk oversight.
• Contribute to resolution and escalation of risk oversight issues.

Skills

Communication skills

Organization

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder management

Proactive mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Excel

Data analytics tools

AI/Automation tools

Job description

Job Summary

As part of Risk Management, you are at the center of keeping JPMorgan Chase strong and resilient. You help the Firm grow its business in a responsible way by anticipating new and emerging risks and using your expert judgement to solve real-world challenges that impact our company, customers and communities. Our culture in Risk Management is all about thinking creatively and providing constructive challenges to enhance risk insights and drive more effective risk management.

Job Description

As part of Risk Management, you are at the center of keeping JPMorgan Chase strong and resilient. You help the Firm grow its business in a responsible way by anticipating new and emerging risks and using your expert judgement to solve real-world challenges that impact our company, customers and communities. Our culture in Risk Management is all about thinking creatively and providing constructive challenges to enhance risk insights and drive more effective risk management.

As an Associate in Legal Entity Risk Management, APAC, you will report to the India Legal Entity Risk Team lead and support the India Chief Risk Officer (CRO) in further developing and implementing the entity's risk governance structure to enable effective execution of the Legal Entity Risk Management framework. You will collaborate with various Risk functions including but not limited to Market, Credit, Liquidity, and Operational Risk, as well as Compliance, Business, Control and other functional teams, while gaining a solid understanding and oversight of the entity's risk profile and emerging risk themes. You will also build meaningful partnerships with key functional stakeholders at various levels within the Firm.

Job Responsibilities

• Implement an effective risk governance structure for the India legal entities.
• Engage proactively on regulatory deliverables, examinations and requests pertaining to risk governance and cross-risk stripes.
• Partner with key functional teams to assess and address applicable regulatory changes impacting Risk, including emerging risk themes. (E.g. AI and data governance, Climate risk, etc.)
• Support adherence to internal risk policies, procedures, frameworks and external risk related regulations. This includes maintenance and oversight of LE Risk governance documents such as the Risk appetite framework, Risk governance frameworks and Risk Committee charter.
• Perform secretariat function for the India risk committee, including driving the committee forward calendar, committee minutes preparation and review of materials submitted and reporting to other local governance committees (E.g. Management committee).
• Partner with Regional and Global risk teams, as required, participating in projects / initiatives impacting Risk Management.
• Work with other LE Risk team members to support CROs/Legal Entity Risk Managers (LERMs) in the APAC region.
• Contribute to the resolution and escalation of risk oversight issues.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities And Skills

• Bachelor's degree
• Minimum 3 years of professional experience in risk management, compliance, finance or control management in the financial services industry.
• Highly effective written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate clearly and concisely to audiences at all levels of seniority.
• Excellent organizational skills, with the ability to work under pressure and manage time and priorities effectively with minimal supervision.
• Good analytical, interpersonal, ability to influence and collaborate; organized, motivated, and proactive, with a willingness to take initiative.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities And Skills

• Familiarity with laws and regulations on financial services industry in India.
• Practical understanding of risk types and risk management strategies.
• Regulatory experience or relevant experience in a similar role at another institution.
• Experience with data analytics tools or AI/automation initiatives.

ABOUT US

JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

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.