Payment Lifecycle Associate

Fairygodboss; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase seeks a seasoned Payments Operations professional to lead sanctions and AML/OFAC compliance for a global payments lifecycle. You will streamline processes, manage complex transactions, and research potential sanctions issues across regions.

Typically, you will coordinate with risk and controls teams, implement new technologies, and drive continuous improvement with a focus on automation and security. Strong stakeholder management is essential.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 10 years in Financial Services with compliance delivery.
• Experience building out a new team or procedures and navigating risks.
• Proficient with MS Office; Payment Operations/AML/OFAC or Compliance background.

Responsibilities

• Implement sanctions standards and ensure consistent adherence.
• Research and disposition transactions flagged in sanctions screening.
• Collaborate with risk, controls across NAMR, EMEA, APAC regions.
• Drive sanctions initiatives, quality, and controls for new business.
• Manage priorities, escalate risks, and document rationale clearly.
• Lead sanctions SME capability, train hires, and improve processes.

Skills

Automation

Cybersecurity

Anti-fraud awareness

Stakeholder management

Strategic planning

AI/ML

Market/product improvement

MS Office (Excel/Word/PowerPoint)

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance

Tools

SWIFT

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

Join a team shaping the future of digital payments and drive your professional growth. Unlock your potential and make a meaningful impact in a fast-paced and innovative environment.

As a Payment Lifecycle Associate I within Payments Operations, you will enhance our payment operations framework by streamlining processes, implementing new technologies, and developing operational functions, while managing payment processing across various products to ensure smooth fund transfers and reconcile purchase and sales options, futures, or securities. Leveraging your proficiency in automation, cybersecurity, and anti-fraud awareness, you will ensure the security and efficiency of our payment lifecycle. Your ability to manage stakeholders, influence decisions, and handle conflicts will drive mutually beneficial outcomes, while your strategic planning skills will guide our direction and resource allocation decisions. Additionally, your proficiency in AI/ML will be utilized to solve complex problems and enhance processes, applying your knowledge in market product and process improvement to optimize our operations.

Job responsibilities

• Implement Global Sanctions standards, guidelines, policies, and procedures consistently.
• Research transactions stopped in sanctions screening systems to determine true matches to sanctioned entities.
• Review transactions for potential sanctions issues and required dispositions.
• Determine sanctions requirements across regions through targeted research and queries.
• Form well-supported opinions by independently gathering evidence and recommending process actions when needed.
• Document dispositions with clear rationale and adequate supporting documentation.
• Drive OFAC/Sanctions initiatives and projects, including quality, control, procedure reviews, and screening implementation for new business.
• Maintain throughput and quality targets while managing competing priorities.
• Escalate issues, concerns, and emerging risks to senior management promptly and transparently.
• Partner with risk and controls stakeholders across NAMR, EMEA, and APAC to align execution and build strong working relationships.
• Lead team effectiveness by strengthening sanctions SME capability across processes, technology, case management, and products, training new hires, improving processes, performing root-cause analysis, and managing performance and development where applicable.

Required Qualifications, Skills and Capabilities:

• A minimum of 10 years experience working in the Financial Services industry with a demonstrated track-record of delivery and/or relevant experience in Compliance
• Experience with the build out and execution of a new team or procedures, ability to identify risks and issues and successfully navigate through to completion
• Possess strong computer skills: Microsoft Office Suite including Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Payment Operations/AML/OFAC or Compliance experience mandatory
• The role holder will be required to operate flexible working hours to cover early starts and/or late finishes as demanded by the business

Bachelor's degree in finance or any similar disciplines

Preferred Qualifications, Skills and Capabilities:

• Knowledge of SWIFT messaging and payment transactions is preferred. Demonstrate cross-line of business knowledge of banking systems and products

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.