Pension Operations Associate

Next Frontier Capital; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,400,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in Bengaluru seeks an experienced Operations Manager Associate to lead a high-performing team handling time-sensitive transfer and withdrawal processing with strong controls and customer focus.

You will manage daily execution, capacity, queue health, and escalations, partnering with internal stakeholders and vendors to drive improvements through automation and process change.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in operations, service delivery, or process-driven environments.
• 3+ years of experience managing 6+ team members.
• Lead workflow-based transfer and withdrawal operations, including cash processing.
• Deliver automation outcomes using tools like Alteryx, Tableau, Power Automate, VBA, scripting or low-code.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 tools, especially Excel and PowerPoint.
• Coach teams through feedback, performance management, and development planning.
• Prioritize workloads effectively across deadlines and stakeholder demands.
• Strong written and verbal communication with confident escalation and stakeholder management.
• Build dashboards tracking queue aging, SLA performance, quality, and rework trends.

Responsibilities

• Direct daily transfer and withdrawal processing delivery to align with procedures and controls.
• Coordinate workflow tracking, queue management, and team coverage for handoffs.
• Validate verification steps, quality checks, and reconciliations to maintain data integrity.
• Own exception management with escalation and audit-ready reporting.
• Enhance customer transfer experience through responsiveness and transparency.
• Collaborate with internal partners to resolve operational issues under time pressure.
• Coordinate with external vendors to support end-to-end processing within timelines.
• Improve procedures by reducing handoffs, documenting steps, and speeding turnaround.
• Spearhead automation initiatives by defining requirements and measuring benefits.
• Mentor team members through coaching, onboarding, and performance management.
• Compile and review operational reporting and communicate status to stakeholders.

Skills

Operations leadership

Team management

Automation tooling

Excel / PowerPoint

Data dashboards

Stakeholder comms

Process improvement

Tools

Alteryx

Tableau

Power Automate

VBA

Scripting

Low-code platforms

Job description

Shape the future of operational execution by coaching teams, strengthening controls, and delivering faster, more consistent customer outcomes through process improvement and automation.

As an Operations Manager Associate within International Consumer Banking Operations, you lead a high-performing team responsible for time-sensitive transfer and withdrawal processing with strong control discipline and customer focus. You manage daily execution, capacity, queue health, and escalations to deliver consistent outcomes within defined procedures and service levels. You partner with internal stakeholders and external vendors to resolve issues and drive measurable improvements through automation and process change.

Job Responsibilities:

• Direct daily transfer and withdrawal processing delivery to ensure completion aligns with procedures, service levels, and control standards
• Coordinate workflow tracking, queue management, prioritization, and team coverage to support effective handoffs
• Validate verification steps, quality checks, and reconciliations to maintain data integrity and control requirements
• Own exception management by identifying breaks, delays, or risks and ensuring timely, clear, audit-ready escalations
• Enhance the customer transfer experience by improving responsiveness, transparency, and outcome quality
• Collaborate with internal partners to resolve operational issues efficiently, including under time pressure
• Sustain effective coordination with external vendors to support end-to-end processing within agreed timelines
• Improve procedures by reducing handoffs, strengthening documentation, and accelerating turnaround times
• Spearhead automation initiatives by identifying opportunities, defining requirements, tracking delivery, and measuring benefits
• Mentor team members through coaching, onboarding, training support, and performance management
• Compile and review operational reporting, including queue health, quality trends, and key performance indicators, and communicate status to stakeholders

Required qualifications, skills, and capabilities:

• Demonstrate 10+ years of experience in operations, service delivery, or process-driven environments
• Show 3+ years of experience managing 6+ team members
• Lead workflow-based transfer and withdrawal operations, including cash and asset processing activities
• Deliver measurable automation outcomes such as cycle-time reduction, error reduction, or capacity release using tools such as Alteryx, Tableau, Power Automate, Visual Basic for Applications, scripting, or low-code solutions
• Apply advanced proficiency with Microsoft 365 tools, especially Excel and PowerPoint
• Coach teams through feedback, performance management, and development planning
• Prioritize workloads effectively across deadlines and competing stakeholder demands
• Communicate clearly in writing and verbally, including confident escalation and stakeholder management
• Build reporting routines and dashboards that track queue aging, service level agreement performance, quality, and rework trends

Preferred qualifications, skills, and capabilities:

• Apply knowledge of pensions and investment products or account types relevant to transfers
• Execute function transitions by embedding training, documenting procedures, implementing controls, scaling capacity, and meeting service levels
• Use Equisoft or similar transfer-processing platforms
• Leverage Salesforce or similar customer relationship management and workflow tools
• Demonstrate experience in client-facing operations or service environments with strong customer outcome focus
• Developing experience using AI-powered analytics, workflow automation, or intelligent process tools to drive efficiency gains, reduce manual effort, or improve accuracy in operational processes.

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.

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. Lead operations teams to deliver accurate transfers while modernizing workflows through automation and strong control discipline.