Fund Controller: Expense Oversight & Governance

JPMorganChase; Metro Manila; On-site; PHP 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in the Philippines seeks an Associate to oversee fund administration activities delivered by external service providers, ensuring strong governance, accurate reporting, and timely escalation of issues.

You will collaborate with risk, legal, compliance, product, and client service teams to identify control gaps, improve processes, and strengthen oversight reporting across pooled investment vehicles.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in fund services, including exposure to income and expense reporting.
• Knowledge of registered investment products and pooled vehicles (mutual funds, ETFs, CIVs, private funds incl. 3(c)(7)).
• Knowledge of GAAP/IFRS, Regulation S-X, Investment Company Act of 1940, and liquidity-related requirements.
• Understanding of net asset value, custody, transaction costs, valuation concepts, and fund taxation where applicable.
• Understanding of financial products including complex instruments and capital markets concepts relevant to fund operations.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Ability to produce clear oversight and governance reporting with accurate data collection and aggregation.
• Strong problem-solving and attention to detail; ability to operate across teams.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day fund oversight activities performed by external service providers and ensure service standards are met.
• Review and validate fund expense accruals, disclosures, and governance reporting for accuracy and completeness.
• Validate contractual and non-contractual fees, invoices, approvals, and allocation support.
• Review budgets, reimbursements, year-end balances, and trustee-related expense support; escalate exceptions.
• Lead vendor due diligence, maintain service-level documentation, and produce scorecards and governance materials.
• Drive vendor governance meetings, manage change requests, and coordinate remediation for NAV or service issues.
• Monitor securities lending oversight indicators and escalate per process.
• Coordinate SOC 1 reviews, contract administration, and onboarding for new funds.
• Manage production cycles for shareholder and regulatory documents and validate postings.
• Partner with risk, legal, compliance, product, client service to identify control gaps and improve reporting.

Skills

Fund services knowledge

Attention to detail

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulatory reporting

Data accuracy

Communication

Problem solving

Teamwork in fast-paced environment

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

JPMorganChase in the Philippines seeks an Associate to oversee fund administration activities delivered by external service providers, ensuring strong governance, accurate reporting, and timely escalation of issues.

You will collaborate with risk, legal, compliance, product, and client service teams to identify control gaps, improve processes, and strengthen oversight reporting across pooled investment vehicles.