Client Onboarding and Documentation Control Management - Associate

Next Frontier Capital; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

J.P. Morgan is seeking an Associate in the Client Onboarding and Documentation Operations Control Management to strengthen the control environment through analytics and data-driven testing.

The role partners with business leaders to implement governance for AI use cases and ensure adherence to AML/KYC expectations. You will promote a modern control program across functions, drive proactive assessments, and deliver actionable recommendations that reduce manual effort while improving risk

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Six years of experience in financial services.
• Knowledge of client onboarding processes, including AML/KYC expectations.
• Experience performing data-driven testing and end-to-end control reviews, including risk assessment and control enhancement recommendations.
• Experience in risk management, controls, compliance, or audit within a regulated environment.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with ability to build relationships across levels and present findings clearly.
• Ability to deliver high-quality results under tight deadlines in a complex, fast-moving environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead control reviews using analytics and data-driven testing to strengthen the control environment and improve operational efficiency.
• Perform proactive monitoring and testing to identify emerging risks and support timely issue identification and resolution.
• Conduct root-cause analysis for control issues, including AI-related issues, and partner on corrective actions and sustainable remediation.
• Automate control testing where appropriate to reduce manual effort and improve consistency and traceability.
• Execute risk and control assessments for AI solutions, covering model design, data quality, bias and fairness, security, accuracy, and potential failure modes.
• Partner with stakeholders across compliance, legal, audit, data, oversight, and onboarding teams to implement governance frameworks, policies, and control standards.
• Maintain awareness of evolving AML/KYC risks, holistic operational risks, including AI risks, regulatory expectations, and industry best practices, and incorporate them into the controls agenda.
• Influence and drive control improvements across teams beyond direct reporting lines in a dynamic, deadline-driven environment.

Skills

Communication

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Data-driven testing

Regulatory knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Python

Alteryx

Job description

Help shape how a global organization manages risk in a rapidly evolving, technology-driven environment. You will use analytics and responsible artificial intelligence to strengthen controls, reduce manual effort, and improve outcomes. You will partner with leaders across the business and influence change beyond your immediate team. Join us to build a modern control program that supports innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.

As a Client Onboarding and Documentation Operations Control Management – Associate in the Operations Control Management team, you will promote the controls agenda by identifying, assessing, and monitoring key risks while ensuring adherence to operational policies, control standards, and legal and regulatory requirements. You will evaluate and enhance the control framework for artificial intelligence use cases across the organization. You will lead data-driven control reviews, perform proactive assessments, and deliver clear, actionable recommendations that strengthen the overall control environment. You will work in a collaborative culture that values partnership, thoughtful challenge, and measurable impact.

You will be part of a cross-business program modernizing the client onboarding and documentation experience through a more consistent, standardized approach. Your work will help embed governance and best practices for using artificial intelligence in day-to-day activities. You will also help teams adopt smarter testing methods and more automated controls, improving both efficiency and risk coverage. This is an opportunity to build expertise at the intersection of controls, analytics, and responsible technology.

Job responsibilities

• Lead control reviews using analytics and data-driven testing to strengthen the control environment and improve operational efficiency
• Perform proactive monitoring and testing to identify emerging risks and support timely issue identification and resolution
• Conduct root-cause analysis for control issues, including issues driven by Technology including artificial intelligence-related issues, and partner on corrective actions and sustainable remediation
• Automate control testing where appropriate to reduce manual effort and improve consistency and traceability
• Execute risk and control assessments for artificial intelligence solutions, covering model design, data quality, bias and fairness, security, accuracy, and potential failure modes
• Partner with stakeholders across compliance, legal, audit, data, oversight, and onboarding teams to implement governance frameworks, policies, and control standards
• Maintain awareness of evolving AML/KYC risks, holistic operational risks, including AI risks, regulatory expectations, and industry best practices, and incorporate them into the controls agenda
• Influence and drive control improvements across teams beyond direct reporting lines in a dynamic, deadline-driven environment

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Bachelor’s degree
• Minimum 6 years of experience in financial services
• Knowledge of client onboarding processes, including Anti-Money Laundering and Know Your Customer expectations
• Experience performing data-driven testing and end-to-end control reviews, including risk assessment and control enhancement recommendations
• Experience in risk management, controls, compliance, or audit within a regulated environment
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships across levels and present findings clearly
• Ability to deliver high-quality results under tight deadlines in a complex, fast-moving environment

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience evaluating and applying artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions (including generative artificial intelligence, large language models, or agent-based systems) in a risk, controls, or governance context
• Understanding of the machine learning lifecycle (training, validation, deployment) and key model risk topics such as data quality, bias and fairness, explainability, and monitoring
• Proficiency in Python for analytics, automation, and control testing
• Experience with analytics and workflow automation tools such as Alteryx (or similar) to streamline testing and evidence collection

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.

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. Strengthen onboarding controls with analytics and responsible artificial intelligence—drive smarter testing and risk insights.