Wealth Management Operations KYC Vice President

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial services firm in Singapore is seeking a KYC Vice President to lead the Wholesale KYC Operations team. This role involves managing KYC for Wealth Management APAC clients, ensuring compliance with AML and KYC policies while fostering a high-performance culture. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree, over 10 years of KYC experience, and exceptional skills in stakeholder management and leadership. Join us in safeguarding the bank's reputation and financial interests.

Qualifications

• At least 10 years of KYC or related experience.
• Strong understanding of KYC, AML and regulatory requirements.
• Proven ability in team and book of work management.

Responsibilities

• Manage the team’s performance against metrics and objectives.
• Provide expertise and guidance to the team.
• Cultivate an environment of teamwork and client focus.
• Be the escalation point for the team.
• Lead dialogue with partners/stakeholders to improve processes.
• Evaluate solutions to improve controls across the organization.
• Execute initiatives to maintain a robust process.

Skills

KYC management

AML compliance

Stakeholder management

Client management

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or related

Job description

In J.P. Morgan, the Wholesale KYC Operations (WKO) team plays a critical role in ensuring that as an organization, we are compliant with multiple regulations, in order to protect the bank’s reputation and financial assets.

As a KYC Vice President, you will be the team lead and focus on managing the KYC of Wealth Management APAC clients. With emphasis on Periodic Renewals, you will help the team achieve high performance and quality, whilst assuring that AML and KYC policies are adhered to. As a subject matter expert in Wealth Management sector, you will bridge the knowledge gap to develop employees, and partner with Bankers/Banking Team, Line of Business (LOB) Operations, and Compliance; managing these relationships to drive timely action & resolve challenges.

Job Responsibilities

• Manage the team’s pipeline/performance against key metrics and objectives, consistently helping the team meet SLAs
• Provide own/broader team with subject matter expertise and guidance to perform their job function; coaching team to make decisions that are effective and well-grounded based on guidelines, policies, and insights
• Cultivate an environment of strong team work and client focus
• Operate as escalation point for the team
• Lead collaborative dialogue with partners/stakeholders to advance the book of work, improve processes/systems, understand changes, resolve challenges
• Evaluate and present solutions to improve controls across the organization and process
• Identify and execute initiatives to maintain a robust end to end process

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Economics or other related disciplines
• At least 10 years of KYC or related experience, with strong understanding of KYC, AML and regulatory requirements (i.e. HKMA and MAS)
• Proven ability in team & book of work management; with capability to deep dive into the detail
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills plus strong negotiating abilities
• Outstanding client management, partnership building, leadership and direct experience of dealing with multiple stakeholders
• Self-starter and is able to operate with minimal oversight

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience coveringWealth Management sector, however experience in other lines of business may be considered
• Strong presentation skills
• Knowledge of project management
• Experience as a team lead or manager
• Business fluency in written/spoken Mandarin to support Chinese speaking clients in China