Incentive Compensation VP: Strategy, Governance & Ops

Next Frontier Capital; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking a Vice President to join our Compensation team to oversee incentive compensation programs across Business Banking.

This role emphasizes governance, accurate calculations, and cross-organizational collaboration with HR, Finance, and Risk to implement and manage complex plans. The incumbent will balance execution with controls, build scalable administration solutions, and drive continuous improvement in incentive operations.

Qualifications

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience working with large datasets, complex calculations and data validation.
• Strong implementation and project coordination skills, including planning, dependency management, risk identification and stakeholder communication.
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills, with exceptional attention to detail.
• Demonstrated ability to independently drive complex work to completion while managing multiple priorities.
• Ability to interpret complex plan provisions and business rules and translate requirements into practical administration processes.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience preparing executive-level presentations and management reporting.
• Ability to influence and collaborate across diverse stakeholder groups and operate effectively in ambiguous or changing environments.
• Demonstrated ownership, sound judgment and accountability, with the ability to balance urgency, accuracy and control.

Responsibilities

• Administer incentive compensation programs and interpret plan provisions and administration guidelines; partner with Finance to validate incentive calculations, reporting outputs and payouts.
• Support participant eligibility reviews, plan documentation, governance activities and approved plan updates.
• Research and resolve incentive inquiries, exceptions and escalations using documented plan provisions and administration standards.
• Coordinate implementation activities for approved incentive plan and system changes, including timelines, deliverables, dependencies, risks and stakeholder communications.
• Coordinate cross-functional workstreams across Human Resources, Finance, Sales Strategy, Technology, Operations, Risk, Controls and the business.
• Validate incentive calculations and reporting outputs, and provide incentive administration data to support reporting and analysis requests.
• Prepare executive summaries, presentations and management reporting related to incentive administration, implementation status, issues and controls.
• Maintain procedures, process documentation and administration standards; support audit, risk and control reviews.
• Identify operational risks, data-quality issues and process gaps, and drive appropriate remediation, standardization and automation.
• Partner with LOB Sales Strategy & Support and business stakeholders to evaluate the administration and calculation impacts of proposed plan changes.
• Develop scalable administration solutions that improve calculation accuracy, controls, operational effectiveness and readiness for approved program changes.

Skills

Excel & data validation

Project coordination

Analytical thinking

Plan interpretation

Written & verbal comms

Cross-functional collaboration

Attention to detail

Governance & risk awareness

Job description

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking a Vice President to join our Compensation team to oversee incentive compensation programs across Business Banking.

This role emphasizes governance, accurate calculations, and cross-organizational collaboration with HR, Finance, and Risk to implement and manage complex plans. The incumbent will balance execution with controls, build scalable administration solutions, and drive continuous improvement in incentive operations.