Risk Management - Collections Strategy – Senior Associate

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Wilmington (DE); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Wilmington, DE seeks a Senior Associate in the Credit Risk Collections Team to drive analytics, assess performance trends, and support risk criteria improvements across collections. You will partner with operations, product, marketing, technology, and other teams to optimize collections and mitigate losses.

The role emphasizes independent analysis, proactive problem solving, and effective communication to senior leadership in a fast-paced financial services environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a quantitative discipline (Finance, Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering, Operations Research, among others).
• Minimum 3+ years of analytics experience.
• Hands-on experience using two of SAS, SQL, or Python.

Responsibilities

• Develop analytics to measure and challenge key business initiatives and recommend solutions.
• Identify and assess performance trends using statistical and data mining methodologies.
• Conduct root-cause analysis and provide actionable recommendations to leadership.
• Prepare and present risk monitoring reports to senior management and stakeholders.
• Gather requirements and map business processes to meet timelines.
• Monitor industry trends and best practices to improve risk collections processes.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Data analysis

Communication skills

Presentation to management

Project management

SAS

SQL

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in quantitative discipline

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

SAS

SQL

Python

Job description

Bring your expertise to JPMorgan Chase. As part of Risk Management and Compliance,you are at the center of keeping JPMorgan Chase strong and resilient. You help the firm grow its business in a responsible way by anticipating new and emerging risks, and using your expert judgement to solve real-world challenges that impact our company, customers and communities. Our culture in Risk Management and Compliance is all about thinking outside the box, challenging the status quo and striving to be best-in-class.

As a Senior Associate within the Credit Risk Collections Team, you will play a pivotal role in identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks to ensure we operate within established risk parameters and achieve long-term performance goals for Chase Card Services. We are looking for someone who will bring energy, curiosity, a willingness to learn, and a desire to do the right thing. This particular position will be responsible for providing oversight and integration of Strategic Co-brand Initiatives and centralized activities supporting our collections risk criteria working in close collaboration with various stakeholders within and outside card risk organization. This position offers significant cross-functional exposure, working closely with operations, product, marketing, technology, and other teams to develop collections risk criteria, integrate new processes and capabilities, ensure robust oversight and controls and performance monitoring, and deliver significant value through increased collections. As part of the broader Card Collections Credit Risk Team, you will play a key role in shaping the future of our collections processes, lending products, and mitigating losses.

Job Responsibilities:

• Develop comprehensive analytics to measure and challenge key business initiatives and recommend innovative solutions
• Work independently and in teams to identify and assess performance trends, utilizing both statistical and data mining tools and quantitative methodologies
• Conduct root cause analysis to provide clear, actionable recommendations to senior leadership and various stakeholders
• Prepare and present detailed risk monitoring reports to senior management and stakeholders, ensuring clear communication of findings
• Gather requirements, map business processes, identify gaps, and track and manage key deliverables to meet demanding timelines
• Monitor internal and external behavioral data along with public information on industry trends, regulatory changes, and credit risk management best practices to continuously improve risk collections processes

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Ability to logically structure and execute analyses using strong analytic, interpretive, and problem solving skills
• Ability to translate complex analysis into practical solutions and create concise presentations with sound business conclusions
• Ability to present findings to various levels of management
• Ability to adapt to new tools and technologies quickly, demonstrating a proactive approach to learning and applying innovative solutions
• A Bachelor’s degree or higher in a quantitative discipline (ex: Finance, Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering, Operations Research, among others)
• Minimum 3+ years of analytics experience
• Possess the drive to succeed, be results oriented, thrive in a fast-paced environment, have high attention to detail, and independently make decisions
• Hands-on experience on using at least two of the following tools: SAS, SQL, or Python
• Experience with timelines, program management, and project management

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Related quantitative discipline preferred
• Advanced degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Finance, Engineering

To be eligible for this role, you must be authorized to work in the United States. We do not offer any type of employment-based immigration sponsorship for this role. Likewise, JPMorgan Chase & Co., will not provide any assistance or sign any documentation in support of any other form of immigration sponsorship or benefit including optional practical training (OPT) or curricular practical training (CPT).