Trade Lifecycle Vice President

Testing Site - JPMC; Newark (DE); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Testing Site - JPMC is seeking a Payments Control Vice President in Global Foreign Exchange Operations. The role leads high-volume payment processing across FX and related products, ensuring accurate transfers, due diligence, and risk controls.

You will mentor teams, collaborate across regions, and drive process improvements to enhance service quality and customer experience. The ideal candidate has 10+ years in settlements with expertise in FX, derivatives, and payments operations, plus strong

Qualifications

• 10+ years of settlements experience (FX/derivatives/payments).
• Strong understanding of global payment processing SOPs.
• Advanced analytical and decision-making skills.
• Data analysis with ability to translate data into action.
• Proven leadership for high-performing teams in matrix environments.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder collaboration.
• Willingness to travel and work global hours.

Responsibilities

• Execute high-volume payment processing and validate currency fund transfers.
• Process payments for FX products with detailed research and review of exceptions.
• Identify and resolve procedural issues or operational errors to mitigate risk.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and clients across locations.
• Detect and prevent payment errors to protect the institution’s integrity.
• Lead process improvements to enhance quality and customer experience.
• Coach and mentor team members to uphold service standards.
• Interface with other departments to resolve escalated inquiries.
• Apply innovation, market product knowledge, and AI to optimize payment lifecycles.

Skills

Settlements experience

Foreign Exchange

Derivatives

Payments Operations

Analytical skills

Data analysis

Decision making

Team leadership

Communication

Travel willingness

Tools

Excel

Tableau

Alteryx

Job description

Are you ready to be at the forefront of digital payments? Join our Foreign Exchange Operations team specializing in payments validation & quality control to make a meaningful impact by ensuring seamless financial transactions. This is your opportunity to grow your career in a fast-paced environment, where your contributions will be valued and your skills will be honed.

As a Payments Control Vice President within Global Foreign Exchange Operations, you will play a crucial role in the smooth transfer of funds between various parties and help maintain our reputation of excellent service and secure financial transactions. Your responsibilities will include payment processing across various FX & FXO products, such as the transfer of funds between financial institutions, prime brokerage & corporate clients. This involves performing a stringent due diligence of the payment instructions with the source, controlling funds transfer, exception processing, liaising with external clients; banks in the payment chain & internal groups.

Job responsibilities

• Execute high-volume and critical payment processing tasks, one of which is validating global currency fund transfers to ensure accurate and timely transactions, following established procedures.
• Process payments for Foreign Exchange & Foreign Exchange products and verification, performing detailed and analytical research, reviewing exceptions, fund controls, and client investigation.
• Identify, resolve, or escape either procedural issues or operational errors that may arise during the processing of payments & maintain the highest level of standards to mitigate risk.
• Collaborate with cross-functional and cross-locational teams and clients, maintaining productive relationships to drive mutually beneficial outcomes in line with team objectives.
• Detect and escape potential payment errors and help prevent financial and reputational damage to the institution.
• Contribute to process optimization initiatives, including projects to identify inefficiencies, improving quality, and enhance the customers experience.
• Coach, train, or mentor team members to deliver to our high service standards for productivity, quality, and customer experience.
• Interface with other operations departments to research and resolve inquiries, such as escalated matters.
• Learn and apply skills in innovation, market product knowledge, and artificial intelligence to identify opportunities to improve and optimize payment lifecycle processes.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• 10 or more years of settlements experience, with expertise in Foreign Exchange, Derivatives, or Payments Operations, and a strong understanding of global payment processing and standard operating procedures.
• Demonstrated proficiency in decision making, problem solving, and advanced analytical skills, utilizing critical thinking to address moderately complex situations and develop actionable insights.
• Skilled in data analysis, with the ability to interpret, communicate, and leverage data to inform decision-making and drive process improvements.
• Proven ability to manage and develop high-performing teams, including talent identification, recruitment, coaching, mentoring, and fostering growth in matrix reporting environments.
• Effective communication and emotional intelligence, collaborating productively with management, cross-functional teams, and stakeholders in dynamic and diverse settings.
• Strong attention to detail, accountability, and integrity, consistently ensuring accuracy, compliance, and adherence to ethical standards in settlements and payment processing.
• Flexible and adaptable, with intermediate technical skills, willingness to work global hours, travel as needed, and maintain focus under pressure to meet deadlines and quality standards.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Demonstrated working experience with Excel, Tableau, and/or Alteryx for data analysis and reporting.