Middle Office - Associate jobs at Jpmorgan in Chile, Santiago

Job responsibilities

• Lead the transformation of strategic plans into high-impact programs and projects, utilizing your expertise in project management and strategic thinking to deliver results across various business units.
• Oversee the execution of programs, ensuring alignment with business strategy, effective risk mitigation, and timely delivery of commitments.
• Utilize data analytics to monitor program progress, make informed decisions, and direct necessary adjustments to ensure the successful delivery of program commitments.
• Build, lead, and manage diverse teams, fostering an environment of continuous learning and growth, and effectively delegating tasks to ensure efficient and effective achievement of objectives.
• Engage with senior management and stakeholders, providing regular updates on program progress, and collaborating to resolve any arising issues.
• Work closely with subject matter experts to learn about the business and identify innovative AI solutions, balancing technical excellence with tangible commercial impact.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Proven ability to lead and manage complex programs or projects, delivering results across various business units, typically demonstrated through 4+ years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated proficiency in data analytics, with the ability to interpret models, make inferences from data, and provide continuous insight for program execution.
• Proven experience in conflict management, with the ability to identify conflicts, facilitate discussions, and create win-win solutions using collaboration or negotiation strategies.
• Proficiency in strategic thinking, with the ability to use data to understand issues and opportunities, evaluate potential scenarios, and collaborate on strategy and priority development.
• Deep expertise in both traditional AI/ML and generative AI and passion for problem solving and innovative (out of the box) thinking

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Extensive Artificial Intelligence use cases to enhance project outcomes and drive data-driven decision-making.
• Hands-on automation to streamline project workflows and increase operational efficiency.
• Deep expertise in statistical analysis, experimental design, and causal inference.
• Proficiency in Python, orchestration frameworks, SQL and other analytical tools.

Position Objective

• Primary point of contact for bankers of the Global Corporate Bank (GCB), Market Sales and the Investment Bank (IB) as well as product partners such as Payment Sales Managers regarding all matters related to the KYC program, for Peruvian and Chilean markets.
• Coordination and end-to-end management of new client onboardings in partnership with the Wholesale KYC Operations (WKO) support team
• Oversight of periodic KYC renewals
• Client outreach to collect documents, when required.
• Participate in policy initiatives and process improvements.
• Focus on risk and controls.
• Coordinate and prepare for due diligence process related to specific transactions or internal regulatory committees.
• Facilitation of operational client and business queries.
• Oversight of client coverage and strategic planning of client lists.
• Provide transparency on overall process and progress.
• Collaborate with business and support functions to spread and leverage best practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Business Administration, Economics, Engineering or equivalent
• 3+ years KYC policies/AML or related experience
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability and drive to take full ownership of processes.
• Strong partnership and coordination skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and tight deadlines.
• Proactive/self-starter with the ability to deliver value-added support to business partners and clients in a dependable, timely and accurate manner.
• Strong decision-making capabilities and the ability to identify problems and drive to resolution
• Deliver results in a dependable, timely and accurate manner.
• Ability to use information effectively and have an eye to detail.
• Demonstrated skills in risk assessment. The ability to make sound decisions, including escalation when appropriate.
• Well organized and able to execute responsibilities; ability to prioritize multiple tasks and bring tasks to completion within established timeframes.
• Fluency in English and Spanish
• Strong Microsoft Office skills including Excel and PowerPoint

As an Associate on the Pricing team, you will be responsible for all aspects of the end-to-end client pricing life-cycle from deal/client-level profit & loss (P&L) creation through to fee agreement creation and handover to Billing for implementation and on-going invoicing of fees. You will have an opportunity to work directly in partnership with Product Management, Sales, Client Service, Operations, and others to guide the business towards commercial decisions that are aligned to overall profitability and sales pipeline targets.

Job responsibilities:

• Work with deal teams to build Excel-based P&L models in support of the deal pipeline to facilitate commercial decision making
• Undertake internal profitability analyses and/or ad hoc financial analysis – including financial data reconciliation – for existing clients
• Pro-actively research and resolve pricing and billing issues, escalating where necessary
• Create and track client fee documentation
• Provide inputs to support pricing activity for new and existing clients ensuring adherence to agreed process governance
• Organize complex information in a strategic and compelling way, demonstrating strong analytical acumen and expertise in Excel and PowerPoint techniques
• Support audit, regulatory and compliance deliverables
• Coordinate team activities and prepare materials for stakeholder meetings and Senior management presentations
• Collect and maintain internal resources and documentation on collaboration sites such as SharePoint
• Participate in collaborative initiatives with team members and global managers, looking for ways to continually simplify, improve, and add value to existing business processes

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or other related area
• Prior experience in Securities Services or Business Management role
• 2+ years of experience, proven experience delivering timely, high quality presentations and/or reporting for various projects and stakeholders, attention to detail is a must with continuous focus on accuracy
• Demonstrated ability in dealing with different stakeholder groups and driving the agenda
• Excellent communication, organization and project management skills
• Intermediate to advanced level ability expected in all MS Office tools (Excel, PowerPoint, Pivot Tables)
• Team player with demonstrated ability to work in and create a cohesive work environment
• Strong time management and prioritization skills
• Self-motivated, tenacious and able to work with high degree of independence
• Analytical mindset