Portfolio Governance - Process & Controls Senior Associate jobs at Jpmorgan in United Kingdom

Leverage your deep technical expertise and leadership to guide cutting-edge projects, fostering growth and innovation in a dynamic environment.

As a Lead Technical Program Manager in the EMEA Commercial & Investment Bank (CIB) Payments Technology Controls team, you will influence the successful delivery of complex technology projects and programs that will help reaching business goals across the firm. Leveraging your deep knowledge of technical principles, practices, and theories is essential for influencing innovative solutions, while simultaneously effectively reporting on resources, budgets, and high-performing teams. Your strong analytical reasoning and adaptability skills will enable you to navigate through ambiguity and change, ensuring that technology initiatives align with business goals. With advanced communication and stakeholder management abilities, you will foster productive working relationships and influence decision-making to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes. As a subject matter expert, you will contribute to the development of operational plans and risk management strategies, ensuring the highest quality and professionalism in service delivery.

Job responsibilities

• Build comprehensive knowledge and understanding of Global Technology Significant and Payments Strategic projects impacting the EMEA region. Influence outcomes with regulatory impact and reporting.
• Identify and highlight risks, proactively escalating potential roadblocks to maintain project and program momentum.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including engineering, product, and business stakeholders, to understand program scope, objectives, and deliverables, ensuring alignment with overall business goals.
• Build a good understanding of the regulatory landscape feeding into control forums, regulatory attestations, and incident reporting.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience or equivalent expertise in technical program management, leading complex technology projects and programs in a large organization.
• Advanced expertise in stakeholder management, with the ability to establish productive working relationships and influence decision-making across cross-functional teams and clients.
• Advanced experience in utilizing technical fluency to enable on-demand access to shared pools of applications and services.
• Demonstrated proficiency in applying analytical reasoning and problem-solving techniques to break down business, technical, or operational objectives into manageable tasks and activities.
• Good understanding of the banking regulatory landscape in the EMEA region.

Job responsibilities

• Executes software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Creates secure and high-quality production code and maintains algorithms that run synchronously with appropriate systems
• Produces architecture and design artifacts for complex applications while being accountable for ensuring design constraints are met by software code development
• Gathers, analyzes, synthesizes, and develops visualizations and reporting from large, diverse data sets in service of continuous improvement of software applications and systems
• Proactively identifies hidden problems and patterns in data and uses these insights to drive improvements to coding hygiene and system architecture
• Contributes to software engineering communities of practice and events that explore new and emerging technologies
• Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on Java concepts and proficient applied experience
• Excellent understanding of Java fundamentals and frameworks (Spring Boot), OO programming paradigms, multi-threading, messaging technologies and computer networks.
• Experience in building high-performance, latency-sensitive Java applications.
• Experience with modern testing tools (JUnit, Mockito, Spring Test Framework).
• Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with focus on Java.
• Overall knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Solid understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Exposure to cloud technologies
• Familiarity with front-end technologies, like ReactJs
• Certified Kubernetes and public cloud knowledge (e.g. CKAD and AWS certifications)

Job responsibilities:

• Work with the ICB Risk COO team in support of the ICB CRO agenda.
• Collaborate wwith ICB Risk, Controls, Finance, Governance, and cross-functional partners to deliver strategic and BAU priorities
• Coordinate and collate risk responses to NBIAs, due diligence requests for investments and Post Implementation Reviews (PIRs).
• Analyze and document key business discussion and requirements, managing timelines, risks, issues, and dependencies tracking action items and other project related materials.
• Manage working group communications, reporting, and scorecards for key strategic initiatives
• Serve as a central point of contact for critical issues, facilitating timely decision-making
• Leverage subject matter experts and initiative owners to resolve project challenges
• Establish and maintain governance for key projects and processes
• Create and facilitate forums for issue resolution, progress updates, and decision-making
• Prepare meeting materials, document minutes, and ensure clear ownership of action items
• Communicate status updates to stakeholders and senior management through scorecards and milestone tracking

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Few years of experience in a second line of defence role
• Proven written and oral communication skills to present findings and influence outcomes
• Strong attention to detail in a fast-paced, results-driven environment
• Excellent multitasking and prioritization skills
• Demonstrated ability to work inclusively across functions, lines of business, and locations
• Proven capability to operate autonomously and collaboratively within a team
• Experience developing new ideas and improving processes
• Proficiency in PowerPoint (Pitch-Pro) and MS Excel

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience in project or program management within the finance industry
• Prior experience in the Consumer Banking industry

Job responsibilities

• Write secure and high-quality code using the Java programming language with limited guidance
• Design, develop, and troubleshoot with consideration of upstream and downstream systems and technical implications
• Apply knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain to improve the value realized by automation
• Apply technical troubleshooting to break down solutions and solve technical problems of basic complexity
• Gather, analyse, and draw conclusions from large, diverse data sets to identify problems and contribute to decision-making in service of secure, stable application development
• Learn and apply system processes, methodologies, and skills for the development of secure, stable code and systems
• Add to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with one or more modern programming languages and database querying languages
• Experience across the whole Software Development Life Cycle
• Exposure to agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• Emerging knowledge of software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline e.g. cloud computing, machine learning, and artificial intelligence

Technical expertise

• Experience in developing microservices using the Java programming language with the Spring Boot framework
• Experience in deploying and managing containerized services on Kubernetes
• Experience in using messaging technologies like Kafka
• Experience in designing and implementing RESTful APIs
• A working knowledge of relational database systems like Oracle RDBMS
• A disciplined approach to code management and automated build, testing and deployment best practices
• An interest and natural curiosity in underlying physical infrastructure

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Exposure to cloud technologies
• Familiarity with AI concepts and technologies

As a Trading Services Senior Associate in Market Operations Team, you will play a pivotal role in the seamless execution of trade activities, from order entry to settlement. While still developing, your expertise in market products and understanding of automation technologies will be instrumental in optimizing our trading services. You will be expected to leverage your proficiency in change management and continuous improvement to enhance the efficiency and resilience of our operating platform. Your role will also allow you to keep developing your relationships with internal stakeholders, presenting insights to senior management, and driving process improvements. Your decisions will contribute and impact on short-term team and department goals, and you will often guide others in their work activities, contributing to the overall success of our trading services.

Job responsibilities

• Execute daily trading operations efficiently, ensuring timely and accurate trade execution while collaborating with traders and team members to resolve discrepancies.
• Monitor and reconcile trading accounts to maintain accuracy, driving the development and implementation of process improvements for enhanced operational efficiency.
• Deliver exceptional service to internal and external clients, maintaining up-to-date knowledge of market trends, trading regulations, and ensuring compliance with company policies and industry standards.
• Prepare and analyze trading reports for management review, actively participating in team meetings and contributing to strategic discussions.
• Assist in training and mentoring junior team members, fostering a collaborative and growth oriented environment.
• Manage ad-hoc projects and tasks as assigned, demonstrating adaptability and a proactive approach to addressing emerging needs.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Extensive experience in trading or financial services, showcasing a deep understanding of industry practices and operations.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, enabling effective decision-making and innovative solutions.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities, facilitating clear and productive interactions with colleagues and stakeholders.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel, along with advanced digital literacy for integrating innovative technologies in trade services.
• Ability to thrive in fast-paced environments, maintaining a detail-oriented approach and strong organizational skills to manage multiple tasks and adapt to changing priorities
• Demonstrated capability to work collaboratively in team settings, with a solid knowledge of trading systems and financial markets, and a strong commitment to delivering high-quality results.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Proficiency in trading platforms and software, demonstrating the ability to effectively navigate and optimize these tools.
• Understanding of regulatory requirements in the trading industry, ensuring compliance and adherence to industry standards.
• Capability to leverage digital literacy for adopting and integrating innovative technologies, enhancing trade services and operational efficiency.
• Skill in utilizing AI and machine learning to enhance trade service processes, driving improved decision-making and data-driven insights.