Professional Services Consultant jobs in United States, New Jersey, Jersey City

As a Payments Business Manager in EMEA Liquidity & Account Solutions, you will take a collaborative approach, building and maintaining relationships as a key part of this role. You will work globally across a diverse set of stakeholders in a dynamic environment. This role offers visibility across the Payments organization and the chance to work closely with a wide variety of stakeholders; a learning mindset is essential.

Job Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with business leads to explain financial performance and revenue/expense drivers for their products, advising on strategic and tactical goals.
• Use Excel for data interpretation and PowerPoint for crafting narratives that link data to real-life activities.
• Effectively interact and influence stakeholders of varying seniority and geographic locations.
• Provide a high level of responsiveness to executive requests related to project management, presentation development, and business analysis.
• Facilitate global communication of business strategy, performance, and priorities.
• Organize complex information in a strategic and compelling way.
• Manage client pipeline and conduct trend analysis.
• Coordinate team activities and prepare materials for town halls, employee recognition, and strategy sessions.
• Support audit, regulatory, and compliance deliverables.
• Ensure adherence to LOB and corporate-wide objectives and policies.
• Build effective relationships and work closely with F&BM colleagues across the CIB organization.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree and experience in a strategic or similar role.
• Extensive experience within Financial Services (Transaction Services).
• Proficiency with Excel and PowerPoint
• Strong organizational and time management skills; flexibility, ability to prioritize requests and multi-task.
• Enthusiastic, self-motivated, and effective under pressure.
• Strong analytical and numeric skills, excellent attention to detail.
• Effective communication, influencing, and relationship-building skills; team player.
• Ability to work well individually and partner effectively.
• Pro-active and problem-solving mindset with ability to identify, present, and implement solutions.
• Comfortable presenting to senior audiences, strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Self-motivated, tenacious, and able to work with a high degree of independence.
• Understanding of liquidity products.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

• Experience in global communication and strategic analysis.
• Expertise in storytelling with data and crafting compelling narratives.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with multiple competing priorities and deliverables.
• Experience in client pipeline management and trend analysis.
• Familiarity with audit, regulatory, and compliance processes.
• Strong design acumen and expertise in Excel and PowerPoint techniques.
• Experience in coordinating team activities and preparing strategic materials.

Job responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
• Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture
• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
• Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Advanced in one or more programming languages such as Python or Java
• Ability to design and engineer public cloud platform services
• Knowledge of Azure and Azure Services including IAM, Networking, Logging, Compute and storage services to build platform services and cloud governance process/services
• Ability to contribute to the development and architecture of a multi-cloud networks, ensuring high availability and scalability
• Knowledge of Cloud Application development using Azure Cloud services and ability to manage application infrastructure to meet the firm's controls on cloud security
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Experience with version control systems like Git and experience participating in code review / peer review processes

• Ability to Design and Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates, and experience with tools to support automated infrastructure deployment and provisioning

• HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate
• Azure Certified Solutions Architect or Administrator
• Expert Azure experience
• Experience with other public cloud platforms like AWS and GCP in addition to Azure

As an Associate on the TA Ops team, you will be working in a fast-paced environment, handling various tasks such as booking/reviewing subscriptions and redemptions, moving cash for Clients/Funds/Investors, and reviewing KYC/AML. You will collaborate with Accounting, Tech, Client Service, and Product teams to implement change and deliver the best results for our business. You will learn all about the Transfer Agency world and be “Audit Ready” at all times.

Job responsibilities:

• Work on a team of highly dedicated individuals to ensure accurate and timely processing of all Fund and Investor level activity (NAV entry, series consolidation, capital activity, contact/wire updates, etc.)
• Serve as the main contact for a portfolio of clients; answer all phone calls and emails pertaining to those relationships and demonstrate ability to resolve inquiries quickly and accurately
• Perform completeness reviews in a quality assurance capacity as it relates to investor or fund activity/changes; ensure all work is ‘Always Audit Ready’
• Produce and review client and investor level reporting, such as monthly/quarterly statements, contract notes, order acknowledgements, and regulatory reports
• Take on and complete ad-hoc reporting as necessary such as the preparation of board reports, system extracts, K-1 distribution, audit requests, etc.
• Manage the final signoff process for investor transactions and resolve any outstanding documentation, including KYC/AML documents
• Follow JPMorgan's established processes and procedures and modify/iterate processes and procedures to continually improve accuracy, reduce redundancy, and mitigate risk

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Dedicated to superior client service and able to remain poised under pressure
• Team player, professional and proactive approach to work, positive attitude
• Very strong communication skills both oral and written
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to work with a high level of precision in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Ability to collaborate and solve problems that involve multiple stakeholders
• Ability to work independently with strong follow-through

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Bachelor's degree required (business discipline preferred)
• Minimum 3-5 years’ experience in the Financial Services industry, preferably experience with a Fund Administrator, Hedge Fund, or Private Equity Fund
• Extensive working knowledge of Microsoft Office products including Word, Excel (vlookups, etc.), and Outlook
• Client Service: Anticipate and identify customer needs; take action to meet customer needs; develop effective working relationships with internal and external customers; continually search for ways to increase customer satisfaction
• Risk Aversion: Demonstrate a keen eye for details; look for and mitigate inherent and residual risks
• Adaptability: Confidently handle day-to-day work challenges; willing and able to adjust to multiple demands, shifting priorities, ambiguity, and rapid change; shows resilience in the face of constraints, frustrations, or adversity
• High Aptitude: Able to quickly understand technical, procedural, and functional information to solve problems and deliver information to clients and investors
• Communicate Effectively: Demonstrate and convey an understanding of the comments and concerns of others; listen well in a group
• Analyze and Solve Problems: Gather relevant information systematically; consider a broad range of issues or factors; grasp complexities and perceive relationships among problems or issues; include others in problem-solving efforts when appropriate
• Foster Teamwork: Builds effective teams committed to organizational goals; fosters collaboration among team members and among teams

We are seeking an experienced Senior Lead Java Developer with a strong background in AWS, particularly with ECS Fargate and API Gateway. The ideal candidate will possess excellent design skills, capable of creating solutions that are performant, scalable, cost-effective, and easy to maintain. This role requires providing technical leadership and guiding a team of developers to deliver innovative and efficient solutions. Experience in working with Databricks, Spark, and the Financial Industry is a plus.

Job responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and implementation of Java-based applications with a focus on AWS services, including ECS Fargate and API Gateway.
• Design and implement microservices architecture to ensure scalability, flexibility, and maintainability of applications.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features that meet performance and scalability requirements.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior developers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.
• Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications, with a focus on cost-effectiveness and maintainability.
• Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs, ensuring high-quality code and application performance.
• Participate in architectural discussions and design reviews, providing insights and recommendations for best practices.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends and technologies.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on Computer Science concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• 10+ years of experience in Java development, with a strong focus on AWS services and microservices architecture.
• Proven experience with AWS ECS Fargate, API Gateway, and other AWS services.
• Strong understanding of object-oriented programming, design patterns, and architectural principles.
• Experience in designing solutions that are scalable, performant, cost-effective, and easy to maintain.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication and leadership skills, with experience in providing technical guidance and mentorship.

• Experience with other AWS services such as S3 and RDS.
• Knowledge of DevOps practices and tools, including CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Experience with Databricks and Spark for data processing and analytics.
• Familiarity with the Financial Industry and its specific requirements.
• Knowledge of data platforms and data management solutions.