JPMorgan Digital Transformation - Project Management Associate 

India, Karnataka, Bengaluru 

131960600

Cost & Commissions is an area of considerable focus within the CIB. The urgent need for the build out of infrastructure to provide transparency, facilitate cost reduction and apply financial control is at the forefront of priorities within the Operations world, in partnership with other functions such as Markets, Finance and Technology.

You will support the build out of a strategic cost calculation and analytics platforms, utilizing intelligent automation solutions such as Alteryx and implement process improvements. This spans global functions and stakeholders, feeding into a number of key areas such as savings initiatives, reconciliations, cost accruals and allocations, payment processes and controls.

You will be involved in the analysis, design and planning phases, defining requirements, completing testing and executing delivery of FICC products and downstream reconciliations. You will integrate the new solutions into existing processes across internal Operational functions, Front Office and Finance and stakeholder management will form a key part of the position.

You will have a consistent record of business analysis, project management and partner engagement skills.

Job Responsibilities:

• Responsible for execution of project tasks, ensuring project plans are well defined and takes accountability of the overall project delivery
• Responsible for management of project workstreams and achieving milestones partnering with Technology, Operations & Business Management
• Responsible for project progress evaluation metrics and highlighting risks to determine the need for improvements
• Maintain and publish reports and logs to stakeholders & sponsors on risks, issues, dependencies and contingencies to keep the project on track
• Structure, maintain and lead governance forums on a weekly, monthly and quarterly basis with the broader group.
• Able to understand stakeholder requirements and create Strategic & Tactical solutions to solve the problem using automation & AI tools
• Tailor and implement modifications positively impacting project progress that evolves iteratively based on stakeholder needs, also be able to manage JIRA’s and Dashboards that document these changes
• Lead UAT and PROD releases on project deliverables within Sprints to ensure smooth transition of build to end users
• Assist with the development and maintenance of the internal calculation and reporting tools on an ad hoc daily, weekly and quarterly basis
• Exception management, including the logging, internal risk and issue reporting, investigation and closure of daily calculation exceptions
• Collation of business requirements and working with technology in the translation of manual processes to automated reporting tools
• Feedback project highlights, risks and issues to senior managers via clear and concise communications and Assist with Senior Business Management and Trading desk questions and queries around fees within Markets

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• 6+ years of Experience within a banking organization or a similar financial services institution
• Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or equivalent required
• Knowledge of OTC Derivative Markets and suite of products is a must
• Experience with executing Transformation and/or Change Management initiatives required
• Experience working with Brokerage & Fees Trade Reconciliation desired
• Skilful at evaluating and improving processes, synthesizing information to reach logical conclusions and documenting and presenting findings
• Intermediate Microsoft Office skills (especially Ms Excel, PowerPoint)
• Excellent analytical and reporting skills
• Alteryx, Qlikview & Tableau skills are highly desirable
• Project management certifications are a plus (PMP, PRINCE2, CSM etc)