JPMorgan Know Customer KYC - Associate 

Argentina, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires 

469194672

As a Global Operations Specialist within our Client Onboarding and KYC team, you will be part of a dedicated functional team that supports North America. You will perform KYC (Know Your Customer) and client documentation analysis, study legal and commercial documents, execute AML (Anti money laundering) policies, and interact daily with Sales/Bankers. You will also address business questions, advise about onboarding requirements and status, and perform quality control activities. This role provides an opportunity to work in a rapidly changing environment, handle multiple tasks, and lead meetings or conference calls with internal clients.

Job responsibilities:

• Perform KYC (Know Your Customer) and client documentation analysis in support of the approval of new customers and amendments to existing ones, identifying and applying regulatory requirements of the different applicable jurisdictions and internal procedures.
• Study of legal and commercial documents, in order to understand client´s activity, structure, and risk associated.
• Obtain a general understanding of and execute AML (Anti money laundering) policies and internal procedures, in accordance with local and global principles.
• Daily interaction with Sales/Bankers (Front office) to obtain required documents.
• Address business questions and advise about onboarding requirements and status.
• Quality Control activities: In-depth knowledge of procedures and systems to ensure onboarded clients are compliant with all applicable rules, protecting reputation, assets and finances of the bank.
• Lead or Participate in special projects.
• Control and follow up of Pending Client Documentation by liaising with internal Lines of Business.
• Perform client searches, and accurately communicate the information requested.
• Ensure Standard Operating Procedures are updated reflecting the latest procedures.
• Teamwork with other supporting areas such as Legal, Compliance, Internal Controls, Technology, Client Services, as well as with other Regional and Global Client Onboarding teams.
• Prepare data or reports as required by regulatory needs related to clients.
• Produce and maintain client set up metrics from a regional perspective.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• University degree (Business Administration, Economics, Law, Information Technology, Engineering, etc).
• Fluent English is mandatory, both written and verbally. Formal communication in English is required on the daily tasks.
• Prior experience with deadlines for time sensitive projects
• Prior experience in documentation management
• Relevant experience (over 5 years), preferably within a financial institution.
• Organize workload among different team members, define priorities.
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
• Highly organized, proactive and motivated with strong prioritization skills, innovation and problem solving skills, and a control mindset, with the ability to deliver value-added support to business partners and clients in a timely and accurate manner.
• Sense of urgency/ability to work well under pressure and tight deadlines
• Demonstrates flexibility and willingness to accept new assignments and challenges in a rapidly changing environment, as well as handling multiple task and changing priorities on a daily basis
• Lead meetings or conference calls with internal clients providing status on processes.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Management Experience of small teams (team lead/supervisor).
• Excel skills (Word and PowerPoint a plus).