JPMorgan Credit Documentation - Associate 

Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 

580293817

As a Credit Documentation Associate within the Credit Product Delivery team, you will be a part of Commercial Bank Wholesale Lending Services, a dedicated lending & trade finance execution support function. Your primary goal will be to provide a superior client experience, ensuring timely, client-focused service while maintaining a robust risk and control framework. You will collaborate with regional and global teams to ensure consistent delivery across J.P. Morgan’s Corporate & Investment Bank and Commercial Bank. Your role will involve supporting Bankers and Trade Sales and closely working with business partners across Credit, Legal, Compliance, and line of business operations to deliver a client-focused support model and seamless execution. You will be committed to providing an exceptional client experience while upholding a strong risk and control framework locally, in partnership with regional and global teams, to ensure consistency across J.P. Morgan’s businesses.

Job responsibilities

• Partner with and support business partners across Global Corporate Bank, Commercial Bank, Credit, Product, Legal and line of business operations
• Drive the end-to-end transaction execution process across support teams ranging from front office (including Credit Risk, Bankers, Sales) to back office (including Documentation, Collateral and core transaction processing teams) providing leadership, transparency and accountability
• Deliver best-in-class credit documentation processes including managing the preparation, negotiation and execution of credit/ product agreements, security creation, security perfection, deal closing process, ownership of sourcing and reviewing client constitutional documents and conditions precedent
• Manage controls framework, reporting and escalation for transaction execution, including preparing and coordinating documentation deviations and approvals during negotiations
• Work with Business and Technology partners in setting priorities within the competing business strategies
• Work across functional areas to ensure all operational, financial and technology risks have been addressed
• Actively contribute to WLS wider projects & initiatives

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• A minimum of 7 years’ experience in either Credit and Transaction Management, Credit Execution, Front Office, Credit or Legal documentation space.
• In-depth credit and documentation knowledge across core lending products/agreements (e.g. Loans, Trade finance, specific local market knowledge where required)
• Proven excellent ability in relationship management and partnership with the Business, Technology and Corporate groups
• Flexibility to handle multiple tasks and changing priorities
• Effective decision-making capabilities and the ability to identify problems and drive to resolution
• Proactive/self-starter with the ability to deliver value-added support to business partners and clients in a dependable, timely and accurate manner
• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Economics or other related disciplines

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Fluency in English and Bahasa Melayu is preferred to liaise with stakeholders from Malaysia
• Knowledge of APLMA/LMA documentation is preferred & advantageous