JPMorgan Asset Management - Fund Accounting Associate 

Japan, Tokyo 

859200779

Job responsibilities:

1. Act as a Trusted Advisor: Serve as a key advisor to the leadership team, offering strategic financial and business management insights and recommendations to drive decision-making and align with organizational goals.
2. Collaborate on Key Deliverables: Work closely with the leadership team to manage and deliver key projects, enhancing the operating model with a focus on Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), business reviews, cost-benefit analysis, and governance.
3. Lead Workforce Strategy Development: Spearhead the creation and implementation of a comprehensive workforce strategy, including strategic transformation initiatives to improve the overall effectiveness of the HRVMO function.
4. Oversee Financial Performance: Manage financial performance by overseeing budgeting, forecasting, and expense management, ensuring alignment with financial plans and organizational objectives.
5. Budget Process Management: Lead the annual and monthly budget processes, providing detailed analysis and forecasting insights, including variance commentary, risks, opportunities, and trends.
6. Identify Productivity Initiatives: Identify and implement productivity initiatives, own investment business cases, and provide accurate headcount forecasting to optimize resource allocation.
7. Liaison for Controls and Compliance: Act as the primary liaison for controls functions, managing audit and control requests to ensure compliance with policies and procedures, while providing strategic and transformational insights.
8. Develop Organizational Engagement Strategy: Create and execute an organizational engagement strategy, including the development of town hall content, event planning, and talking points to foster communication and alignment.
9. Establish Reporting Routines: Establish regular reporting routines for the leadership team, collaborating with strategy and execution leads and other business management/EA support to ensure timely and insightful reporting.
10. Partner with Workforce Analytics: Collaborate with Workforce Analytics to lead recruitment demand and capacity planning, ensuring alignment with organizational needs and strategic goals.
11. Oversee Program Management Standards: Oversee project and program management standards, tools, and process improvements, facilitating integrated cross-functional program management and reporting to enhance operational efficiency.

Required qualifications, capabilitites, and skills:

• Extensive experience in Business Management, Finance, or COO roles.
• Highly motivated self-starter with excellent time management and prioritization skills.
• Strong presentation skills, capable of handling confidential information and presenting to senior and global business heads.
• Able to forge strong internal relationships across a broad range of functions.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Strong analytical, numerical, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyze large data sets and present conclusions concisely.
• Exceptional attention to detail with a logical thought process.
• Sound judgment, professional maturity, personal integrity, and a strong work ethic.
• Demonstrated strategic and transformational skills, with a proactive and responsive approach.

Business Management, Finance, or COO roles require optimizing business performances by promoting key initiatives and acting as a trusted advisor to Business/Group Heads. You will be responsible for identifying, escalating, and mitigating business risks, assisting senior management, and coordinating the deployment of the bank’s corporate resources to address strategic and tactical objectives.