JPMorgan Vice President - Fund Services Change Strategy / Projects 

India, Maharashtra, Mumbai 

143100947

To succeed in this role you must have Analysis, documentation and coaching skills gained from experience in the finance industry, ideally in a back office environment within accounting services &/or financial reporting. You will be a highly organized individual who thrives in a demanding and fast paced work environment. The role calls for a highly motivated individual, preferably with a Fund Services Operations background and effective problem solving and communication skills. Your leader will seek your expertise and give you the support to achieve.

Job responsibilities:

• Lead reviews of functional processes across the GFSO organization to reduce overall operational reisk and build a more robust end-to-end process - get to the bottom of “WHY”, answer the “SO WHAT”, and utilize creative problem solving
• Liaise with Fund Accounting functions to study existing processes, systems and capabilities with ability to draw process flow
• Understanding of Fund Services - Fund Accounting (primary), Reporting, Performance and Compliance functions (secondary) .Ability to understand financial aspects of balance sheets, accounting, tax, client adjustments
• Understand the impact of a variety of client fund structures in the context of system static data setup.
• Lead reviews of functional processes across the GFSO organization to reduce overall operational risk and build a more robust end-to-end process - get to the bottom of ‘why’, answer the ‘so what’, and utilize creative problem-solving.
• Develop and leverage a digitalisation skillset and a data-centric mindset to identify and execute process improvement.
• Create outstanding visual and verbal stories to help articulate this journey including securing approval from senior leaders and communicating new processes to operations team. Ability to identify process gaps and make recommendations on how to address identified gaps, as well as implications for team structure, location strategy, functional alignment.
• Building strong partnerships with Operations, Product and Technology teams to lead, design and deliver high-quality solutions
• Engage with stakeholders using strong interpersonal and influencing skills to challenge the process.
• Running a book of work; own and project manage key deliverables, working to tight deadlines and leading projects from initiation to conclusion.
• Managing the book of work of your team and ensuring that they meet their targets and resolve blockers

Required Qualifications, Capabilities and Skills:

• 8 year+ experience in financial services in fund services business
• 3 year+ experience in Program / Project Management
• Excellent communication, influencing and negotiation skills with the ability to develop and maintain collaborative relationships both internally and with external stakeholders.
• A commitment to excellence and attention to detail with the ability to align those details to the big picture strategy
• Strong organisational, multi-tasking and prioritization skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, influencing and negotiation skills with ability to develop and maintain collaborative relationships and the ability to succinctly communicate complex issues to audiences
• Proactive mindset, self-motivated and able to work with higher degree of independence
• Strong Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills; intelligent automation toolkit: Alteryx, Tableau, UiPath, Xceptor
• Strong knowledge of signavio, process flow & diagrams and ability to show bottlenecks and comparative analysis
• Capability of presenting to an Managing Director level audience will be expected
  

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities & Skills:

• Experience in working in a project management team is highly desirable
• Strong knowledge of Fund Accounting would be an advantage
• A track record of delivering multiple projects and senior presentation