JPMorgan Wealth Management – KYC Vice President 

China, Hong Kong, Kowloon 

439122267

As a Wealth Management - KYC Vice President, you will be at the forefront of managing the KYC of Wealth Management APAC clients. You will play a pivotal role in helping us achieve high performance and quality, while ensuring that AML and KYC policies are adhered to. As a subject matter expert in the Wealth Management sector, you will have the opportunity to bridge the knowledge gap, develop our team, and build strong partnerships with Bankers/Banking Team, LOB Operations, and Compliance. You will manage these relationships to promote timely action and resolve challenges, making a significant impact on our operations.

Job Responsibilities

• Manage the team’s pipeline/performance against key metrics and objectives, consistently helping the team meet SLAs
• Provide own/broader team with subject matter expertise and guidance to perform their job function; coaching team to make decisions that are effective and well-grounded based on guidelines, policies, and insights
• Cultivate an environment of strong team work and client focus
• Operate as escalation point for the team
• Lead collaborative dialogue with partners/stakeholders to advance the book of work, improve processes/systems, understand changes, resolve challenges
• Evaluate and present solutions to improve controls across the organization and process
• Identify and execute initiatives to maintain a robust end to end proces

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Economics or other related disciplines
• At least 8 years of KYC or related experience, with strong understanding of KYC, AML and regulatory requirements (i.e. HKMA and MAS)
• Candidate must have experience covering Wealth Management or similar sector
• Must be able to work independently and as a team, to contribute effectively under fast-paced environment with strong sense of ownership and responsibility.
• Outstanding client management, partnership building, leadership and direct experience of dealing with multiple stakeholders, with the ability to handles escalations and drive to resolutions.
• Strong research, analytical and comprehension skills, with ability to critically analyze client risk / controls.
• Ability to quickly grasp/learn concepts, procedures and use it to identify & drive improvements in process/systems

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• KYC experience within the Wealth Management sector
• Fluency in written/spoken Mandarin
• Understand the firm’s KYC requirements inclusive of Customer Identification Program (CIP), Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD), Local Due Diligence (LDD), Specialized Due Diligence (SpDD) and Product Due Diligence requirements (PDD)