JPMorgan Finance & Business Management Associate 

United States, New York, New York 

497203679

As a Finance & Business Management Associate within the Rewards, Regulatory and Policy (RRP) organization, you will optimize business performance by helping promote key initiatives. Your primary focus will be on business reviews, budget and headcount management. You will provide day-to-day support on the analysis and presentation of annual and monthly budget processes, manage the quarterly business review process, and own key projects for the teams supporting delivery of business priorities in the compensation organization. You will also engage with control partners to organize and keep track of various action plans, audits, compliance and controls testing, and BCC agenda items. Your role will be crucial in shaping the firm’s culture and building a diverse and inclusive workforce.

Job responsibilities:

• As a Finance & Business Manager you will optimize business performance by helping promote key initiatives, with a primary focus on business reviews, budget and headcount management. This role supports the Rewards, Regulatory and Policy (RRP) organization within HR, with a specific focus on the Global Compensation team.
• Provide day-to-day support on the analysis and presentation of annual and monthly budget processes, including contribution to forecasting insights via monthly variance commentary, risks and opportunities outlooks, headcount review, open requisition management, and other trends
• Manage the quarterly business review process and promote key planning sessions including engagement with the central product teams, creation of executive level summaries, senior stakeholder review and approval, and general meeting preparation
• Support for RRP-wide and compensation specific employee engagement including planning and executing Townhalls, All Hands meetings, Newsletters, etc. with an eye on global inclusion and integration of dispersed teams
• Own key projects for the teams supporting delivery of business priorities in the compensation organization e.g. compensation strategy for specific employee segments, compensation vehicles vs the market, or supporting broad compensation philosophy changes related to the external landscape.
• Engage with control partners to organize and keep track of various action plans, audits, compliance and controls testing, and BCC agenda items
• Provide subject matter expertise for vendor management in compensation, partnering with the central Finance & Business Management vendor team as a key central point of contact and working with the relevant SMEs and vendor management teams to monitor activity and pull together information for requests
• Prepare analysis and insights for materials (papers, presentation decks, slides etc.) across a wide range of topics and multiple different teams, often for senior management

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Presentation & Executive Management Skills: ability to ask probing questions, cut through the “noise,” to get to the heart of an issue, and create materials to “tell the story” and address varying degrees of stakeholders through facts and data
• Reporting & Analytical Skills: ability to interpret and synthesize data that helps our leaders and employees understand key performance and key risk indicators and what actions we need to take
• Professional maturity and personal integrity; confidence to challenge the status quo and drive change; tenacious attitude towards evolving environment and varied stakeholders. Ability to handle confidential/sensitive information on a frequent basis
• Business acumen: Develop an understanding of how one’s role and firm products fit within the overall firm’s business and supports the business to maximize results
• Emotional Intelligence: Develop relationships and people skills to influence better outcomes for employees and clients
• Risk Management and Controls: Develop appreciation of and compliance with regulatory obligations; apply risk control management practices and tactics to prevent/reduce risk
• Influence: Engage others through appropriate use of facts, convincing examples, and direct persuasion to support productive discussions and relationships