Control Manager Associate

As part of Risk Management and Compliance, you are at the center of keeping a strong and consistent risk and control environment across JP Morgan Chase. With Control Managers appointed for each Line of Business, Function and Region, there is a comprehensive coverage and joint accountability model with the business executive that promotes early compliance and operational risk identification and assessment, effective design and evaluation of controls and sustainable solutions to mitigate operational and compliance risk. Our culture in Risk Management and Compliance is all about thinking outside the box, challenging the status quo, and striving to be best-in-class. 

Specifically, this position partners with compliance and operational risk officers, program managers, other control managers and functional support groups (e.g., Audit, Technology, Finance, Legal) to develop and implement a consistent approach to the management of risks and controls. Control Managers are responsible for having a deep understanding of the business, its underlying processes, and the control environment across several categories:

1. Risk identification & assessment – Perform ongoing monitoring and assessment of compliance and operational risk and control environment. Assess the risk to determine whether to heighten.
2. Control design & evaluation – Responsible for control-related activities: Design the control in partnership with the business executive, including how to measure its effectiveness. Provide guidance and expertise on control implementation and performing control evaluation. Be a subject matter expert for relevant projects driven outside of the Control Management organization.
3. Issue management – Perform end-to-end issue and action plan management, identifying the root cause and key themes/trends to address issues broadly, and developing action plans and validating their execution. 
4. Control governance & reporting – Identify meaningful metrics to inform on the health of the compliance and operational risk and control environment. Escalate breaches/issues based on key reporting indicators. Managing control committees and forums.

Minimum Skills, Experience and Qualifications

We are looking for someone excited to join our organization.  If you meet the minimum requirements below, you are encouraged to apply to be considered for this role. 

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 5+ years of professional experience related to financial services, risk management, compliance or legal. 
• High degree of initiative, self-direction, and ability to work well under pressure.
• Strong, clear, and concise written and verbal communication with ability to edit and prepare executive level communications. 
• Excellent organizational and project management skills; able to manage competing priorities under tight deadlines.
• Proven ability to collaborate and build strong partnerships. 
• Intellectual curiosity with a proven ability to learn quickly.
• Strong Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel skills.

Additional Skills, Experience and Qualifications

The following additional items will be considered but are not required for this role:

• AML/BSA expertise and/or certifications (e.g., CAMS, CAML, CAMCP, CFCS) are preferred. 
• Capital Adequacy or Stress Testing (e.g., ICAAP) related expertise or certifications are preferred.
• Technical skills in data analysis, quantitative modeling and emerging technologies are valuable.