Vice President _ QA M&T India

As a Compliance - Quality Assurance - Vice President in the Compliance, Conduct and Operational Risk (CCOR) Quality Assurance Monitoring and Testing (M&T) team, you will effectively partner with Line of Business (LOB) and global/regional Compliance teams and Monitoring and Testing teams; including Internal Audit, Operational Risk and other Control functions. You will be part of a team of individuals responsible for providing solutions to drive effective controls monitoring and testing techniques using data, and for the execution of certain monitoring and testing engagements. In this role, you may provide Compliance coverage for several areas, in addition to serving as the team’s subject matter expert for specific regulations in executing the following Core Practices: Governance and Oversight, Regulatory Management, Policies and Procedures, Training and Awareness, Monitoring and Testing, Issue Management, Risk Assessment and Reporting, and Risk Control Self-Assessment. Our team will be covering all Lines of Business within JP Morgan (e.g., Corporate and Investment Bank, Asset Wealth Management, Commercial Bank and Consumer Community Banking).

Job responsibilities

• Lead a team of controls testing professionals as they carry out all phases of control evaluation (Monitoring and testing).
• Perform analysis to identify major issues and actionable opportunities, design potential solutions, and quantify bottom-line financial impact
• Develop management, stakeholder, and regulator presentations in order to communicate issues, recommendations, and status of initiatives
• Identify potential concerns and control issues, determine the root cause of issues and ensure stakeholders develop and implement appropriate corrective actions
• Conduct ongoing compliance monitoring activities and participate in special projects as required
• Challenge the status quo by providing critical and analytical thinking and strong decision making capabilities to identify problems, propose creative solutions, and escalate as necessary
• Create a culture of excellence by proactively developing a team of talented and diverse risk professionals to support the execution of the CCOR Monitoring and Testing program.
• Mentor / guide team members and oversee the completion of all monitoring and testing activities and documentation from governance perspective.
• Provides status updates with an ability to develop and articulate sound proposals to key stakeholders, and an ability to influence and drive timely decision making.
• Identify and deliver innovative solutions, with a focus on opportunities that drive department efficiency, effectiveness, and consistency.
• Stay abreast of new tools and technologies to assist in creating the most efficient and effective solutions and be accountable to CCOR stakeholders across the firm’s global footprint
• Strong relationship building skills to influence/negotiate desired outcomes. Excellent interpersonal skills necessary to work effectively with colleagues and senior management. Strong verbal/written communication. Manages communication and collaboration with global stakeholders viz includes – Global Testing heads, Legal, Audit, and regulators on risk related topics
• Develop project plans and document and analyze business systems/processes
• Help build out the M&T QA team and process
• Give timely feedback to Stakeholders
• Build partnerships and Quality champions with the M&T team

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Master’s or bachelor’s degree in one or a combination of the following: Finance, Accounting, Analytics, or Reporting. 
• 12+ years of relevant experience in the financial services industry in Compliance, Risk management, Audit preferably with AWM, CIB or Technology QA Control testing. 
• Extensive experience in designing and executing control testing programs, including the development of consistent standards and methodologies shall be desirable.
• Possess strong written and oral executive-level communications skills
• Detail-oriented; possess a high-level of attention to detail and quality for their work product with excellent analytical skills
• Previous Team Management experience
• Strong project management skills, experience working with complex data sets and environments, drawing conclusions and reporting findings.
• Proven leadership skills with the ability to manage expectations and competing priorities, be enthusiastic, have willingness to adapt in a fast-paced environment, understand sense of urgency, be effective under pressure.
• Ability to innovate, challenge the status quo and identify automation / process re-engineering opportunities with good knowledge of control design and root cause analysis.
• Working hours will be 1.30 to 10.30 pm IST.