Welcome to our Incident and Client Advisory team! Are you passionate/ If you're enthusiastic about implementing controls and diligently overseeing them to safeguard the firm If that resonates with you, then you've landed at the perfect spot with us.
The Incident and Client Advisory (ICA) team is part of the Assets and Wealth Management Operations Team supporting all aspects of Client Onboarding to include the fulfilment of Anti Money Laundering (AML) and Know Your Client (KYC) requirements for the Wealth Management division of J.P Morgan Chase & Co, Asset and Wealth Management business segment.
As an Associate with the ICA team, you will ensure all prospects are on-boarded in accordance with the strategy of the Asset and Wealth Management business segment and that financial crime risks and reputational risks of prospects and existing clients are assessed appropriately. You will also make independent recommendations regarding AML risk and escalations as first line of defense. In addition, you will also facilitate the review and approval of the Bank's non-core client on-boarding/ review.
Job Responsibilities
- Provide guidance to Bankers on reputational and financial crime risk concerns and collaborate with Bankers to prepare submissions to the Reputational Risk Committee and AML Forum/Committee.
- Partner with Bankers to prepare submissions to the Client Review Forum, addressing risk tolerance and client fit, in accordance with the business segment's strategy.
- Work with Global Financial Crime Compliance and Risk functions on client issues which pose financial crime and reputational risk to the bank.
- Review overnight screening alerts and determine the appropriate disposition.
- Work with ICA global counterparts to coordinate issues, findings and practices.
- Conduct periodic training and awareness sessions to new hires and various refreshers to staff.
- Coordinate with compliance and control function where it relates to regulatory audits / requests / initiatives.
- Take up project/ initiative/ request as and when required and drive them to a completion
Required Qualifications, Skills, And Capabilities
- At least 5 years of experience in risk management, audit or compliance, with focus on KYC/AML.
- Broad knowledge of rules and regulations for various Asia jurisdictions (particularly in Hong Kong and Singapore), with focus on KYC/AML.
- Strong and Proven Organizational Skills, including prioritization
- Strong risk and controls awareness
- Ability to identify and focus on issues at a holistic level and yet be detailed oriented and independence in thinking when analyzing.
- Adaptable to work in a fast paced environment where multitasking is the norm and ability to handle escalations and work on resolutions.
- Being proactive and takes initiative to assist the team
- Bachelor's Degree
Preferred Qualifications, Skills, And Capabilities
- Background in internal audit or regulatory audit with focus on KYC/AML
- Excellent team player - Open minded, able to share information, knowledge and expertise with peers and team members.
- Experience in managing/mentoring junior members of the team.
- Excellent communication skills and strong knowledge of wealth management business/ private banking.
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