Payment Operations - Payment Lifecycle Associate

Job Description
An opportunity has arisen for an individual to join the Payment Operations team!
As a Payment Operations Associate in Transaction Approval Group team within Commercial and Investment Banking Operations, you will be involved in day-to-day cash payment and securities intraday approvals, settlement risk issues and control, participation in projects, and will interface with Operations Risk Management (ORM), Operations, Treasury, Credit, Compliance, Legal, Middle Office and other functions to ensure that policies, processes, and control requirements are properly developed and adhered to. The team works in a very fast-paced environment with multiple trade and currency cut-offs to be adhered to alongside project responsibilities.
Job Responsibilities

• Manage cash payment and securities settlement and monitoring/approval functions that affect and control credit and intra-day exposure for a portfolio of clients, products, and currencies
• Apply sound operational and credit risk management principles, judgment, research, and investigation to support process and to manage credit exposures/ decision approvals within respective approval authority
• Understand and support operational control and regulatory reporting requirements
• Work with Operations and Client Services to manage client payment relationships
• Inform aligned Credit Risk and ORM partners about client portfolio activity, issues and provide line sizing recommendations
• Liaise with key stakeholders including Credit, Relationship Managers, Product Management and Operations regarding client credit limits/arrangement recommendations to support clients' activities
• Actively participate in client and country crisis management risk mitigation actions including Rapid Exposure Drills (RED) with Credit and Relationship Managers and support business resiliency planning
• Participate in projects that relate to TAG core functions as requested by management (e.g., Assist with the development of the Global Funds Control (GFC), Custody Credit Engine (CCE), Integrated Credit Risk Desktop (iCRD) and any other systems that function with credit controls)
• Engage as a subject matter expert for payment systems and processes related to funds control

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Bachelor's degree
• Minimum 4 years of experience working in Risk & Controls or Banking/Payment Operations or Client Service or Product Management
• Prior experience and proven ability to communicate effectively and confidently with senior management
• Expertise in Microsoft Applications (especially PowerPoint and Excel) and experience using SharePoint
• Self-starter, capable of working independently, making decisions using a risk and control mindset
• Proven track record of multi-tasking in a time sensitive environment
• Quick learner and strong interpersonal and team working skills
• Open attitude towards sharing ideas and knowledge with appropriate partners/stakeholders
• A proactive approach to problem solving and taking ownership of issues

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Knowledge of cash management products, payment systems, Securities clearing/processing and settlements

About Us
J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.
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About the Team
J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.