Elevate your career as a Fund Servicing Transfer Agency AML/KYC Vice President at J.P. Morgan. With a focus on maintaining robust AML/CFT frameworks, you'll oversee the seamless integration of financial crime procedures into operational practices, while engaging with clients to enhance service offerings and ensure a consistent, exceptional client experience.
As a Fund Servicing Transfer Agency AML/KYC Vice President within the Transfer Agency Department, you will be primarily responsible for timely and efficient review and update of both new and existing Investor Anti-Money Laundering & Counter Terrorist Financing (AML/CTF) information and documentation, all with adherence to Regulatory and JPMorgan Group requirements.
Job responsibilities
- Oversee the AML/CFT framework within TA (Ireland, Jersey, Guernsey Luxembourg, Cayman and US Funds administered by JPM EMEA), ensuring it is comprehensive, robust and compliant with contractual and where relevant, regulatory obligations
- Maintain AML/financial crime procedures and ensuring that updates can be transferred into workable operational procedures
- Analyse existing and proposed legislation, regulatory announcements/changes and industry practices which may impact TA Operations
- Liaise with local GFCC to support regulatory engagement (regulator requests etc.)
- Review new AML Service offerings or client change requests
- Ensure a consistent and excellent client experience that supports the product, aligning to the operating model globally. i.e. differences relating to local requirements only.
- Develop and apply best practice to the operating model(s) in place across Securities Services
- Engage with existing and prospective clients to understand their requirements and to develop the service offering as appropriate
- Partner with and act as an escalation point internally to GFS/CIB support functions e.g. BCM, Compliance, GFCC, Risk etc
- Act as an escalation point for clients where required
- Perform periodic reviews, Investor trigger events, Investor static data requests ensuring investor information and documentation is kept up to date.
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- 5 + years AML / CTF experience in the financial services industry with exposure to globally diverse investor base
- Good understanding of EU, CI, Cayman regulation such as Criminal Justice Act 2010 (as amended) as it relates to Risk Assessments and general understanding of regulatory requirements for Jersey & Cayman Funds administered by JPM EMEA, ensuring it is comprehensive, robust and compliant with contractual and where relevant, regulatory obligations
- Strong analytical, organisational skills with operational and risk awareness mindset, escalation and attention to detail
- Strong interpersonal, communication and influencing skills, ability to assist in coaching team members
- Self-starter with strong work ethic and ability to act on own initiative within team environment to proactively identify, own and progress tasks to be undertaken.
- Ability to build strong working relationships with central and business aligned functions across the region and co-ordinate delivery across functions
- Effective time management and ability to prioritise tasks for oneself. Adherence to ensuring policy and procedures are followed and ensuring escalation of any potential issues within the KYC environment
- Team lead experience
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:
- Direct Transfer Agency experience
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