Compliance - Associate

**JOB DESCRIPTION**
As part of Risk Management and Compliance, you are at the center of keeping JPMorgan Chase strong and resilient. You help the firm grow its business in a responsible way by anticipating new and emerging risks, and using your expert judgement to solve real-world challenges that impact our company, customers and communities. 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.

**Job Summary**:
As a member of the Securities Services Compliance team, you will work as part of a team that gives advice to internal stakeholders on the impact of regulatory requirements. You’ll also provide input on new business strategies, product lines, policies and education, operational processes, risk mitigation and control. The work is varied and time critical.

**Responsibilities**:

- Compliance coverage of the Australia and New Zealand Securities Services business, providing advice on regulatory and firm policy topics.
- Ongoing assessment of regulatory and compliance risks inherent in existing and new proposed business activities and initiating, coordinating and delivering process enhancements where required.
- You will deal with regulatory updates, development and inquiries in the region, and partner with key functional partners to implement regulatory changes.
- Liaise with Global Compliance counterparts in order to communicate APAC issues as well as stay abreast of global initiatives.
- Assist in the design, development, implementation and ongoing operation of the Compliance program.
- Preparation and delivery of Compliance training and drafting and managing Compliance monitoring tasks.
- Coordination and liaison with country and corporate compliance groups as well as other corporate control functions such as business management, controls, audit, tax and finance as required.

**Required Qualifications,Capabilities and Skills**:

- We are interested in people from a variety of backgrounds, with diverse experiences and skills to join our team, including those with a background in legal, regulatory, compliance or similar.
- A tertiary qualification in Law, Commerce or a related discipline preferred.
- A minimum of five years’ compliance/regulatory/ legal or risk management experience gained within a financial institution or regulator, preferably within Securities Services.
- Proficient with laws and regulations applicable to the financial services industry in Australia and New Zealand.
- You’ll need to have strong attention to detail, have excellent written skills and be able to see the big picture. We’re looking for independent, analytical thinkers who can quickly adapt to new situations. You should be familiar with all key information technologies.
- You will communicate clearly with all types of people and provide advice to our businesses.
- You will be confident delivering training to groups.

**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.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. In accordance with applicable law, we make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as any mental health or physical disability needs.

**ABOUT THE TEAM**

Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we’re setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.

Our Compliance teams work globally across all lines of business to advise internal stakeholders on the impact of regulatory requirements and how to balance these with the firm’s needs. Their diverse mandate means they also provide input on new business strategies, product lines, policies, training, operational processes, risk mitigation and control.