Vice President, Finance Compliance and Ops Risk Test Manager

Job Description

Join our team and lead the charge in shaping robust testing strategies that safeguard our firm's interests. As a key player, you'll have the opportunity to drive impactful decisions, enhance compliance, and build strong relationships with senior stakeholders.

As a Compliance and Operations Risk Test Manager in the Testing Center of Excellence, you will lead in shaping the testing strategy across various business lines, ensuring alignment with regulatory and firm requirements. Your deep understanding of risk management and control evaluation will be instrumental in identifying and mitigating risks, thereby enhancing compliance and operational risk management. Additionally, your aptitude in stakeholder management will enable you to foster strong relationships with senior stakeholders, including business management and regulatory bodies. Your role will also involve making impactful decisions that influence operations, financial management, and public image, while maintaining compliance with operational policies and precedents. As a leader, you will manage a diverse team, planning and organizing individual and team activities to integrate and coordinate work across different parts of the firm.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of comprehensive testing strategies, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements and firm policies.
• Oversee the assessment of the control environment, identifying control gaps, verifying control effectiveness, and driving remediation efforts.
• Manage complex testing initiatives, applying advanced project management skills to ensure timely and efficient delivery of outcomes.
• Strong understanding of control environment of the assigned function with experience in evaluating the adequacy and effectiveness of controls in the Finance domain.
• Utilize deep knowledge of risk management practices to make sound decisions that protect the firm's interests and comply with regulatory obligations.
• Foster strong relationships with senior stakeholders, effectively communicating testing strategies and outcomes, and addressing any concerns or issues.
• Skilled in preparing process documents, process flows documents, overview documents and robust audit documentation.
• Assess the control environment to identify gaps, verify controls are properly designed and implemented, and determine control effectiveness.
• Foster collaboration on various engagements with minimal oversight from leads. This includes developing detailed test scripts, facilitating issue discussions, participating in business meetings, and drafting comprehensive final reports to ensure alignment and clarity.
• Utilize analytical thinking to systematically organize, compare, and evaluate various aspects of a situation and environment to comprehend and identify key or underlying information.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to align testing efforts and ensure effective communication of testing outcomes.
• Lead meetings with business owners at various management levels, delivering testing results and supporting sustainable control enhancements. Identify and capitalize on opportunities to strengthen controls and improve operational efficiency and effectiveness of the firm's risk management.
• Serves as the primary point of contact for testers, providing guidance, resolving issues, and facilitating smooth communication within the team to ensure successful completion of testing engagements.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively influence and engage stakeholders during challenging discussions.
• Apply problem-solving skills to address complex situations, develop alternate solutions, and interpret policies to ensure compliance with technical standards.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, And Skills

Shift Timing : 12.30 PM to 21 : 30 PM

About Us

JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

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. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

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.

Control Management maintains a strong and consistent control environment through a joint accountability model that aligns managers with each function and region to mitigate operational risk. The team focuses on four areas : Control Design & Expertise, Risks & Controls Identification / Assessment, Issues & Control Deficiencies and Control Governance & Reporting.

Skills Required

Word, Alteryx, Project Management, Powerpoint, Tableau, Stakeholder Management, Ms Office Applications, Analytical Thinking, Excel, Risk Management