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