Associate - Compliance and Ops Risk Test Senior Specialist
JPMorgan Chase · Posted Oct 17
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About the role
The Testing Center of Excellence team strengthens the firm's control environment through disciplined testing, documentation, and issue validation aligned to the highest-priority risks. The role sits within compliance and operational risk management, covering control design and effectiveness assessment against Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and other regulatory frameworks. As a Compliance and Operations Risk Test Senior Specialist, you will execute testing, lead walkthroughs with process and control owners, identify gaps, and drive remediation and testing-method improvements.
What you will do
- Evaluate the assigned function’s control environment, including assessing the adequacy, effectiveness, and design of controls to support alignment with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and other regulatory frameworks, as well as the firm’s risk priorities.
- Execute testing processes with precision and accountability to assess the control environment, identify gaps, and prepare robust documentation (including process documents, process flows, and overview documents) that supports testing conclusions.
- Collaborate with process and control owners and cross-functional teams on the testing schedule; obtain walkthroughs; document process changes; gather evidence; analyze potential issues; and facilitate timely reporting.
- Support issue validation, action plan quality, and closure discipline by partnering with control owners to help ensure remediation aligns with risk acceptance and compliance expectations.
- Lead walkthroughs and other meetings with business owners, fostering collaboration across engagements with minimal oversight.
- Interpret policies, standards, and procedures to support accurate implementation of compliance requirements, while continuously improving control evaluation methodologies and interpreting control ratings and metrics to strengthen the compliance and operational risk management framework.
- Propose and implement improvements to current testing methods, contributing to the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the firm’s risk management.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
- Minimum of 4 years of experience in controls testing, audit, or operational risk management within a risk and control environment.
- Strong understanding of risk management and compliance.
- Demonstrated advanced analytical thinking and problem-solving skills, including analyzing large data sets to identify exceptions or patterns.
- Ability to evaluate multiple aspects of a situation to identify key information.
- Proven ability to build partnerships with key stakeholders and collaborate with business and functional experts to identify risks and gaps.
- Strong organizational and time management skills, with the ability to remain flexible and productive through shifting priorities and deadlines.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence business leaders in a meaningful and actionable manner.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
Preferred qualifications
- Professional qualifications such as Chartered Accountant (CA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance, or Certified Internal Auditor (CIA).
- Audit and control testing experience.
- Experience using tools such as Alteryx or Tableau to support testing activities or metrics reporting.
- Ability to innovate, challenge the status quo, and identify automation opportunities.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About JPMorgan Chase
JPMorgan Chase & Co. is one of the oldest, largest, and most diversified financial services institutions in the world. Operating globally through the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands, the firm provides a comprehensive range of financial solutions including investment banking, consumer and commercial banking, transaction processing, and asset management. Serving millions of consumers and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional, and government clients, the company combines deep market expertise with extensive technological investments.
- Industry
- Banking
- Company size
- 320000+ employees
- Founded
- 1799
- Location
- New York, New York, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Operating Officer
Global Chief Information Officer
CEO, Asset & Wealth Management
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