Trade Finance Control Manager

Job Description Explore Global Trade Operations—lead teams, shape risk controls, and make an impact in dynamic trade and transaction services!

As a Trade Finance Control Manager Senior Associate in TTCM (Trade Transaction Control Management) Team, you will act as a senior level manager and an expert in Global Trade products with a strong emphasis on Risk and Controls.

Job Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to a team of professionals across different location. Build a world class team that can support the team’s objectives.
• Build a strong transparent performance management culture for staff based on meritocracy, continuous communication, timely feedback and appropriate supervisory cover
• Engage, motivate and influence direct reports, teams and peers and enhance overall employee engagement and retention, working in partnership with support functions
• Work directly with internal partners and external clients, primarily in an advisory capacity, investigate and provide decisions on transaction escalations daily due to a variety of risk drivers: Sanctions / Money Laundering / Boycott / Export Control / Fraud / complex terms, etc.
• Provide technical consulting to Trade Operations and internal partners regarding problem trade transactions and new business opportunities by making risk mitigating recommendations and formulating the business’ response/position.
• Identify, measure, control and monitor the Global Trade transaction risk for both internal business units and external corporate clients. Limit exposure due to risks such as those resulting from human errors, transaction processing failures and fraudulent activities.
• Interface with and Influence internal partners supported by Global Trade Operations: Product, Compliance, Risk, Legal, and Audit.
• Create and deliver the Trade training program: CDCS certification, re-certification, targeted Trade Regulatory Compliance training, risk roundtable forums with internal partners or external clients.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities And Skills

• Seasoned experience working in trade, risk, compliance or audit areas.
• People management experience in a similar environment.
• Extensive knowledge of trade products including but not limited to commercial (import & export) and standby letters of credit, documentary collections, bank to bank reimbursements, supply chain finance, trade loans, open account, etc.
• Expert level knowledge of ICC Rules, particularly, UCPDC, ISBP, URC, ISP, URR, along with working knowledge of SWIFT rules for 400 and 700 series messages.
• Expert knowledge of U.S. regulations such as BSA/AML, OFAC, Anti-Boycott, Export Controls, etc.
• Detail oriented with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrate confidence in risk-based decision making with the ability to escalate timely to senior management
• Possess the ability to analyze processes, identify opportunities for improvement, and influence internal partners to implement changes.
• Possess the ability to work on multiple tasks/projects with competing deadlines.
• Ability to operate in a complex, high-pressure, highly regulated environment in support of high-risk processes.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities And Skills

• CDCS certification.
• CAMS certification.
• Prior experience in trade product digitization or automation.

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.

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About The Team J.P. Morgan’s Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.