APAC Financial Intelligence Unit - Associate

Intelligence Unit within the Financial Crimes Compliance team, your role will involve initiating and conducting investigative projects to detect and mitigate emerging financial crime risks related to Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing in the Asia-Pacific region. The role also requires responding promptly to high-profile emergent events.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop and engage in intelligence-driven, proactive and comprehensive money laundering investigations and projects across all Lines of Business, employing clear methodologies and objectives to identify and mitigate financial crime risks in alignment with global, international, regional, and national priorities and initiatives

• Perform research and analysis on extensive transactional datasets to identify patterns and trends, enhance understanding of criminal methods and AML typologies, and effectively present data assessments to communicate findings

• Prepare high-quality Suspicious Activity Reports ("SARs") recommendations from projects for submission to law enforcement

• Compile and present summaries of casework and strategic findings from project work to highlight identified trends and risks to senior management and other stakeholders

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Minimum of 3 years of experience working on complex financial crime investigations, either in the financial services industry or law enforcement

• Bachelor's degree in Banking and Financial Investment, or other related disciplines

• Exceptional research and analytical skills; with the ability to make assessments and recommendations based on often incomplete information and under time constraints

• Strong knowledge of money laundering and terrorist financing indicators, trends and typologies

• Keen interest or experience with data analytics and visualization tools such as Alteryx and Tableau and a good understanding of programming languages such as SQL

• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present to senior levels within the organization

• Ability to work independently, prioritize conflicting demands and manage multiple investigations simultaneously

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. 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.

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.