Corporate – CIO & Treasury, Global Policy & Reporting Finance - Associate

Job description

JPMorgan Chase & Co . (NYSE: JPM) is a leading global financial services firm with assets of $2.5 trillion and operations worldwide. The firm is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers and small business, commercial banking, financial transaction processing, and asset management. A component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, JPMorgan Chase & Co. serves millions of consumers in the United States and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under its J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Information about JPMorgan Chase & Co. is available at www.jpmorganchase.com .

The Treasury and Chief Investment Office (Treasury/CIO) is responsible for delivering on the firm's strategic balance sheet priorities, including interest rate risk and liquidity management. Treasury manages the firm's balance sheet, liquidity, capital, and funding strategy, its debt and capital issuance, and its rating agency relationships and corporate insurance activities. The Chief Investment Office manages the firm's structural interest rate and foreign exchange risks and conservatively invests the firm's excess funding.

The Treasury and CIO Global Policy and Reporting group is responsible for managing the Treasury/CIO quarterly reporting process, implementing changes to accounting standards, and providing accounting support to the front office and Finance. The team closely interacts with many of the Corporate Financial and Regulatory Reporting and Corporate Accounting Policy teams, as well as handles coordination and communication with each of the regional Treasury/CIO Finance team (North America, EMEA, and Asia) and the portfolio managers. The group reports to the Treasury/CIO Global Controller and serves as an accounting resource for the benefit of the Treasury/CIO.

Key Responsibilities:
· Coordinate and support the global financial and regulatory reporting submission process for Treasury/CIO, ensuring completeness and accuracy of submissions
· Review Treasury/CIO information in SEC filings and regulatory reports, and participate in regional Treasury/CIO CFO review meetings to understand variances in balances and drivers of change in such reports.
· Support the investment securities and long-term debt Firmwide External Reporting Controller in the ownership and monitoring of investment securities and long-term debt reporting and accounting across SEC and regulatory reporting.
· Coordinate and support the quarterly impairment analysis of CIO's investment securities portfolio and the semi-annual stress testing of the investment securities portfolio as part of the capital stress testing process, working directly with Credit Risk Management, as well as other key stakeholders.
· Support and execute on control initiatives to maintain and improve the control environment, including those relating to SOX testing and review.
· Assist in global implementation of new or enhanced financial reporting and accounting policies.
· Perform ad hoc research on financial reporting, accounting policies and processes associated with new and existing products.
· Assist with new business initiatives, working directly with various stakeholders including business management, legal, and risk functions.
· Create and enhance documentation over policies and financial reporting processes.

Desired profile

·  Bachelor's degree in accounting, or related area
·  CPA preferred
·  2-4 years of accounting experience (Preferably with a Big Four audit firm or in Banking / Financial Services)
·  Experience working in an environment that requires attention to detail
·  Strong oral and written communication skills
·  Strong project-management skills
·  Strong team player and ability to work well with others in a team environment
·  Ability to work in pressure oriented environment and able to handle multiple tasks
·  Self-starter with ability to process and acquire information with limited supervision
·  Strong organizational skills
·  Excel, PowerPoint, Word skills