Wholesale KYC Middle Office- Associate

Job Description
Are you ready to drive JPMorgan's KYC process for Japan clients? As part of the Wholesale KYC Operations (WKO) Middle Office team, you'll partner with the front office and clients to facilitate the end-to-end client onboarding process. This role offers career growth and the opportunity to develop strong partnerships across key stakeholders. Your expertise in KYC will be instrumental in ensuring compliance and continuity of information flow.
As a Wholesale KYC Middle Office Associate in the WKO team, you will manage the Front Office relationship for business requests in KYC Onboarding, Remediation, and Renewals. Your role is crucial in facilitating the client onboarding process, ensuring all due diligence documentation is sourced and delivered to the KYC Production team. You'll interact with key stakeholders such as Legal, Compliance, Credit, and Operations to eliminate roadblocks and ensure continuity of information flow.
The Wholesale KYC Operations Middle Office team is dedicated to managing KYC processes for Japan clients, ensuring compliance and efficiency. As an Associate, you'll play a vital role in guiding clients through KYC requirements and conducting in-depth analysis on ownership structures. Your contributions will help maintain the integrity of JPMorgan's operations and support the firm's commitment to regulatory compliance.
Job Responsibilities

• Manage new business requests from the Front Office and facilitate the KYC process end-to-end.
• Act as an SME and Due Diligence expert to guide clients through KYC requirements.
• Conduct in-depth analysis on client ownership structures using publicly available sources.
• Work closely with the Front Office and clients to obtain necessary supporting evidence.
• Follow up with KYC production teams to ensure onboarding is completed within agreed timeframes.
• Liaise with the business to conduct workload planning and prioritize open requests.
• Interact with key stakeholders to develop strong partnerships and ensure information flow.
• Assist Relationship Managers with overnight screening, client exits, and other KYC tasks.
• Manage personal workload and priority items, ensuring timely escalation of risks/issues.
• Keep informed of changes to processes, procedures, and regulatory requirements.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent.
• Knowledge of the financial industry with expertise in Corporate and Investment Bank.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong time management, organizational, and relationship-building skills.
• Prior experience adhering to controls and compliance standards.
• Fluency in written and verbal Japanese and English.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• At least 2-4 years of experience in KYC & Client Onboarding.
• Experience in Audit, Control, Risk, or AML/Compliance.

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
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.