WKO Middle Office Associate

Are you naturally inquisitive and love diving deep into information? Do you thrive on building strong relationships with clients and business partners? If so, our KYC team within the Commercial Investment Bank is the perfect place for you!

As a Wholesale Know Your Customer (KYC) Middle Office Associate, you will be focused liaising with the Transition Management, the Front Office or the Client to request, gather, review and verify documents to meet KYC requirements as it pertains to new client relationships in the Corporate & Investment Bank (CIB).

As a Wholesale KYC Associate, you will be onboarding incremental business to existing relationships in the CIB, partnering with the WKO Maker teams offshore to ensure the KYC records are completed accurately and on time, and completing a remediation to the JPMorgan Global Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Standards for all active CIB clients.

Job Responsibilities


* Clearly and efficiently communicate to Front Office/Transition Management/Middle Office teams


* Coordinate with Sales, Bankers, Relationship Managers, Account Opening teams and clients to acquire outstanding client Customer Due Diligence (CDD) and/or Regulatory documentation


* Discuss and escalate with Compliance complex issues surrounding client types and structures, financial products and services, and other AML risk-related issues


* Ensure Customer Due Diligence (CDD) and/or Regulatory documentation are accurate and complete when captured in source systems


* Escalate client and business issues to senior management


* Perform public and internal research to compile Anti-Money Laundering (AML)/Non-AML due diligence information


* Manage an active and dynamic pipeline of mandates


* Understand Legal Entity structures along with Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Regulatory Subject Matter Expert such as FinCEN, MiFid

Required qualifications, skills and capabilities


* Ability to properly identify AML risks and apply the AML/KYC policy concepts


* Excellent attention to detail


* Strong client focus and ability to partner with various internal groups


* Strong verbal and written communication skills.


* Independent, self-motivated with an ability to adapt and be flexible in a team environment


* Ability to multi-task effectively and leverage internal resources


* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, combined with excellent time management and organizational skills.

Preferred qualifications, skills and capabilities


* BA/BS degree or equivalent work experience in financial services


* 2 years relevant experience in AML/KYC, Risk Management, Security, Law enforcement specific to fraud and illicit money movement


* Working knowledge of risk factors that may impact specific products and industries


* Previous credit training or underwriting experience and the ability to navigate client relationships and product usage

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