JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA Hiring for Athena Program VP Job at London, England Full Time

Within the Transformation team there are a number of Core Strategic programmes which are CIB wide, cannot fail, fixed deadlines initiatives which have an extremely high profile within the organisation. Example of this is the Credit Athena implementation.

Athena is a strategic platform for processing and risk managing securities and derivatives in the Investment Bank. It is currently used by the Rates, FX and Commodities businesses globally. It is responsible for product modelling, trade capture, risk, event and position management, providing the books and records to the bank for trades and feeding downstream back office systems such as accounting, settlements, legal documentation and regulatory reporting. The products managed on this platform range from high volume listed and flow derivative products to extremely complex over-the-counter structured and securitized derivatives.

The Role

Athena is impacting a wide array of systems and stakeholders. As such, there will be frequent interactions with Trading, Sales and Business Management, Legal, Compliance, Operations, Technology, Quantitative Research, Credit / Market Risk and Finance. The role will expose the individual to a variety of functions and Subject Matter Experts within the Bank and as such they will need to able to learn quickly and build relationships at all levels.

The candidate will focus on the downstream feeds implementation from Athena.

The ideal candidate would have a good understanding of the Credit business or have performed large system migrations. He would have a previous experience leading streams of a large risk management migration. We are looking for someone who can drive all aspects of a project, from initiation, to build, UAT and delivery to the end users. The role will also have an analytical aspect, and as such, will require being at ease with extracting and manipulating data.

Projects are tracked and monitored using a variety of tools and artefacts (JIRA/MS Project /Excel /Powerpoint), with updates presented to various levels of management from PWG to PCC and Steering Committee. The candidate will assist with facilitating these sessions by scheduling them, preparing materials such as scorecards, attending to logistics and recording and tracking actions and decisions.

Project Manager

• Project Initiation and Identification of Stakeholders
• Standing up governance processes and artefacts, strong process skills
• Preparation of Testing Strategies and Management of UAT
• Setting Entry / Exit criteria for the major Phases and ensuring compliance with record keeping and other policies
• Partnering with Technology and Operation to ensure alignment with the Testing Strategy
• Co-ordination of E2E testing including Environments, Dates, Resources
• Metrics, Issue management and escalation

Experience

• A few years in managing large scale, large change management programmes
• A few years within the Investment Banking Sector, preferably in Tier 1 banks or consulting
• Background in Technology or Operations/finance Change

Generic Skills

• Logical and structured approach to planning and problem solving and decision-making
• Very strong analytical, prioritisation and organisational skills
• Self starter, and able to extract the sub components of an high level ask
• Ability to communicate confidently and influence internal and external stakeholders
• Good MS Office skills – Excel, Word, Visio and PowerPoint
• Risk and controls awareness.
• Capacity to think laterally and convey an understanding of the big picture

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. In accordance with applicable law, we make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as any mental health or physical disability needs.