Mexico Location - Control Management - Vice President

Job Description
Control Management provides operational risk and control coverage from both a corporate and legal entity perspectives through continuous and proactive execution of controls assessments and monitoring of corrective actions plans to mitigate compliance and operational risks. The team provides a centralized view of all control functions, and thereby assists in immediate, real time problem detection, discussion, and escalation. Main activities include overseeing regulatory exams and ensuring that regulatory issues are properly addressed, leading projects to ensure full compliance with local requirements as well as corporate policies and working with key stakeholders to implement regulatory changes as communicated by Legal and Compliance.
The Location Control Manager for Mexico will coordinate relevant control matters across all Businesses working side by side with other Functions including but not limited to Finance, Risk, Compliance, Audit, Operations, Technology, Resiliency, Legal, Human Resources, Tax, etc. The role will be a trusted advisor to the Senior Country Officer.
The role will also assume Business Control Manager (BCM) coverage over CEM (Currencies and Emerging Markets) activity in Mexico, acting as the local point person for the onshore CEM business head, under the guidance of the lead CEM BCM located in New York.
Job responsibilities

• Co-Chair the Local Control Committee and be an active member of relevant local governance.
• Conduct and lead risk assessments for matters including local regulatory notifications impacting CEM and local legal entities always in partnership with the relevant Businesses/Functions Control Managers.
• Coordinate teams to identify control gaps, escalate them and collaborate with the control owners to address issues in a timely manner. Act as a facilitator for the control owners to identify, assess and mitigate risk.
• Coordinate cross-Businesses/Functions discussions in relevant matters impacting the local franchise, such as regulatory changes and regulatory examinations.
• Conduct pre-regulatory review checks to support timely requests during regulatory exams.
• Coordinate regional efforts to implement and enhance corporate policies and control frameworks.
• Facilitate coordination for issues management across the different Businesses/ Functions in the location.
• Own and manage local regulatory engagements, working with local and offshore stakeholders in representing CEM as the impacted business.
• Address immediate and / or Day-to-Day operational risk and controls issues on behalf of the business within Mexico. Consult with Business Control Managers (BCMs) for guidance and to ensure regional and global consistency as appropriate when adapting new local specific controls.
• Provide regular updates to local business senior management and BCMs on ongoing regulatory engagement and operational risk and control issues.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Professional experience (+/- 7 years) in a regulatory, risk and/or business background with demonstrated career progression; Specialist experience in a control discipline (preferred).
• Knowledge of capital market instruments (fixed income, IRS and FX products)
• Excellent coordination, analytical, quantitative and control skills.
• Excellent management skills.
• Experience in dealing with regulatory authorities.
• Excellent communication, relationship building and influencing skills.
• Presence and ability to engage with senior management.
• Flexibility and ability to partner with other team members across global time zones.
• BA (or equivalent) degree required.
• Fluent in English & Spanish is required

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.
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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.