Operations - Client Account Services - Associate

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Sydney, New South Wales, AUS
Hybrid
Senior level
Financial Services
We’re one of the world’s biggest technology-driven companies
The Role
Execute and govern custody account openings and documentation across APAC (ex-Japan). Capture business requirements, manage timelines, liaise with local agents and stakeholders, maintain data and procedures, identify and escalate risks, and contribute to reporting and continuous improvement to ensure timely, accurate account activation and strong client experience.
Summary Generated by Built In

Help clients start strong in global custody by making onboarding smooth, accurate, and on time. You’ll play a key role in converting new and incremental wins into live, operating custody accounts. You’ll work closely with partners across relationship coverage, client service, onboarding, transitions, and local market agents. If you enjoy operational ownership, problem-solving, and stakeholder management, you’ll find meaningful impact and growth here. Your work will directly support client satisfaction, risk management, and scalable service delivery.

As a Client Account Services Associate in Client Account Services, you execute custody account openings and coordinate market documentation to enable new and expanding client relationships. You’ll capture business requirements, manage timelines and dependencies, and ensure high-quality setup across systems and local market partners. You’ll help identify and resolve issues early to keep deliverables on track and aligned to agreed service levels. You’ll also contribute to reporting and continuous improvement that strengthens execution, controls, and client experience.

We support clients across Australia, New Zealand, and Asia (excluding Japan) through account opening, documentation coordination, and change activity such as restructures, launches, transitions, and exits. Priorities can shift with client activity, so you’ll work in a flexible team environment that values clear communication, strong execution discipline, and continuous improvement.


Job responsibilities

  • Coordinate and govern the set-up of custody account openings for new and incremental business, ensuring accurate setup and timely completion
  • Coordinate market and tax documentation requirements to support account activation across relevant jurisdictions
  • Partner with relationship coverage, client service, onboarding, and transitions teams to confirm requirements and deliver to agreed service levels
  • Liaise with local agents and service providers to progress documentation, clarify requirements, and resolve blockers
  • Track milestones, dependencies, and timelines to keep work progressing and stakeholders aligned
  • Respond to account opening and documentation inquiries with clear, solution-oriented communication
  • Update account reference data to maintain high data quality and operational readiness
  • Maintain procedure documentation to reflect current processes and control expectations
  • Identify risks, issues, and process gaps early, escalating appropriately and proposing practical improvements
  • Contribute to reporting on key performance indicators and key risk indicators for stakeholders and leaders

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

  • 5 years of experience in global custody, fund services, or securities services operations with direct account opening exposure
  • Demonstrated knowledge of custody account structures and market documentation requirements across multiple jurisdictions
  • Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent requests with competing deadlines and changing priorities
  • Strong stakeholder management skills, including clear written and verbal communication with senior internal and external partners
  • Demonstrated ability to identify operational risk, investigate issues, and drive timely resolution
  • Experience tracking service level commitments and delivering work to agreed timelines and quality standards
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

  • Experience coordinating onboarding activities across Australia, New Zealand, and Asia (excluding Japan) markets
  • Familiarity with custody account opening workflows, controls, and documentation standards across omnibus and segregated models
  • Proficiency using AI and generative AI tools to improve business processes while adhering to data privacy, risk, and compliance requirements.
  • Experience working with local agents and third-party service providers to progress documentation and resolve exceptions
  • Experience contributing to operational reporting, including defining and improving key performance and risk indicators
  • Exposure to custody platforms or account opening tools used in large financial institutions
About UsJ.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 TeamJ.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. 

Skills Required

  • 5 years of experience in global custody, fund services, or securities services operations with direct account opening exposure
  • Demonstrated knowledge of custody account structures and market documentation requirements across multiple jurisdictions
  • Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent requests with competing deadlines and changing priorities
  • Strong stakeholder management skills, including clear written and verbal communication with senior internal and external partners
  • Demonstrated ability to identify operational risk, investigate issues, and drive timely resolution
  • Experience tracking service level commitments and delivering work to agreed timelines and quality standards
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word
  • Experience coordinating onboarding activities across Australia, New Zealand, and Asia (excluding Japan) markets
  • Familiarity with custody account opening workflows, controls, and documentation standards across omnibus and segregated models
  • Proficiency using AI and generative AI tools to improve business processes while adhering to data privacy, risk, and compliance requirements
  • Experience working with local agents and third-party service providers to progress documentation and resolve exceptions
  • Experience contributing to operational reporting, including defining and improving key performance and risk indicators
  • Exposure to custody platforms or account opening tools used in large financial institutions

JPMorganChase Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about JPMorganChase and has not been reviewed or approved by JPMorganChase.

  • Healthcare Strength Medical, dental, vision, and mental-health coverage are broad, with wellness incentives, on-site or virtual care, and an EAP offering coaching and counseling. Plan materials emphasize accessible options, including multiple medical choices and tools to manage costs.
  • Parental & Family Support Paid parental leave extends up to 16 weeks for all parents, supplemented by paid Critical Caregiver Leave. Family resources include backup childcare via Bright Horizons, lactation support and milk-shipping, family-building assistance, and even a free five-month SNOO rental for newborns.
  • Retirement Support Retirement programs include a 401(k) with an annual company match and automatic pay credits for most employees, with a legacy pension available to earlier hires. An Employee Stock Purchase Plan at a 5% discount further supports long-term savings.

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The Company
HQ: New York, NY
289,097 Employees
Year Founded: 1799

What We Do

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is a leading global financial services firm with assets of $3.7 trillion and operations worldwide. The firm is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers and small businesses, 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. Technology fuels every aspect of our company and is at the heart of everything we do. With over 50,000 technologists globally and an annual tech spend of $12 billion, we are dedicated to improving the design, analytics, development, coding, testing and application programming that goes into creating high quality software and new products. Learn more about technology at our firm, explore resources from our Distinguished Engineers, AI & ML researchers, and other experts; access the latest episode of our TechTrends podcast, and more at www.jpmorgan.com/technology. Information about JPMorgan Chase & Co. is available at www.jpmorganchase.com. ©2023 JPMorgan Chase & Co. All rights reserved. JPMorgan Chase is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans.

Why Work With Us

Our technologists work on a diverse range of solutions that include strategic technology initiatives, big data, mobile, electronic payments, machine learning, cybersecurity, enterprise cloud development, and other state-of-the-art technologies.

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