Payments - Mexico Control Manager - Vice President

Job Description
The position will report to the Mexico Payments Control Management Officer, will be based in Mexico and will cover Mexico Bank Legal Entity. The team will provide control oversight, both from a Corporate and a local regulatory perspective through continuous and proactive assessment, analysis and corrective/preventive action; and will work closely with the regional LOB-aligned Control Officers, the local Business Manager(s), the Compliance Officer and the Heads of the LOB and control and support teams to develop and execute a strategy to mitigate, prevent or accept the risks, based on an in-depth understanding of their magnitude.
The Firm-wide Control Management Group provides a centralized view of all control functions, and thereby assists in immediate, real time problem detection and escalation. Within each line of business there are designated control officers who report both to the CEOs of their respective LOBs globally, and to the Chief Control Officers. Their roles are to coordinate across all functional areas, particularly with Risk and Compliance, and oversee regulatory exams for their coverage area, ensure regulatory issues are addressed expeditiously, lead/manage projects to ensure full compliance where appropriate, work with stakeholders to implement policy and regulatory changes as communicated by Legal and Compliance, oversee implementation of RCSAs, with support of a central Control Design team, ensure changes are rolled out consistently across business areas where applicable, and execute required training. A central control team exists to support the senior control officers covering functional areas such as business management, governance and program management, training and communications.
As a Control Manager Vice President for Mexico you will assume an oversight and consolidating role for the country but also for the region, partnering with the LOB control officers, and their regional teams, as well as the Central Control Team, Risk and Compliance to deliver the function objectives at the Latin America level.
Job Responsibilities:

• Support the Regional and central Payments control teams on the execution of the control management agenda in Mexico.
• Assist in the execution of the operational risk program, mitigating action plans to ensure satisfactory resolution through regular communication with the business owners of the issues
• Conduct certain control reviews in accordance to the annual plan of controls to identify potential control gaps and recommend appropriate actions in agreement with the LOB or functional regional management team.
• Help coordinate the Control Office meetings, publish minutes and monitor delivery of action plans and other relevant metrics. Support the production process of control packages such as the local Business Control Committee and the LOB's BCC's.
• Support the execution and submission of local Risk Control Self Assessments and drive the ensuing program of action plans
• Ensure that operational risk events occurred in the location are promptly reflected onto the corporate database (RED) and follow up on any action/change
• Track identified control gaps, recommend corrective actions, agree ownership and target dates, monitor corrective actions progress to completion
• Assist in the coordination of reporting; ensuring issues are appropriately reported to internal and external review bodies.
• Support to local regulators, internal and external auditors activities, requirements and reviews.
• Proactively share and compare controls and findings with the peer community to constantly improve regional control framework

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Strong management and organizational skills; ability to track/meet deadlines and monitor various metrics and reports while identifying control themes
• Excellent communication, relationship building and influencing skills;
• Understanding of financial management and planning preferred;
• Proactiveness, very good interpersonal, negotiating and problem solving skills are key elements;
• Proficient in word, excel and powerpoint excellent presentation skills
• Degree level education (i.e. -Finance or Business related area - or equivalent) is required 6 to 8 years in an equivalent role in Controls, Audit or Compliance
• Highly fluent in English

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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.