JP Morgan Chase

The Centre of Excellence Legal Team is the multi-disciplinary legal team supporting all lines of business including Consumer and Community Banking, Commercial and Investment Banking and Asset and Wealth Management across 'Global Legal Teams'. The Team functions as the central unit tasked with working on high-volume assignments, providing support to multiple legal teams facing challenges in resource management, particularly pertaining to their non-routine or ad-hoc requirements. The successful candidate must have strong legal analytical and collaborative skills, be able to work independently as well as collaboratively within the team and be a true self-starter. Job Summary As an Associate within the Legal Centre of Excellence, you will work on diverse legal assignments, supporting high-volume and ad-hoc projects, and collaborating with global teams to deliver efficient legal solutions, thereby enriching your learning, advancing your career and diversifying your experience. Job Responsibilities - Provide legal analysis and support on legal projects and documentation; - Collaborate and support large volume deals or remediation projects; - Design and implement process improvements to enhance team efficiency; - Conduct gap analysis and summarize deviations in negotiated agreements from standardized templates or against playbooks and policy manuals to identify discrepancies, escalation mechanisms and managing remediation exercises; - Review legal documents, provide gap analysis and similar legal support to the Global Legal Teams (Strong technical knowledge in contracts is essential with strong attention to detail); and - Identifying opportunities suitable for automation and work in tandem with the respective technology teams to provide solutions. Required qualifications, capabilities and skills - Law degree from a premier law school in India; - 1+ Years post-qualification legal experience; - Attention to detail with strong legal analytical skills; - Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written) with the ability to interact with senior business personnel and stakeholders in other functions; - Proficiency with technology and documentation management systems - Strong teamwork and ownership of tasks; - Ability to identify and escalate issues timely and appropriately; and - Comfortable working with metrics and data. JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management. 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.Note : For your candidature to be considered on this job, you need to apply necessarily on the company's redirected page of this job. Please make sure you apply on the redirected page as well. (ref:iimjobs.com)