Associate - Climate, Environmental and Social Risk

**JOB DESCRIPTION**
Climate and Environmental & Social Risk management is a relatively new and rapidly evolving area of financial risk management, offering unique career growth opportunities.

You will support the Implementation team with its core roles of providing oversight for regulatory responses and integrating climate, environmental and social risk approaches into the firmwide and legal entity frameworks. In doing so, you will become familiarised with the large variety of businesses and products offered globally by JPMorgan Chase. You will also collaborate with a broad group of stakeholders across the organisation to interpret their functional requirements. You are expected to operate with a high sense of ownership, developing a keen eye for identifying the gaps between regulatory or strategic requirements and the existing risk management capabilities. You will also need to demonstrate strength in logically articulating ideas and expressing them clearly in both written and verbal form.

**Job responsibilities**
- Support the implementation of the Firm’s climate risk management framework, within the APAC regions
- Own and maintain the log of regulatory requirements globally and communicate changes to upward management
- Review that the interpretation of regulatory expectations, use of climate data and scenarios, and documentation created is consistent with Firmwide practices, as applicable
- Produce gap analyses between regulatory requirements and existing firmwide climate-environmental, and social risk capabilities
- Produce high-quality presentations and regulatory responses, leveraging information available as needed and inventory new content
- Liaise with risk functions and lines of business in their work to integrate climate, environmental & social risk considerations into their internal policies and approaches
- Stay informed of the latest climate, environmental & social risk regulatory developments in the region and recommend best practices

**Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills**
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, such as Environmental Science, Sustainability, Law, Economics, Finance, or International Relations; a master’s degree preferred
- Strong sense of ownership and an ability to work efficiently and independently under tight timelines
- Good interpersonal skills, demonstrating an ability to delve deeply and interrogate aspects that raise potential challenges to the operationalisation of Implementation team’s core roles

**Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills**
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to translate complex regulatory requirements into practical solutions
- Knowledge of risk management practices
- Familiarity with the evolving regulatory landscape related to climate, environmental & social matters
- Ability to convey information clearly, accurately and succinctly and draft high-impact presentations and documentation

**ABOUT US**

JPMorgan Chase & Co., 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. 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.

**ABOUT THE TEAM**

Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we’re setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.

Risk Management helps the firm understand, manage and anticipate risks in a constantly changing environment. The work covers areas such as evaluating country-specific risk, understanding regulatory changes and determining credit worthiness. Risk Management provides independent oversight and maintains an effective control environment.