Fund Servicing Associate I

**JOB DESCRIPTION**

**JPMorgan Chase is a leading global financial services firm with assets of $1.1 trillion and operations in more than 50 countries. The firm is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers and businesses, financial transaction processing, asset and wealth management, and private equity. Under the JPMorgan, Chase and Bank One brands, the firm serves millions of consumers in the United States and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients.**
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**JOB TITLE: Associate (601)**
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**DEPARTMENT: Fund Accounting**
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**The Fund Accounting team is responsible for timely and accurate delivery of NAV for Clients who have outsourced their Fund Accounting to JPM. This role involves understanding and executing end to end activities that comprises of daily NAV calculation and EOD Client reporting.**

**Main Duties and Responsibilities:

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**The primary responsibility of this position is to manage the day to day Operations for the Fund Accounting Function. The person will in the management of the business deliverables and the team. The role/ position will report to the AVP of Mumbai Operations and the role involves close coordination and working with other client operations sites to ensure business goals and objectives are met.**

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**Key Responsibilities would include:

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- **In depth knowledge of Accounting functions(CapStock/Expense/Distribution)**:

- **Review of day to day activities in accordance of SOPs and within agreed client deadlines & SLA’s. Audit and resource planning with internal parties and for peak cycles. Ongoing analysis of client accounting records and escalation, where appropriate, of any potential issues identified Identify and correct misstatements within the accounting, ability to identify and escalate potential audit findings.**:

- **Able to resolve the team queries & act as a reference point for junior team members on technical, accounting and audit related matters. Liaise with partner sites for external deliveries and communicate status effectively and in a timely manner.**:

- **Interaction with stakeholders to respond to any accounting related queries that may arise. Recognise and act on opportunities to improve processes including developing and making recommendations for change and encourage the team to come with ideas for efficiency.**:

- **To ensure all the risk and control checks are adhered to and follow all required checklists and SOPS, ensure they are up to date at any given point.**:

- **Liaise with OCM (internal control) team on any issues that arise that need to be reviewed.**:

- **Foster information sharing so that continuity of data exists within the site and across the business.**:

- **Develop an environment of continuous focus on quantifiable productivity and quality.**:

- **Regular reviews of procedures assuring new processes are documented.**:

- **Identify business knowledge gaps and ensure everyone has ownership of deliverables.**:

- **Foster and champion High Performance Culture where people are empowered to make decisions that affect their work/environment.**

**Qualifications**
- **Bachelor's degree with accounting courses or equivalent work experience.**:

- **Minimum of +6 years of experience in a fund accounting or custody/fund accounting environment.**:

- **Strong fund accounting principles and theories.**:

- **PC skills (Excel).**:

- **Demonstrated supervisory and leadership skills.**:

- **Strong communication and organization skills.**:

- **Attention to detail and commitment to quality.**:

- **Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and work under pressure in a deadline oriented environment.**:

- **Able to provide coaching and guidance on all aspects of necessary processes.**:

- **Ability to analyze processes and identify improvements.**:

- **Ability to take ownership of issues and escalate where relevant.**

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**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 reasonab