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Global Financial Crimes Compliance – JP Morgan Chase&Co – Associate (Dublin)

Our Compliance Function


With a diverse team of Compliance professionals supporting all areas of our business around the globe, the team is working diligently to be innovative and present all business partners with thoughtful and unique solutions to the challenges they face. The Compliance function has a robust set of priorities in place focused on best practice and employee development to ensure goals are delivered.

The Team

The Global Financial Crimes Compliance (“GFCC”) Anti Money Laundering (“AML”) Investigations Team is responsible for identification and reporting of suspicious transactions. The team investigates AML cases for Europe, Middle East & Africa (“EMEA”) booked business to support decision making in regard of filing Suspicious Activity Reports to law enforcement.

The Role

Forming part of the regional AML Investigations group, this Dublin based role will join a dedicated Fraud Investigations Team, primarily focused on EUR activity across our EU legal entities. The team works in partnership with colleagues in UK, in-country Money Laundering Reporting Officers (MLRO’s) and GFCC teams to manage the risk and investigation lifecycle, ensuring we meet internal and external requirements. The role is predominantly investigations based, including conducting research; data acquisition; compiling supporting evidence and documentation; providing SAR filing recommendations to MLRO’s; and support the accurate identification and timely reporting of suspicious activity to law enforcement.

Duties & Responsibilities

  • Conduct investigations from a multitude of sources including Systemic Monitoring, Manual Referrals, Law Enforcement and or our internal Financial Intelligence Unit
  • Undertake client and company research using in-house databases and publicly available information to identify whether activity is unusual, and ultimately support the decision-making process regarding reporting to law enforcement.
  • Escalate unusual activity and present cases to the EMEA Financial Crimes Monitoring Committee (“FCMC”) meeting with relevant country Money Laundering Reporting Officers (“MLROs”).
  • Draft Suspicious Activity Reports (“SARs”) for submission to law enforcement.
  • Provide feedback and escalate issues identified from AML investigations into clients’ due diligence documentation and risk categorisation.
  • Actively develop knowledge of criminal methods and AML typologies, applying these characteristics through interrogation of transaction data to identify unusual activity.
  • Participate in proactive investigative projects in support of national, regional or global priorities and initiatives, including engagement with external partners.
  • Develop subject matter expertise through knowledge, research and training, leading to new investigative approaches to uncover unusual activity.
  • Share knowledge and experience through briefings, presentations and written products.
  • Participate in ad hoc projects and enhanced reviews, including supporting regulatory enquiries and line of business Compliance.

The Following Would Be Desirable

Education and Experience

  • Strong academic background or work achievements
  • Knowledge of and interest in two or more of:
  • Money Laundering
  • Terrorist Financing
  • Fraud or Scams
  • Bribery and Corruption
  • Novel and Informal Value Transfer Systems
  • Correspondent Banking and Payment/Wire platforms
  • Investigative skills and an analytical mind-set, including proven problem solving ability
  • Experience in Anti-Money Laundering, the finance industry, financial regulation, law enforcement or intelligence analysis
  • Demonstrated skills in ML/TF risk assessment, including the ability to make sound decisions, including escalation when appropriate
  • Advantageous but not essential to have skills in a Central European Language (written)
  • Experience in identifying and driving innovation, risk, control and efficiency improvements

The Candidate Must Possess

  • Initiative and judgement
  • The ability to prioritise conflicting demands, organise one’s agenda and work under pressure
  • The relationship management skills to deal with management and build partnerships with other departments
  • The ability to work in teams and the readiness to share knowledge
  • Good oral and written communication skills
  • The ability to handle large volumes of quantitative data.

J.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 recognise 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, colour, 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.

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