Global Custody Asset Servicing and Proxy Support is an operation team set up in Hong Kong that process all types of corporate action events in APAC markets. This team is also responsible to perform the oversight and governance for Proxy voting services to our clients. Your primary focus as an Associate is managing the entire lifecycle of the corporate action event from event announcement, instruction reconciliation, until the completion. You are also responsible to ensure that the client votes on proxy events are accurately recorded in market through the oversight process.

This role provides the platform to interact with other global partners such as the middle office teams, client service manager, product partners, and other regional processing teams in the Line Of Business on daily operational matters including monitoring, analyzing and advocating continuous improvement of the service delivery relationship between JPM and the client by leveraging various systems and digital tools across the organization. You will work with, and manage through, other operational areas both locally and globally to ensure provision of timely and efficient level of issues resolution.

Job responsibilities

• Ensure timely and accurate completion of Control checkpoints, Client Instructions and Queries on a daily basis. Escalation to internal and external parties whenever required.

• Review and, where necessary, update existing processes or procedures to minimize risk and improve the operational environment.

• Act as supervisor and controller in the team to ensure all risks aspect are being mitigated

• Reconcile, validate votes from Proxy vendors to ensure meeting information announced to the client is accurate. Escalation to Proxy vendors where required.

• Provide support, guidance and training to share knowledge and strengthen the team to enhance global client experience.

• Act as a single point of contact for internal and external stakeholders to ensure timely issue resolution on corporate actions and proxy queries.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Minimum of 3 years of industry experience, with proven solid experience in day-to-day operation processing.

• Maintain high accuracy rate, be able to validate input and identify exceptions.

• Exhibit strong analytical skills coupled with independent and reliable decision-making mindset including taking the initiative to take lead in order to drive change and continuously enhance controls.

• Strong communication skills, articulate key risk and challenge of daily processing to management.

• Proven experience in driving various process enhancement and digital tools initiatives globally and regionally.

• Successful performance in a risk-based environment with a proven track record of risk reduction.

• Track record of working in a changing environment with the experience of learning, documenting and implementing new processes efficiently.

• Flexible, follow tight deadlines, organize and prioritize work and comfortable to deal with pressure and fast-paced environment

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Proven record in handling / execution of performing UAT testing for new application

• Experience of market processes / requirements

• Involve in multiple process changes and enhancement

• Financial Services background ideally within a Custody or Investment Bank Asset Servicing experience (Income / Corporate Actions / Proxy Voting) environment is preferential.

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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.

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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.

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Our mission is to provide a world-class service experience and achieve quality leadership in the industry through measurable and proven service performance. The Asset Servicing & Proxy Voting team is an operational team processing high risk and complex voluntary corporate actions for Global Custody Markets within Securities Services.