Job Description
As part of Risk Management and Compliance, you are at the center of keeping JPMorgan Chase strong and resilient. You help the firm grow its business in a responsible way by anticipating new and emerging risks, and using your expert judgement to solve real-world challenges that impact our company, customers and communities. Our culture in Risk Management and Compliance is all about thinking outside the box, challenging the status quo and striving to be best-in-class.

The Global Financial Crimes Compliance (GFCC) organization has over 700 staff members across the world. The team covers both global and business-aligned functions supporting the firm’s Anti-money laundering, Sanctions, and Anti-corruption programs and is led by the BSA/AML Officer and the AML Operations Executive

Job Responsibilities: 

The job responsibilities of this Sanctions Compliance Officer position involve the completion of processes around regulatory driven sanction list or internally developed watch list searches of transactions and account holders looking for designated high risk clients and sanctioned transactions. 

• Working with internal Lines of Business (LOBs) and OFAC, the position will be responsible for all functions related to the restriction, blocking and unblocking of accounts/property. 
• The position will review blocked and rejected transactions from the various Compliance regions, request and obtain applicable indemnities, consult with management and assist in the preparation of the daily, weekly and annual blocked property reports sent to OFAC. 
• This position is responsible for the monitoring, reporting, related to OFAC. 
• This position also includes the process to determine if there is a true match to a suspect name, review, analysis and decisioning on wire transactions and 
• specific issues escalated to/from internal business units. 
• Validation on positive search results and providing detailed research information to support the resolution of a match.
• Providing written and verbal communication on issues with management, the lines of business and Compliance units, Performing and reviewing highly sensitive client and transaction search information, reporting, escalating and documenting results.

This position reports to the Global Financial Crimes Compliance - Sanctions Lead and is an integral part of GFCC responsibilities to protect the organization and to fulfill the Bank's regulatory requirements. Ideal candidates Possess 

• Leadership and attention to detail, 
• Ability to process high volumes an analytical ability, initiative, a solution oriented mindset, 
• Knowledge of banking process, service operations, products and systems
• Ability to work effectively in a deadline driven, diverse team/site environment. 
• Will perform additional duties and special projects as requested. Occasional travel and overtime may be required.
• The ability to work flexible hours is required

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Must have 3-5 years of banking experience and at least 1 year of Compliance, 
• Candidate must have strong written/verbal communication, leadership, proven high volume processing and analytical skills with the ability to work independently on multiple assignments simultaneously in a deadline driven, regulatory environment.
• Ability to maintain high quality in a risk intensive environment.
• Knowledge of SWIFT messaging and payment transactions is preferred.
• Demonstrate cross-line of business knowledge of banking systems and products.
• Possess strong computer skills: Microsoft Office Suite including Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint.
• Self-reliance and willingness to own problems and creatively find solutions.
• Must be results oriented and have strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Excellent project management and presentation skills.
• Flexibility to work varying daytime hours to accommodate transactional, product, reporting and regional deadlines.
• Bachelor’s degree with an emphasis in Business Administration.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Legal or audit experience is highly desirable
• Customer contact and service operations experience is a plus
• Experience with Alteryx, or other data tools is a plus
• AML, OFAC experience highly desirable.