Payments Integration Control Manager

Join our team as the Payments Integration Control Manager, where you'll play an active role in M&A integrations across EMEA. We're seeking a strategic VP to drive end-to-end controls due diligence for acquisitions and partnerships.

As a Payments Integration Control Manager within the Payments Controls Team, you will collaborate with the EMEA Payments business to enhance our controls management roadmap, ensuring seamless integration. Your mission: refine frameworks to assess operational risks and standardize governance, aligning with JPM standards. This high-visibility role demands exceptional communication skills, strategic thinking, and a passion for execution. Shape the future of payments with us!

Job responsibilities

• Implement the framework and approach for consistent due diligence of operational risks and controls at target company
• Build pragmatic plans to mitigate operational risks during the integration phase of acquisition
• Create the roadmaps from the pre-close phase to full integration for remediating gaps in the operating environment
• Develop Executive-level materials for meetings with Payments business and Firmwide leadership
• Build and maintain strong, collaborative working relationships with program stakeholders and peers and technology partners, with focus on execution
• Support governance forums for integration to ensure oversight and transparency of integration activities
• Be a strong performer, flexible, able to work independently and create strong partnerships
• Provide guidance and support execution for the identification, assessment, monitoring and uplift of risk at business level (operational risk events review and recording in RED)
• Review, challenge and test existing controls (e.g. pricing, RFPs) and maintain risk and control documentation (e.g. FCA senior manager regime)
• Manage inputs to support the regional Payments governance framework, including the preparation of monthly materials for the Payments Regional Control Forum, Payments Product Control Forums, and the Regulatory, Policy & Industry Change Forum.
• Develop and enhance the existing governance around the business including new policies and procedures

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Experience in Operations, Project Management, Finance, and Regulatory Reporting or in Risk and Control functions
• Advanced MS Excel and MS PowerPoint ability
• Experience with data mining and analysis with strong technical knowledge
• Good Project Management skills
• Ability to translate regulatory requirements and new concepts to the existing business model/environment
• Excellent organizational and follow through skills
• Detail oriented