Legal Control Manager - Associate

Job Description
Join our Legal Oversight & Controls team and become a key player supporting and further enhancing the Legal department's control environment. Collaborate with
legal, technology, control and compliance partners across the firm to design robust controls. If you're a critical thinker with a passion for data risk management and strategic operational risk mitigation, this is your chance to make a significant impact as a trusted control advisor.
As a Control Manager within the Legal Oversight & Controls team, you will play a pivotal role in supporting and further enhancing the Legal department's control environment. This position requires expertise in risk and control management, including real-time detection of control issues, escalation processes, root cause analysis, and remediation strategies. You will have the opportunity to both utilize and assess AI and machine learning applications and will also focus on the data risk control environment. Your knowledge of risk management principles, practices, and theories will enable you to promote innovative solutions in a dynamic and evolving risk landscape.
The Legal Department at JPMorgan Chase & Co. manages legal and other risks, advises on products and services, interprets laws and regulations that impact the firm, and advises the firm on other matters. Our global team is made up of 2,000 lawyers and legal professionals with a reputation as thought leaders who deliver best-in-class services. As trusted advisors, we help the firm's clients while also safeguarding the integrity of the firm. We are committed to a culture of inclusivity and belonging, where people can grow and succeed throughout their careers while working for a first-in-class financial institution doing cutting-edge work. If these values resonate with you, we would like to hear from you.
Job Responsibilities:

• Serve as a trusted control advisor to Legal department personnel and management, providing assistance and guidance in adhering to the operational risk framework and implementing controls to effectively mitigate operational risk.
• Provide support for the execution of risk and control assessments, including identification of control breaks and resolutions to minimize financial loss, regulatory exposure, and reputational risk.
• Partner with the Legal department's Chief Data and Analytics office to implement policies/standards and assess controls over the implementation of AI/ML and oversight of data controls
• Partner with process owners to be execute on firmwide programs, e.g. data risk management, privacy, legal obligation mapping to processes and risk, compliance and operational risk assessments,
• Engage with partners in the lines of business that Legal supports and our attorneys, risk, compliance, audit, technology, and control partners to mitigate operational risk.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Five+ years of relevant risk and control assessment experience in financial services, risk management, audit, quality assurance, compliance, or relevant discipline.
• Ability to probe and question in order to understand the operational risk environment within Legal with an eye to designing and implementing controls
• Understanding of data risks (data use, protection, quality, storage and retention), management and controls
• Possess a sense of urgency, intellectual curiosity, flexibility in shifting and competing priorities and deliverables, problem-solving skills.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills to interact confidently with various levels of employees and managers throughout Legal and the firm.
• Advanced Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

• Process/workflow evaluation and documentation experience.
• Knowledge of JPMC CORE framework a plus.

All candidates for roles in the Legal department must successfully complete a conflicts of interest clearance review prior to commencement of employment.
About Us
JPMorganChase, 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 offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.
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. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans
About the Team
Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we're setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.
Control Management maintains a strong and consistent control environment through a joint accountability model that aligns managers with each function and region to mitigate operational risk. The team focuses on four areas: Control Design & Expertise, Risks & Controls Identification/Assessment, Issues & Control Deficiencies and Control Governance & Reporting.