EMEA Finance Controller- Senior Associate (m|f|x) London

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world’s most prominent corporations, governments, high-net-worth individuals, and institutional investors. Our “first-class business, 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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Our professionals in 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 set our businesses, clients, customers, and employees up for success.

Global Finance & Business Management works to strategically manage capital, drive growth and efficiencies, maintain financial reporting, and proactively manage risk. By providing information, analysis, and recommendations to improve results and drive decisions, teams ensure the company can navigate all types of market conditions while protecting our strong balance sheet.

Bring clarity to complex hedging activities and help leaders make confident decisions. In this role, you will operate at the intersection of markets, finance, and controls—transforming derivatives activity into accurate, timely reporting. You will also gain exposure to a range of products, including interest rate swaps, cross-currency swaps, FX derivatives, and various fixed-income products. The role offers significant interaction with senior management and Line of Business (LOB) finance personnel.

As an EMEA Finance Controllers Associate within the Treasury and Chief Investment (T/CIO) Office Controllers team, you will be responsible for oversight, financial reporting, and analysis of the CIO’s hedging activities. You will ensure the proper implementation of derivative accounting and reporting policies, as well as the preparation of related reports and analyses.

Tasks

• Prepare monthly and quarterly close deliverables and applicable regulatory reports, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timeliness.
• Perform key reconciliations, substantiation, and control checks for hedging activities, maintaining high-quality documentation and evidence.
• Support internal and external audit requests by producing analyses and providing clear supporting documentation.
• Analyze firm-wide foreign exchange exposures (including forecasted revenues and expenses, and non-USD investments in subsidiaries
• Draft materials and instructions for portfolio managers to execute hedges in accordance with established frameworks.
• Produce recurring analyses explaining the drivers of hedge profit and loss, including variance analysis and management commentary.
• Apply derivative and hedge accounting policies consistently in daily and period-end reporting, raising exceptions promptly.
• Build and maintain recurring management information packs and analytics, improving the clarity and consistency of reporting.
• Identify opportunities to enhance controls and processes and implement improvements that streamline recurring deliverables.
• Partner with Technology to meet reporting requirements, resolve data issues, and support new hedging programs and reporting frameworks.
• Contribute to measurable efficiency gains through automation and JPMorgan Chase-approved artificial intelligence use cases, with strong governance and auditability.

Profile / Your qualification / Your personality

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage recurring deadlines independently; a proactive, solutions-focused mindset.
• Working understanding (or strong interest in developing an understanding) of IRS, FX swaps, forwards, cross-currency swaps, fixed-income instruments, and long-term debt.
• Solid foundation in financial accounting, financial statements, and risk concepts; ability to translate results into clear summaries for stakeholders.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (e.g., complex formulas, pivot tables, lookups) and the ability to quickly learn reporting and risk management systems.
• Strong written communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across functions and prepare materials ready for management review.
• Ability to take initiative and solve problems independently.
  

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• A recognized professional accounting or investment qualification (or progress toward obtaining one).
• Experience applying derivative accounting and hedge accounting in a reporting environment.
• Experience using Alteryx (or similar analytics and workflow tools).
• Experience building repeatable management information packs and improving the quality of narrative commentary.
• Experience collaborating with technology teams to implement reporting changes and improve data quality.
• A proven track record of driving automation and control improvements in a well-governed environment.

Contact

Jennifer Lau

Vice President, Recruiting

Location

25 Bank St, London E14 5JP, UK