JPMorgan Chase India | Fund Servicing Associate

Job responsibilities

• Join JPMorganChase as a Fund Services Associate I and become an integral part of our dynamic team.
• This role offers a unique opportunity to enhance your career by working closely with operations, financial controllers, and external partners.
• As a Fund Servicing Associate I within JPMorganChase, you will play a pivotal role in enhancing our operational services related to fund accounting and administration.
• With your advanced emotional intelligence, you will build trusting relationships with peers, managers, and stakeholders, fostering a collaborative environment.
• You'll be at the forefront of ensuring smooth fund servicing operations while contributing to process improvements.
• Manage new client onboarding, fund events, accounting transitions and restructuring of existing client records.
• Perform position, accounting, tax and cash reconciliations, ensuring accuracy and integrity of fund records.
• Investigate and resolve transition-related queries and escalations, partnering with internal teams, clients and service partners.
• Maintain strong operational controls, conduct quality checks and ensure adherence to procedures, audit and BCP requirements.
• Maintain and periodically review client-specific documentation and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Drive process improvements, automation and standardized workflows to improve operational efficiency and controls.
• Support MIS reporting, projects, training initiatives and stakeholder management, providing transparency on business performance to senior management.
• Process and validate transactions, accounting data, tax records and transition activities in line with client instructions and project plans.

Requirements

• Strong knowledge of Mutual Funds, Pension Funds and Fund Accounting.
• Understanding of GAAP accounting, GAV reconciliation and account reconciliation.
• Knowledge of Fund Accounting components including securities, dividends, principal and interest, corporate actions and trading activity.
• Strong reconciliation, analytical and problem-solving skills with meticulous attention to detail.
• Strong client focus, communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a deadline-driven, control-oriented environment, with flexibility to work across shift timings.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office; CA, MBA or Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or Economics.
• Experience in New Client Onboarding, Fund Events and Accounting Transitions.
• Experience in Fund Accounting operations, including position, accounting and tax reconciliations.
• Exposure to client transitions, fund onboarding and restructuring activities.
• Experience managing operational inquiries, escalations and client/service-partner relationships.
• Strong understanding of operational controls, quality assurance, audit and BCP.
• Experience preparing MIS/business performance reporting and supporting senior management requirements.
• Developing experience using AI-powered analytics, workflow automation, or intelligent process tools to drive efficiency gains, reduce manual effort, or improve accuracy in operational processes.

JPMorgan Chase

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is one of the world's largest financial services firms, active in investment banking, commercial banking, asset and wealth management, and payments.

Its Indian global centres support the firm worldwide in finance, accounting, tax, controllership, risk, operations and technology. Typical roles for CAs and CPAs are product control, financial reporting, tax and regulatory reporting.

• Industry: Banking and financial services
• Headquarters: New York, USA
• In India: Corporate and investment banking in Mumbai; global corporate centres in Mumbai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad