Strategy & Governance Transformation Team - Payments - Associate

You are a talented and experienced strategy and transformation professional primed to focus on the Strategy & Governance workstream for the broader Payments organization. This specialized team is part of J.P. Morgan Payments' Transformation & Execution organization, responsible for helping senior management develop and execute their global strategy through:

• Corporate development & strategic investments to accelerate execution of our strategy
• M&A integration program post acquisition
• Strategic execution and process improvement for high-priority change initiatives
• Product agility transformation to enable a more integrated product-engineering operating model that supports speed of innovation and accelerated time to market
• Strategy & governance
• CRM / Sales / Pricing strategy and innovation

The Strategy & Governance team operates across these transformation pillars and the broader strategic agenda for J.P. Morgan Payments, including priority initiatives related to Onyx / Liink / JPM Coin, APIs / Open Banking, integrated industry solutions (e.g., for marketplaces), and many more. Our lean team is very high impact, working directly with the Payments global management team on their top priorities and collaborating across lines of business on the payments priorities for JPMorgan Chase broadly. Projects include developing growth strategies, assessing new product and market entry, designing organizational change, and performing strategic business deep dives.

Job responsibilities:

• Lead initiatives/projects to resolve diverse problems identified by senior management of J.P. Morgan Payments
• Gather, synthesize, analyze and present project data and findings
• Financial modeling and valuation analysis
• Execute creative analyses and provide insight to identify issues and arrive at recommendations
• Develop strategic presentations for both internal and external audiences
• Monitor industry trends and share insightful reports and analyses with broader team and with senior executives
• Create and/or contribute to an environment of collaboration and mutual responsibility
• Simultaneously work on multiple projects across J.P. Morgan Payments

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills:

• 3-6 years of experience from a premier management consulting firm, a payments firm (e.g., in strategy, product management, sales), or an investment banking division (e.g., M&A, Coverage, Capital Markets, Equity Research) that preferably covers financial services sector
• Some payments experience preferred, but not required. Strong interest in payments required
• Ability to work and think independently and strong initiative
• Diverse problem solving experience, such as experience with a top management consulting firm or in other generalist problem solving environments across financial services sectors
• Outstanding ability to analyze problems, apply quantitative analytical approaches, communicate effectively and confidently (both oral and written), work well in cross-functional teams
• Openness to an environment of active developmental feedback from peers
• Excellent and efficient skills using MS Excel and PowerPoint tools (absolutely required)

Overview of J.P. Morgan Payments

J.P. Morgan Payments is a global leader in treasury services, merchant acquiring, liquidity management & account services, and working capital solutions like trade finance, commercial card, and lending. The world's most important merchants, corporations, governments, financial institutions, marketplaces, platforms, and small businesses entrust us for all of their transaction banking needs. We are the only payments company that provides merchant services (pay-in), treasury services (pay-out, liquidity management & account services), and working capital throughout the value chain. This value proposition combined with that of our partners in Investment Banking, Markets, and the Consumer Bank make us the most desirable payments provider for consumers and merchants of all sizes.

Our purpose: to empower clients to build businesses that thrive, grow, and last

Our mission: to be the most trusted innovator in payments

Our vision: to transform the future of payments by becoming the end-to-end payments and commerce platform for our clients

Our most valued differentiator: Scale, service, trust, reliability, and resiliency of a bank combined with innovation and agility of a fintech

As the market continues to change rapidly, an increasing number of nimble niche fintechs, marketplaces, traditional banks, social media companies, and software / technology companies are competing and collaborating to create tomorrow's commerce solutions. In this context, J.P. Morgan Payments and the Transformation & Execution team are increasingly focused on driving transformational technologies and business model shifts that will define these solutions.