Party Reference Governance Associate I

JPMorganChase • Newark, NJ

6d

About The Position

Party Reference Data is a firmwide function that manages party data throughout its lifecycle, from onboarding to disposition. Party data includes clients, issuers, obligors, guarantors, counterparties, exchanges, and others, and supports transactions across the firm. The function is developing a scalable, flexible platform to respond to evolving business and regulatory demands, improve the client experience, simplify operations, and enhance analytical capabilities.

As a Party Reference Governance Associate, you will support strategic and business data analysis, data access and entitlement analysis, and strategic data initiatives. You will partner with reference data strategy and operations stakeholders to enable consistent party data lifecycle management and contribute to scalable practices that improve data usability, operational efficiency, and analytical capabilities.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of related experience in reference data, data analytics, or project management in financial services.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• Analytical and detail-oriented, with a flexible, proactive, collaborative approach and ability to adapt to business change.
• Experience with reference data systems, data analysis, and data quality, with demonstrated advanced proficiency using Excel, PowerPoint, and Alteryx.
• Clear oral and written communication skills, including the ability to draw conclusions from data analysis and communicate them effectively to management and team members.
• Self-starter with excellent project leadership, interpersonal, and project management skills.
• Ability to develop secure stakeholder relationships and gain consensus on key decisions.
• Ability to maintain urgency, prioritize and multitask, handle multiple deliverables concurrently, and deliver high-quality results within committed timeframes.
• Demonstrated experience as a key contributing member of a high-performing organization.
• Ability to build a sense of community, create a positive team environment, and model a global, diverse mindset and inclusive behavior.
• Ability to work under pressure and to fixed deadlines.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with reference data systems, data analysis, and data quality.
• Excellent analytical background, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Experience managing complex projects from inception to delivery.
• Solution-oriented approach, leveraging a network to identify and implement solutions.
• Takes responsibility for issues and follows through to resolution.
• Ability to influence outcomes and get the best from people without direct line management responsibility.
• Flexible, proactive approach and ability to adapt to business change.

Responsibilities

• Drive internal and external party reference data and regulatory initiatives as delegate of the Information Owner for firm-wide applications, including Party Central.
• Oversee implementation of global standards, ongoing governance, and maintenance of end-user access entitlements and governing policies for existing and strategic programs.
• Administer governance of access approvals for the global Party Reference Data Operations application, Party Central, including defining and publishing reporting.
• Partner with stakeholders and application owners to define Critical Data Elements, their regulatory impact, business rules, data quality, and reporting.
• Deliver party record creation for firmwide initiatives, manage populations, and engage with a broad range of internal stakeholders and partners.
• Mine, analyze, and report on large, complex Party Reference Data sets to drive business decisions.
• Drive analytics scope, objectives, timeframes, and reporting.
• Provide subject matter expertise for entitlement and analysis requests.
• Develop automated solutions for reporting and controls adherence.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level