Equity Operations Payment Specialist - Vice President

Job Description

Join the regional High-Risk Can-I-Pay (CIP) team as a Vice President and take a leading role in safeguarding high-risk, high-value payments and funding activity across Equities. You’ll combine deep product expertise with a control-first mindset to make real-time decisions, reduce operational risk, and help drive global automation and Straight-Through Processing (STP) outcomes.

As a Equity Operations Payment Specialist - Vice President within the regional High-Risk Can-I-Pay (CIP) Team, you will independently validate and approve complex client and firm payments, journals, and account adjustments across Equities products, while strengthening the control framework that protects the firm from operational, financial, and reputational risk. You will partner closely with Front Office, Treasury, Operations, and Technology to resolve exceptions and escalations in real time, and you will contribute to the global Can-I-Pay automation/STP initiative by simplifying workflows, standardizing controls across regions, and representing the function in key risk and change management forums.

 

Job responsibilities

• Perform independent validation and approval of complex, high-risk, and high-value client and firm payments (incoming and outgoing), journals, and funding adjustments across Equities products.
• Establish and maintain a robust control framework to mitigate operational, financial, and reputational risk.
• Partner with Front Office, Treasury, Operations, and Technology teams to assess and resolve payment exceptions and escalations in real time.
• Contribute to the design, requirements, and delivery of the global “Can-I-Pay” automation and STP (Straight-Through Processing) initiative.
• Drive process simplification, eliminating manual steps and implementing standardized controls across regions.
• Represent the team in regional risk and change management forums.

 

 

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience in Payments, Operations, Product Control, or Treasury roles within Equities or related asset classes.
• Strong Equities product knowledge (Prime Brokerage, Cleared Derivatives, FXPB, EDG, Cash Equities).
• Deep understanding of front-to-back trade lifecycle, settlement mechanics, and client funding processes.
• Proven ability to manage complex risk scenarios and provide rapid, well-reasoned decisions under pressure.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills with a control-first mindset.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with experience driving automation or control improvements.

About Us

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world’s most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a 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.

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.

About the Team

J.P. Morgan’s Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.