Compliance Officer - Vice President

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic Team that plays a crucial role in maintaining the firm's compliance with the EU regulations? We are seeking a Compliance, Conduct and Operational Risk (CCOR) Vice President who will effectively partner with Line of Business (LOB) and global/regional Compliance teams; including Internal Audit, Operational Risk and other Control functions. This position requires knowledge and experience in Compliance, as well as familiarity with regulatory and/or audit best practices.

As a Compliance Officer - Vice President within the Ireland Compliance team, you will play a crucial role in maintaining the firm's compliance with EU and Irish financial services regulations. You will provide Compliance coverage in executing the following Core Practices: Governance and Oversight, Regulatory Management, Policies and Procedures, Training and Awareness, Monitoring and Testing, Issue Management, and Risk Assessment and Reporting. The role is a Controlled Function CF-2 under the Central Bank of Ireland’s Fitness and Probity Regime, and depending on the experience of the candidate, the role may in time involve becoming a PCF-12 for one of the J.P. Morgan Ireland legal entities.

Job responsibilities

• Contribute to the preparation and completion of annual Legal Entity Compliance Plans.


• Engage in regulatory and oversight tasks


• Report to internal committee and Board 


• Monitor and  review assurance.


• Assess Compliance Risk including new product development and implementation.


• Manage general internal stakeholder and ad-hoc queries across all three lines of defense.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Extensive Compliance related experience with track record of delivering high quality 2nd line of defense compliance oversight.


• Strong knowledge of EU and Irish financial services regulations, with specific focus on PSD2, Investment Firms Regulation, MiFID, Individual Accountability Framework/Fitness & Probity and Outsourcing requirements.  It is understood and not expected that candidates will have proficiency in all listed areas.


• Strong industry and product knowledge of Fintech, Payments and / or Funds industry.


• Possess strong written and oral executive-level communications skills.


• Strong self-motivation, interpersonal, multi-tasking and stakeholder management skills with demonstrated ability to manage expectations and demonstrate a solution focused risk management decisioning mindset. 


• Detail-oriented; possess a high-level of attention to detail and quality for their work product


• Ability to work both independently and as a core team member

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Previous proficiency of regulatory engagement would be advantageous.


• Experience using the MS Suite of products


• MBA or Bachelor's degree with professional certification preferred