Senior Associate (transaction Processing) – Liquidity Operations (manila)

JPMorgan Chase JPMorgan Chase · Banking · Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines · Commercial & Investment Bank

This role focuses on executing end-to-end transaction processing activities for liquidity services, including product setup, maintenance, reconciliation, and servicing. It requires a strong risk and control mindset, effective issue escalation, stakeholder collaboration, and contribution to performance monitoring and continuous improvement. The role also involves leveraging digital tools and automation, and identifying opportunities for process improvements.

What you'd actually do

  1. Execute daily transaction processing activities with strong ownership, effective queue management, and disciplined prioritization to meet timelines and service expectations.
  2. Perform product setup and maintenance activities and maintain accurate processing records in line with documented procedures and operating rhythms.
  3. Complete required controls (for example, checklists and quality checks) and retain appropriate evidence to support a strong control environment.
  4. Investigate reconciliation breaks and processing exceptions, document findings and actions, and support root-cause analysis and remediation follow-through.
  5. Escalate issues promptly with clear context, impact, and recommended next steps to enable faster triage, decisioning, and resolution.

Skills

Required

  • transaction processing
  • operations
  • reconciliation
  • servicing
  • control-focused environment
  • manage multiple tasks under time and volume pressure
  • follow procedures
  • sound judgment in escalation and exception handling
  • executing controls
  • completing checklists
  • retaining evidence
  • high documentation quality
  • investigate breaks and exceptions
  • track issues
  • support remediation actions
  • reduce repeat events
  • strong written and verbal communication skills
  • producing clear updates
  • structured escalation summaries
  • hands-on analytical capability
  • reconciliation analysis
  • data validation
  • exception trending
  • performance monitoring
  • improvement actions
  • Microsoft Excel proficiency
  • Microsoft Office tools proficiency
  • partner across teams and locations
  • reliable follow-through
  • timely communication
  • effective handoffs
  • ability to work flexible hours

Nice to have

  • liquidity
  • cash management
  • treasury-related products or services
  • dashboards or data visualization tools
  • basic SQL skills
  • testing/validation activities
  • change delivery in an operations environment
  • identifying and implementing process improvements
  • automation concepts
  • process mining
  • robotics
  • intelligent document processing
  • generative AI tools

What the JD emphasized

  • strong risk and control mindset
  • clear evidence and documentation
  • escalating issues with context, impact, and recommended next steps
  • resolve exceptions
  • continuous improvement
  • required controls
  • retain appropriate evidence
  • investigate reconciliation breaks and processing exceptions
  • document findings and actions
  • support root-cause analysis and remediation follow-through
  • escalate issues promptly
  • clear context, impact, and recommended next steps
  • respond to inquiries, resolving exceptions, and providing clear, actionable status updates
  • track operational logs and key performance indicators
  • validate data quality
  • provide structured inputs for business updates on drivers, emerging risks, and improvement opportunities
  • identify recurring pain points and raise improvement opportunities
  • simplify workflows, reduce rework, and improve throughput and quality
  • support approved changes by participating in validation activities, implementation readiness, and post-change stabilization
  • updates to procedures and control evidence as required
  • leverage approved digital tools, automation, and intelligent assistance to improve productivity and exception handling
  • surface automation opportunities with clear risk and control considerations
  • collaborate with the team by sharing knowledge, supporting peers, and participating in training and upskilling
  • Demonstrated experience in transaction processing, operations, reconciliation, servicing, or a comparable control-focused environment.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks under time and volume pressure, follow procedures, and apply sound judgment in escalation and exception handling.
  • Demonstrated experience executing controls, completing checklists, retaining evidence, and maintaining high documentation quality.
  • Demonstrated ability to investigate breaks and exceptions, track issues, and support remediation actions to reduce repeat events.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including producing clear updates and structured escalation summaries for diverse stakeholders.
  • Hands-on analytical capability, including reconciliation analysis, data validation, and exception trending to support performance monitoring and improvement actions.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Office tools to manage operational datasets and produce clear documentation.
  • Demonstrated ability to partner across teams and locations through reliable follow-through, timely communication, and effective handoffs.
  • Ability to work flexible hours aligned to business needs supporting regional coverage.
  • Experience supporting liquidity, cash management, or treasury-related products or services.
  • Familiarity with dashboards or data visualization tools used for operational performance monitoring.
  • Basic SQL skills for querying and validation activities.
  • Experience supporting testing/validation activities and change delivery in an operations environment.
  • Experience identifying and implementing process improvements with appropriate risk and control considerations.
  • Exposure to automation concepts (for example, process mining, robotics, or intelligent document processing).
  • Experience using approved generative AI tools for drafting, summarization, knowledge retrieval, or trend spotting in a controlled and responsible manner.