Executive Director - Strategy - J.P. Morgan - Hong Kong

Job description
The Role:
J.P. Morgan is seeking talented candidates for a position as a Strategy Executive Director in our Corporate & Investment Banking Strategy Group. The group functions as an internal consulting group and works on a project basis to address topics at the top of senior management agendas. This role will provide the opportunity to work on many initiatives across the Corporate & Investment Banking organization.


Projects include developing international growth strategies, assessing and planning new product and market entry, strategic business deep dives, strategic investments, improving operational efficiency and effectiveness, setting technology and operations strategy, acquisitions/divestitures, and designing cross-C&IB wide initiatives. Our focused group of professionals is composed of top performers from top strategy consulting firms, investment banks, other internal JPMorgan Chase groups, and top undergraduate and graduate programs.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Support group on projects identified by senior managers of the Corporate & Investment Bank
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
Monitors industry trends and shares insightful reports/ analyses/ news articles with broader team and with senior executives
Coach and mentor less experience colleagues
Create and/or contribute to an environment of collaboration and mutual responsibility
Simultaneously work on multiple projects across CIB

Qualifications

Specific capabilities / skills required:

10 years experience in banking, markets, investor services and/or strategy consulting is desired, with knowledge of the financial services industry
Interpersonal leadership and influencing skills – and ability to interact with colleagues at all levels (including the most senior executives of the bank), and achieve goals without direct control over resources – and always able to consider diverse perspectives to get the best outcome
Distinctive end-to-end generalist problem solving skills, strong conceptual and analytical capabilities with the ability to solve large, complex problems
Demonstrates expert industry and competitor knowledge of key business drivers
Identifying new insights, drawing from experience across businesses; develops logical, actionable recommendations
Defining and deconstructing problems
Prioritizing issues, analysis, and team capacity
Structuring and building quantitative and qualitative/conceptual analyses
Analyzing operational and financial data
Performing competitor/industry research leveraging both public and non-public sources
Conducting internal and external interviews
Working collaboratively with team members across LOBs and staff areas
Ability to meet with business leads to discuss any issue and articulate a view
Leverage business knowledge and technical expertise to challenge assumptions and operating models
Synthesizing data and developing recommendations
Understands business drivers and modeling principles; ensures that the team’s analyses are sound
Creating concise communication materials and presenting findings to senior management
Ability to manage multiple teams to complete high quality deliverables within timeframe

Candidates must be able to demonstrate:

Experience in leading initiatives/projects to resolve diverse problem solving challenges, such as experience with a top management consulting firm or in other generalist problem solving environments across financial services sectors
An outstanding ability to analyze problems, apply quantitative analytical approaches, communicate effectively and confidently (both oral and written), work well in cross-functional teams, and coach and development other team members
A track record demonstrating a high level of personal initiative, setting and achieving challenging goals, and demonstrating entrepreneurial leadership
An understanding of client value and cross product partnerships and operates towards achieving commercial success of entire franchise
While certainly not required, successful candidates will have typically spent at least 1-2 years as project or engagement managers and have performed in the top quartile of a top-tier consulting firm or similar professional services firm
The capability to continually review procedures and recommends changes to improve quality and/or eliminate unnecessary duplication of work, costs and/or bureaucracy
Excellent and efficient skills using MS Excel and PowerPoint tools (absolutely required)
Interest and/or experience in banking and financial services
Understanding of risks inherent in functions and considers risk in interactions with clients/ internal partners and controls risks; understands the regulatory environment faced by the business and structures recommendations accordingly; promotes a strong control environment; fosters an environment where risk/control issues are escalated

The position represents an excellent opportunity for candidates to:

Apprentice under and help define the agendas of senior management
Be respected as a real thought partner to business leaders and prove credibility/influence across CIB
Drive execution of the Firm’s top priorities and strategic initiatives
Consistently look for opportunities to initiate and implement change that improves the business
Constantly look for ways to improve processes, procedures, and realize efficiencies in ways big and small
Develop expertise in a variety of functions and businesses
Incorporate knowledge of competitor best practices into proposals and recommendation
Use experiences and best practices to manage, create, and lead the team in delivering business objectives
Take action to develop and provide team with resources and opportunities to maximize performance and potential
Hone problem solving, communications and leadership skills in an environment of active mentorship and coaching
Take leadership role in generating new, innovative ideas for clients
Influence others to pursue opportunities or implement a recommended course of action or accept recommendations/ideas
Consistently consider the implications of decisions to business strategy and links department objectives with overall function strategy
Articulate implications of change in specialty area to managers and colleagues, who may be less familiar with the details, to facilitate practical resolution of issues
Develop/support preventative processes to strengthen the control framework work and monitor for potential process failures or weaknesses
Participate in appropriate control forums
Utilize knowledge and lessons learned to proactively consider potential broader risks to the firm, customers, and shareholders
Advance to other roles in the company

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