Credit Documentation - Associate | Kuala Lumpur, MY

Job Description

Welcome to JPMorgan Chase. Are you dedicated and passionate with a strong risk and control mindset in providing excellent client experience and exceptional services? You have found the right team.

As an Associate in the Credit Documentation team, you will be responsible for supporting the Bankers and Trade Sales and work closely with business partners across Credit, Legal, Compliance, and line of business operations to deliver a client-focused support model and seamless execution. You will be part of the Credit Product Delivery team, under Commercial Bank Wholesale Lending Services, which is a dedicated lending & trade finance execution support function with the ultimate goal of providing a superior client experience ensuring timely client-focused service whilst retaining a strong risk and control framework locally and in partnership with regional and global teams to deliver consistently across J.P. Morgan's Corporate & Investment Bank and Commercial Bank.

Job Responsibilities

• Partner with and support business partners across Global Corporate Bank, Commercial Bank, Credit, Product, Legal, and line of business operations.
• Drive the end-to-end transaction execution process across support teams ranging from front office (including Credit Risk, Bankers, Sales) to back office (including Documentation, Collateral, and core transaction processing teams) providing leadership, transparency, and accountability.
• Deliver best-in-class credit documentation processes, including managing the preparation, negotiation, and execution of credit/product agreements, security creation, security perfection, deal closing process, and ownership of sourcing and reviewing client constitutional documents and conditions precedent.
• Manage controls framework, reporting, and escalation for transaction execution, including preparing and coordinating documentation deviations and approvals during negotiations.
• Work with Business and Technology partners in setting priorities within the competing business strategies.
• Work across functional areas to ensure all operational, financial, and technology risks have been addressed.
• Actively contribute to WLS wider projects and initiatives.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• A minimum of 7 years' experience in either Credit and Transaction Management, Credit Execution, Front Office, Credit, or Legal documentation space.
• In-depth credit and documentation knowledge across core lending products/agreements (e.g. Loans, Trade finance, specific local market knowledge where required)
• Proven excellent ability in relationship management and partnership with the Business, Technology, and Corporate groups
• Flexibility to handle multiple tasks and changing priorities
• Effective decision-making capabilities and the ability to identify problems and drive to resolution
• Proactive/self-starter with the ability to deliver value-added support to business partners and clients in a dependable, timely, and accurate manner
• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Economics, or other related disciplines

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Fluency in English and Bahasa Melayu is preferred to liaise with stakeholders from Malaysia
• Knowledge of Asia Pacific Loan Market Association (APLMA)/ Loan Market Association (LMA) documentation is preferred & advantageous

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.

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.