ESG Data Governance – Associate

You are a strategic thinker passionate about driving solutions in data governance. You have found the right team.

As the Environmental, Social and Governance landscape evolves and becomes increasingly important to the firm, our corporate business activities and external stakeholders (clients, shareholders, regulators), the firm has established a Firm-wide ESG Reporting & Controller Team to manage end to end controls, consistency, and accountability for Environment, Social and Governance internal and external reporting processes across the firm.

As the ESG Reporting and Controller Associate you will be a highly motivated individual and team player. You will gain a broad understanding across the ESG landscape and become a valued partner to the various corporate functions, while building your partnerships within the team.

As an ESG Data Governance Associate you will support JPMorgan Chase’s environmental sustainability strategy in helping our clients navigate the challenges and realize the economic opportunities associated with the transition to a low-carbon economy. As a global financial institution, we have an important role to play and are committed to addressing energy and climate challenges, and providing financing and strategic advice and other services to clients. 

Job Responsibilities: 

1. As a Data Governance Associate, you will partner with technology in the delivering strategic ESG Products (Everest, Impact) used for both, internal and external reporting purposes.
2. Maintain strong working relationships with ESG Controllers, Business Process Owners, Data Providers, Data Owners, Data Quality Managers, Control Managers and key data-related roles across Business and Technology to facilitate effective communication.
3. Escalates project issues and risks appropriately
4. Identify and manage issues in Data Quality book of work by working alongside with application owners, external vendors, and coordinate remediation activities.
5. Collaborate with key stakeholders, business partners, and control partners to document impacts of data quality 
6. Reviews root cause analysis and recommends solutions for Data Quality issues impacting ESG Controllers.
7. Support the Data Management agenda in partnership with Center of Carbon Transition (CCT), ESG Data Central (ESG-DC), Reference data team (RDR/RDI), Project Managers, Chief Data Office and Data Architect. Research and document data ownership and data lineage. Understand the business context on respective data elements and source systems. 

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills 

1. 3+ years of demonstrated experience in one of the following areas: Data Governance, Project management, Finance, Risk Controller, Internal/External Reporting, Business analysis
2. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to execute on projects with minimal oversight.
3. Proficiency in analyzing large data sets in Excel.
4. Familiar with PowerPoint basics and storytelling.
5. Excellent written and verbal communication skills
6. Strong interpersonal skills; ability to develop effective credible relationships with business and technology partners

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

1. Knowledge on business intelligence tools such as Alteryx, Tableau, Data architecture framework, AWS, Oracle etc. is preferred.
2. Experience working in Reporting related applications/tools; Conceptual understanding of relational databases, data modeling, and SQL would be an added advantage

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.