Finance and Business Management Project Manager - Analyst
A junior analyst/PM role inside JP Morgan's Corporate & Investment Bank Finance team, supporting initiatives like strategic finance system replacements by gathering and documenting requirements, coordinating UAT and cutover, and tracking RAID items and program governance. Day to day it's business analysis, testing support, and stakeholder coordination, with Excel and basic SQL as key tools.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- London, England, United Kingdom
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Junior
- Employment
- Internship
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Project management
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Foundational understanding of Finance functions and end-to-end processes
- Working knowledge (or willingness to learn) of the regional Finance operating model and key process flows
- Core business analysis skills: requirements gathering, documentation, process analysis, clear deliverables
- Experience (or transferable skills) supporting project lifecycle activities: planning, RAID tracking, status updates
- Strong collaboration skills across Finance, Operations, and Technology in a matrixed environment
- Strong written and verbal communication skills (meeting notes, action logs, status inputs)
- Control-minded approach: identifying, documenting, and escalating risks/issues with attention to accuracy and governance
- Exposure to or interest in testing/UAT support, including defect tracking
Nice to have
- Accounting, Finance, Business, or Project Management qualification (or progress toward one)
- Awareness of line-of-business systems and data flows feeding Finance (e.g., iDDA, Cash Management)
- Data and systems literacy: data flows, reference data, reconciliations, strong Excel skills; basic SQL a plus
- Prior internship or entry-level experience supporting delivery, change management, or operational readiness in a regulated environment
Full description
Ready to shape how a global financial institution runs its Finance function? This is your opportunity to lead complex, high-visibility programs from requirements through implementation, working shoulder-to-shoulder with Finance, Technology, and Operations leaders. You'll turn ambiguity into clear specifications, drive delivery end-to-end, and see your work directly improve accuracy, controls, and efficiency across the firm. If you thrive in a fast-moving, matrixed environment and enjoy solving problems that matter, we'd like to hear from you.
Job summary
As a Finance and Business Management Project Analyst in Finance within the Corporate & Investment Bank, you will support a portfolio of initiatives—from multi-year programs such as strategic system replacements, new product launches, and branch buildouts, to ongoing process improvements. You will partner with Finance subject matter experts, technology teams, and program stakeholders to help translate business needs into clear requirements, support testing and implementation activities, and contribute to accurate, timely delivery of solutions for end users.
The team’s objectives you will support are to:
- Capture and translate Finance requirements by partnering with Finance subject matter experts to help document functional requirements and communicate needs to technology teams.
- Build cross-functional partnerships with the core project team, regional and corporate finance, operations, technology partners, and business clients.
- Support end-to-end delivery across analysis, testing, and implementation to help ensure solutions are accurate and delivered on time.
Job responsibilities
- Requirements & analysis: Support requirements gathering with Finance SMEs; document business requirements and translate into functional requirements and process/operating model artifacts under guidance; assist with reference data migration requirements and setup of legal entities/product feeds into the target Finance environment.
- Testing & implementation: Support test preparation and execution (scripts, data, traceability); coordinate UAT activities and defect tracking/triage; contribute to cutover readiness checklists and validation.
- Program governance & delivery support: Track actions, milestones, dependencies, and RAID items; prepare meeting materials and status inputs; maintain project documentation in the repository; support training and change communications as needed.
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Foundational understanding of Finance functions and end-to-end processes, and interest in how Finance requirements translate into technology/platform outcomes.