Wealth Management KYC Team Lead - Vice President

Role summary

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The Wealth Management KYC Team Lead will manage a Hong Kong-based team responsible for client due diligence, know-your-customer reviews, onboarding, periodic refreshes and remediation activities. Requirements typically include substantial KYC or AML experience in private banking, wealth management or financial services, strong knowledge of Hong Kong regulatory expectations, and experience leading teams and handling complex or high-risk clients. The successful candidate should communicate confidently with relationship managers, compliance partners and senior stakeholders, make sound risk-based decisions, monitor controls and service quality, and deliver accurate work within deadlines. Experience with workflow systems, process improvement, audit requests and regulatory change is valuable.

About the employer

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is one of the world’s largest financial services firms, serving individual consumers, businesses, institutional investors, governments and high-net-worth clients. Its businesses include consumer and commercial banking, investment banking, markets, asset management and private banking. The firm has operated in Asia for many decades and maintains a significant presence in Hong Kong, supporting regional clients through banking, wealth management, capital markets and corporate services. JPMorgan places strong emphasis on financial crime prevention, client protection, regulatory compliance and operational resilience. Employees work in a large, international environment with access to structured development, specialist expertise and opportunities to collaborate across countries and business lines. Compensation and benefits vary by seniority, business unit and performance, while Vice President roles generally carry meaningful responsibility for people, controls and stakeholder management.