Description of role, functions and activities

Instrument, Pricing & Common Reference Data is an operating unit center of excellence providing a global asset pricing service to multiple lines of business across J.P. Morgan as one of its three core offerings.

Key Responsibilities and Skills:

• Daily third-party price capture & validation of bond prices versus multiple market sources
• Analyze price movements against market news and expectations
• Liaise with pricing vendor to resolve issues and minimize risk
• Monitor systems for related job success and resolve issues by working with technology teams
• Prepare and send daily pricing and market impact summaries with supporting market news
• Generate and maintain month-end Index rebalance and composition reports by garnering information on new bond issuance and auction/buy-back activities
• Produce and analyze valuation movements within client portfolios on a daily and monthly basis
• Complete all daily, monthly, and ad-hoc tasks and reporting as required accurately and to deadline
• Resolve client (Global Index Research Group) queries promptly and professionally
• Participate and present in client monthly meetings
• Escalate all issues promptly and effectively to supervisor
• Contribute to ongoing developments of the pricing control process
• Ad-hoc project work as directed
• · 4-5 years of experience in Fixed Income related roles
• · Previous experience in managing teams
• · Demonstrate an understanding and interest in stocks, bonds, options, and financial markets and products
• · Knowledge of industry activities - particularly corporate actions, index benchmarking, stock markets and fixed income products
• · Pricing vendor knowledge, i.e. Bloomberg, Reuters
• · Advanced MS Excel skills, including pivot tables and v-look ups
• · Mathematical mindset demonstrating strong numerical skills
• · Strong analytical/problem solving skills and attention to detail
• · Self-motivated and proactive with the proven ability to work accurately and under pressure to meet deadlines
• · Demonstrate ability to effectively communicate within a team environment and interact across departments
• · Ability to work independently and multi-task in a fast paced environment