Risk Management - Market Risk Coverage - Equities Associate
JPMorganChase
Bring your expertise to JPMorgan Chase. As part of Risk Management and Compliance, you are at the center of keeping JPMorgan Chase strong and resilient. You help the firm grow its business in a responsible way by anticipating new and emerging risks, and using your expert judgement to solve real-world challenges that impact our company, customers and communities. Our culture in Risk Management and Compliance is all about thinking outside the box, challenging the status quo and striving to be best-in-class.
As a part of the Risk Management - Market Risk Coverage - Equities Associate team, you are at the center of keeping JPMorgan Chase strong and resilient. You help the firm grow its business in a responsible way by anticipating new and emerging risks, and using your expert judgement to solve real-world challenges that impact our company, customers and communities. Our culture in Risk Management and Compliance is all about thinking outside the box, challenging the status quo and striving to be best-in-class.
Job responsibilities
- Identify and monitor material risk exposures and concentrations by setting limits.
- Assess the appropriateness of the risk reward profile of complex transactions
- Highlight concentrated or concerning risk positions and work with trading management and risk community to ensure appropriate reporting, transparency and escalation
- Assist in the development of new tools or projects to enhance our risk management capabilities; working with technologists in the business and Risk around strategic and tactical initiatives
- Perform scenario analysis and stress testing
- Monitor global financial markets, with a focus on price movements and events affecting the Equities business
- Conduct ad-hoc and regular risk analysis as well as deep dives into various risk themes, and communicate findings
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Minimum 2 years of experience in the industry, with thorough knowledge of market risk management practices. Relevant experience in trading, sales, structuring, market risk, VCG, MGG, product control, or risk reporting
- Ability to provide effective challenge to Equities trading management whilst being able to make commercially reasonable decisions and maintaining a healthy open communication channel with the business
- Strong analytical & quantitative skills; competent in python, excel, tableau, financial instruments PnL profile and risk sensitivities
- Clear oral and written communication
- Ability to multi-task, work well under pressure on a trading floor
We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.
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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.
Risk Associate candidate – the role will be part of a trading floor based team covering the Global Equities business.