Trade Support – Associate

You will be delivering Sales, Client and Global Operational Oversight for the Equity Derivatives Business: fundamentally focused on providing post-trade Sales Support and has extensive Front Office & Client interaction.

As a Trade Support – Associate in the Digital & Platform Services team you will have a clear understanding of the end to end Trade Lifecycle from Front Office through to Back. Leveraging your skillset to identify sub-optimal processes and using intuition to implement remedial solutions.

A knowledge of Equity Derivatives is desirable, but our focus is on hiring Candidates who show a Collaborative and Determined attitude to deliver an exceptional service.

It will be essential to have a thirst to understand a complicated process conceptually, understanding – ‘What is the problem?’ ‘Why is this a problem?’ And ‘How do we solve it and ensure it does not reoccur?’

A huge element of the role is building a network of stakeholders across the globe so interpersonal skills are essential and a huge part of what we focus on when hiring.

Job Responsibilities

• Daily interaction with Sales, Trading, Clients, Middle Office & our Global Operations groups; as well as frequent interaction with Technology and Project delivery teams
• Primary responsibility will be the day to day management of a Sales Desk, coordinating all aspects of pre and post trade support to the client
• Supporting a number of the 12 Sales desks and 92 Sales people spread across the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region
• Working in collaboration with your team members to ensure a smooth process from the moment a Client is Onboarded all the way until Settlement
• Owning a Portfolio of Clients with whom your Sales Desk trade with; becoming the one point of contact for that Client for any queries throughout their Trading relationship with JPMorgan
• Managing the end to end Operations for your Sales desk and Clients. Retaining a global oversight of our Operational teams and ensuring we help our Operational partners in providing an exceptional Client experience
• Managing Derivative lifecycle events, from coordinating trade bookings and Novations; through to cash flow events such as Resets, Dividends & Expiries.
• Acting as an escalation point for all parts of the Trade lifecycle, facing off to Sales and Clients to manage their expectations and find solutions

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Sales Support can be a high pressurised environment and Candidates should be comfortable with being able to multi task a number of high profile escalations whilst managing expectations throughout. There is never a boring day in this role
• Being able to take a step back and problem solve at a macro scale. Using your conceptual understanding of the products and processes to implement intuitive solutions
• Diligent approach to work; accuracy and precision is vital
• A personality that works well in a team environment, who can help inspire and motivate their peers
• Strong Microsoft Office skills ( Excel, Power Point, Word & Visio)
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively. We work with Clients and internal Stakeholders from many different backgrounds and languages; so an ability to convey a clear, concise and structured message is essential

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Degree Educated or JPMorgan Apprenticeship Alumni
• Derivatives product experience and understanding
• Client or Investment Banking Middle Office experience

About us

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.

About the Team

The Corporate & Investment Bank is a global leader across investment banking, wholesale payments, markets and securities services. The world’s most important corporations, governments and institutions entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. We provide strategic advice, raise capital, manage risk and extend liquidity in markets around the world.

Operations teams develop and manage innovative, secure service solutions to meet clients’ needs globally. Developing and using the latest technology, teams work to deliver industry-leading capabilities to our clients and customers, making it easy and convenient to do business with the firm. Teams also drive growth by refining technology-driven customer and client experiences that put users first, providing an unparalleled experience.

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