Legal Entity Market Risk Coverage - Analyst (all genders)

at  JPMorganChase

JOB DESCRIPTION

This is an opportunity to gain a good understanding of different aspects of Market Risk ranging from risk analysis, stress testing, market risk controls, to the different European regulatory deliverables such as ICAAP, EBA Stress Testing and climate risk agenda. As JPMSE is the main European trading entity for J.P. Morgan and trades a wide-ranging suite of financial products across fixed income, equity and credit, the candidate will also be exposed to cross-asset market risk knowledge and gain a good understanding of the associated key risks.
As a Risk Analyst within the JPMorgan SE Market Risk team, you will support the team on European regulatory deliverables, and to provide market risk oversight of the main risks in the entity across multiple asset classes in partnership with the asset class aligned Market Risk coverage teams. In this role you will have a chance to demonstrate your with inquisitive nature and attention to details. You will be partnering effectively with teams across the organization including multiple Market Risk functions, other Risk Stripes, Finance, and relevant functional teams.

Job responsibilities

• Monitor and control market risk exposure in the entity, investigate changes in risk sensitivities, VaR & stress testing. Provide risk explanations to senior management
• Monitor and maintain market risk limits including limits review
• Contribute to the preparation of high quality meeting materials for senior management committees and external regulatory meetings
• Contribute to the timely response to inquiries from regulators, internal and external bank auditors
• Conduct risk analysis on topical events and new trades to assess impact to exposures in JPMorgan SE
• Develop tactical and strategic tools, leveraging the firm’s technology and data science infrastructure. Work on solutions to ensure the market risk infrastructure remains best-in-class
• Develop Market Risk framework, ranging from enhancing key risk reports to keeping policy/procedures documentation up to date
• Interact with various teams including asset class aligned Market Risk Coverage, Legal Entity Risk, Risk Reporting, Middle Office, Treasury, Finance, Technology and Market Risk Quantitative Research on all aspects

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Enthusiasm to learn about financial markets and risk management
• Solid problem solving abilities with exceptional analytical skills and attention to detail
• Ability to aggregate and analyse large sets of data for presentations to senior management
• Proficiency in Excel is required.
• Independent self-starter with a desire to proactively drive the team’s agenda
• Lateral thinker, tenacious, with a commitment to getting things done and to improving the way we do things
• Team player with exceptional drive, creativity and interpersonal skills, and ability to form constructive professional relationships with a wide variety of teams in the firm
• Fluency in English is a prerequisite along with excellent written and spoken communication skills

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS, CAPABILITIES, AND SKILLS

• Prior knowledge of Market Risk practices such as stress testing, scenario analysis, VaR, risk sensitivities is an advantage
• Good programming experience to innovate processes and data analysis is a plus

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.
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• Monitor and control market risk exposure in the entity, investigate changes in risk sensitivities, VaR & stress testing. Provide risk explanations to senior management
• Monitor and maintain market risk limits including limits review
• Contribute to the preparation of high quality meeting materials for senior management committees and external regulatory meetings
• Contribute to the timely response to inquiries from regulators, internal and external bank auditors
• Conduct risk analysis on topical events and new trades to assess impact to exposures in JPMorgan SE
• Develop tactical and strategic tools, leveraging the firm’s technology and data science infrastructure. Work on solutions to ensure the market risk infrastructure remains best-in-class
• Develop Market Risk framework, ranging from enhancing key risk reports to keeping policy/procedures documentation up to date
• Interact with various teams including asset class aligned Market Risk Coverage, Legal Entity Risk, Risk Reporting, Middle Office, Treasury, Finance, Technology and Market Risk Quantitative Research on all aspect