Corporate Sector - Country Risk Middle Office - Associate

Job Description

Firm-wide Risk Reporting Country Risk Middle Office J.P. Morgan is a leader in financial services, offering innovative and intelligent solutions to clients in more than 100 countries with one of the most comprehensive global product platforms available. We have been helping our clients to do business and manage their wealth for more than 200 years and we keep their interests foremost in our minds at all times. This combination of product strength, intellectual capital and character sets us apart as an industry leader. J.P. Morgan is part of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), a global financial services firm with assets of $2.25 trillion. Associate Roles and Responsibilities: The role is in the Country Risk Middle Office team within the broader Firm-wide Risk Reporting, RiskMiddle Office and Project Services organization. The role entails examining the book of work in order to execute process enhancements and seek efficiencies. The individual will be required to forge strong relationships with technology, reporting, country risk management and middle office functions of other risk stripes. Core function will involve:
• Feed Monitoring Ensuring completeness & accuracy of data within country risk infrastructure & isolating any anomaly prior to signing off on the data
• Exception Management Identification of firm-wide/line of business (LOB) breaches and working with credit officers, product controllers etc. on validating as well as resolving breaches arising out of data quality issues within upstream sources
• Adjustments Isolating missing/duplicate/incorrect exposure/stress data within the country risk infrastructure and working with stake holders for updating the accurate data
• Data Validation Performing reconciliation between multiple data sources to ensure completeness & accuracy
• Systemic query building Understanding of data lineage across internal systems to be able to quicken the data quality issue resolution
• Governance & control Adhering to the agreed control framework & isolating as well as building systemic controls on operational activities
• Ad-hoc
1. Partner Country Risk Middle Office/Senior Risk Management/Cross functional teams to proactively identify and analyse issues
2. Provide input and participate in various working groups to ensure appropriate capture of data, enhance data aggregation processes and reporting & control issues
3. Assist in ad-hoc data collection and review of information for countries requiring increased scrutiny
The chosen candidate will have the opportunity to develop a diverse product knowledge and exposure to multiple risk disciplines and core functions across all lines of business within the firm with significant potential for career and personal development. Skills/Qualifications - 5+ years of experience in financial risk/financial services industry- Knowledge and sound understanding of either market/credit risk measures and financial products- Strong knowledge of MS Office and ability to independently produce reports/adhoc analysis using excel- Ability to work and solve problems independently in a fast paced, detail oriented environment adhering to timelines- Attention to detail and comfortable working and investigating large datasets- Good relationship building skills to work with colleagues across multiple groups to obtain relevant information for understanding breaks and managing exceptions appropriately- Ability to improve current processes and achieve efficiencies- Team player who can interact at ease with colleagues of various levels, across multiple locations- Self-motivated with strong organization and analytical skills- Good written and verbal communication skills- A minimum of Bachelor s degree in Finance, Commerce, Engineering or related discipline,

Keyskills :
ms officedata qualitymusic makingmiddle officerisk managementdata collectiondata aggregationcontrol frameworkproduct knowledgefinancial servicesverbal communication