What are the responsibilities and job description for the Trading Services Associate position at JPMorgan Chase?
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As a Trade Services Associate in the Complex Products Middle Office team, you will support our OTC Derivatives Solution desk and Advisor business. You will frequently interact with both areas of the business along with credit, legal, compliance, tax, pricing, and other areas of the bank to ensure all OTC trades are captured as expected, trade tickets are accurately dropped, lifecycle events are booked, accounts are properly setup to trade with the various regulations in mind. Additionally, you will have a large focus on automating the manual processes within the team while approaching the automations with a control mindset.
Job Responsibilities:
- Create and accurately capture of all transactions in the Risk Management Systems
- Support the Dodd Frank and ISDA legal documentation processes
- Act on intraday/end-of-day processes including completeness and reconciliation checks to ensure capture of new trading activity and general book management has been processed accurately
- Work closely with Operations functions and infrastructure groups to support a ‘one team approach’
- Confirm all controls are diligently performed, completed, and signed-off on a timely basis
- Create clear and concise communication with all support teams to ensure the timely and efficient resolution of queries
- Participate and contribute to the various strategic initiatives; keep improving and evolving processes and business architecture
- Build an in-depth understanding of all trading structures from both a financial and operational perspective
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:
- Understand all relevant derivatives and hedging products (Interest Rate Swaps, Basis Swaps, Cross Currency swaps, Forward Rate Agreement (FRA), Foreign Exchange (FX), Zero Coupon and Overnight Index Swaps (OIS), Bond and Futures)
- Knowledge of the front to back Operations process (including the key elements such as ISDA & Dodd Frank documentation and confirmations, settlements, regulatory reporting) and facilitate issue resolution across teams
- Understand the key elements of other infrastructure groups (i.e. Finance, Market risk, Credit risk, Operational risk, Legal, Collateral etc.) and recognize the impact of the actions of the Trade support team on these areas
- Must have clear communication skills and an ability to use these to work collaboratively, explain, and challenge, as appropriate
- Attention to details and sense of ownership
- Great team player able to work in a pressurized and changing environment
- Possess strong analytical and numerical skills
- Strong problem-solving, control, and project management skills
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:
- Strong technical skills, with a focus on Excel (VBA is a plus), Intelligent Solutions (Alteryx, Tableau), Python and AI knowledge is a plus