Trade Lifecycle Analyst

About the Role

Join our team at JPMorganChase, where you'll play a crucial role in managing the pre- and post-trading life cycle operations. Your focus on cash movements, funding coordination, and process improvements will be key to enhancing operational efficiency and driving success. As a Trade Lifecycle Analyst, you will play a pivotal role in managing the operations of pre- and post-trading life cycles across all asset classes, with a primary focus on cash movements in and out of client accounts and preparing funding for managed demand deposit accounts. You will coordinate with other business lines to ensure proper funding, applying your knowledge of trade lifecycle processes to identify and resolve issues while contributing to process improvements and automation initiatives. Your success will depend on your ability to actively listen, ask insightful questions, and establish productive relationships with internal stakeholders, as well as manage projects and influence outcomes. You will have the opportunity to develop your understanding of market products and emerging technologies, directly impacting the team's goals and performance. Regular guidance and support from more experienced professionals will help you grow in your role.

Key Responsibilities

• Input and maintenance of all the OTC trades within our strategic systems.
• Set up and maintenance of all derivatives data within our strategic systems.
• Reconciliation of trade and cash data.
• Involvement in new client/fund on-boarding and/or new products.
• Managing the daily production co-coordinator's checklist to ensure all sign-offs go on time, accurate & with a reliable source.
• To ensure enough controls are put in place to achieve the above.
• Managing more than one project and have an oversight of the entire project.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Experience or working knowledge of Derivatives on OTC products.
• Good background knowledge of client valuation process and all security types (Bonds, Equities, Commodities, and Indices etc) their accounting treatment and Derivative experience.
• Excellent communication, interaction, and influencing skills. Comfortable at interacting with and communicating to all levels of management.
• Quick learner and capable of grasping nuances of products and implications of their processing requirements.
• Partners well with peers, subordinates, managers, and LOB and functional partners (e.g., Risk, Technology, Operations, and Finance).

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Background in Economics or Industrial Engineering enhancing understanding of complex financial operations.
• Experience in finance industry operations, demonstrating capability in managing and optimizing financial processes.
• Proficiency in VBA, adding value through automation and efficiency improvements in financial operations.