Analyst

About the Role

As an Analyst or Associate in the PricingDirect Securities Valuation SPG team at JPMorgan Chase, you will gain access to trading, research, analytics, and technology resources. You will combine knowledge of financial concepts with programming skills to manage large volumes of data for developing and maintaining accurate pricing models. You will leverage product and market knowledge to identify growth areas, lead projects, and deliver results.

Key Responsibilities

• Daily generation of securities valuations for multiple market closes, including market data collection and analysis, price generation, quality control, and client interaction.
• Examination and development of new areas of product growth through independent research and interactions with clients, trading desks, research professionals, and technology teams.
• Continuous improvement of product and service quality through daily market surveillance, communication with market participants, data and financial analysis, review of process controls, and data quality assurance.
• Performance of complex financial assignments, including quantitative and information/data analysis.
• In-depth analysis of portfolios of securities, communicating findings to colleagues and clients.
• Development and maintenance of regular contact with trading desks, research teams, and other market participants.
• Timely and professional addressing of all client concerns.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Firm understanding of principles of finance, mathematical, and/or statistical modeling.
• Strong qualitative and quantitative analytical skills with the ability to process large amounts of market information.
• Proficiency in Excel with Visual Basic coding experience and/or practical experience working with Python.
• Excellent communication skills to interact with clients, portfolio managers, traders, research, and sales.
• Clear, logical thinker with strong quantitative abilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with RMBS/ABS/securitized products is a strong plus.
• Experience in programming languages such as Python, VBA, SQL.
• High aptitude for learning new technologies.
• Detail-oriented, creative problem solver with the ability to learn quickly, multi-task, and self-manage priorities under rapidly changing and flexible timelines.
• Ability to build effective working relationships and interact comfortably with a wide spectrum of counterparties.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Economics, or similar.