• Job Description

  Req#: 210439231

  The Country Risk Management group is an independent risk management function which works in close partnership with other risk functions to identify and monitor country risk within the Firm. Country Risk Management is part of Corporate Risk Management, reporting to the firm’s Chief Risk Officer. Country Risk Management is responsible for the following:

  • Analyzing economic and political risks the firm faces as a result of its activities worldwide and assigning internal sovereign credit ratings to countries to which the firm has exposure.
  • Measuring and monitoring country risk exposure and stress across the Firm
  • Managing country limits and reporting trends and limit breaches to senior management
  • Developing surveillance tools for early identification of potential country risk concerns
  • Providing country risk scenario analysis
  • Developing guidelines and policies consistent with a comprehensive country risk framework

  Job responsibilities:

  The qualified candidate will be joining the Country Risk Analysis and Management team, with a focus on country analysis and risk management. Primary responsibilities will be to:

  • Prepare macroeconomic and political analysis reports on governments in the Americas region, including recommendations on internal country ratings
  • Actively monitor economic, political and market developments in selected countries
  • Provide input on the development and enhancement of the country risk framework, including risk assessment tools, measurements and analysis, participation in stress scenarios and innovatively leveraging available technologies
  • Communicate views to internal partners both verbally and in writing (which might include credit executives and other risk teams, investment bankers, relationship managers etc.)
  • Review and assess the impact of large and/or complex deals on country limit usage
  • Review and analyze new product initiatives, impact on country risk exposure and stress
  • Support Debt Capital Markets team on sovereign issuances, attend due diligences and review documentation.

  Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

  • Excellent academic background with a focus on macroeconomics, international relations, or politics.
  • Minimum of 3 years work experience in related field (multilateral institution, investment bank, rating agency, economics/and or emerging markets field)
  • Ability to analyze a country’s balance of payments, monetary, and fiscal indicators, and debt dynamics
  • Good understanding of financial products and their potential risks
  • Effective organizational and project management skills as well as a strong ability to write concisely and effectively and deliver impactful presentations
  • Mastery of Microsoft office applications and other technology tools
  • Good time management and ability to work within a small, international, global team

  Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

  • Master’s degree preferred
  • Working knowledge of Spanish and/or Portuguese
  • Experience with Bloomberg terminal
  • Experience with financial and statistical analysis
  • Experience with Alteryx, Python and Tableau

• About the company

  J.P. Morgan is a leader in financial services, offering 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. Our business has been built upon our core principle of putting our clients'​ interests first.

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