J.P. Morgan

PricingDirect Securities Valuation, Analyst


PayCompetitive
LocationNew York/New York
Employment typeFull-Time

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  • Job Description

      Req#: 210475746

      Job Description:

      Be part of JPMorgan Chase that continuously grow! Through periods of volatility and uncertainty, market participants are always in need of independent, reliable, and accurate securities valuation services. With offices in New York, London, and Hong Kong, JPM PricingDirect employees serve our clients globally by providing them evaluated pricing on over 2 million fixed income securities and derivative instruments each day.

      As a PricingDirect Securities Valuation Analyst, you will gain access to trading, research, analytics, and technology resources of JPMorgan Chase. You will be given the opportunity to combine financial concepts you learned with your technology skills in managing large volumes of data to develop accurate pricing models and processes. As an Analyst, you will leverage your product and market knowledge to identify growth areas and help lead projects. If you are results oriented, intellectually curious, in pursuit of excellence, and like working in a collaborative team environment where your contributions directly impact our business, you are encouraged to apply to be considered for this role.

      Job Responsibilities:

      • Daily generation of securities valuations for multiple market closes, entailing start-to-end ownership responsibilities. This includes market data collection and analysis, price generation, quality control, and client interaction
      • Examine and develop new areas of product growth through independent self-guided research, interactions with clients, JPMorgan trading desks, research professionals, and technology teams
      • Continuously improve product and service quality through daily market surveillance, communication with market participants, perform data and financial analysis, enhancing process controls, and ensuring data quality
      • Perform complex financial assignments, including quantitative and information/data analysis
      • Perform in-depth analysis on an individual security or portfolio of securities and explain nuances to colleagues and clients
      • Develop and maintain regular contact with trading desks, research, and market participants
      • Address all client concerns in a timely and professional manner

      Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

      • Bachelor's degree or higher in Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Economics, or similar
      • Firm understanding of principles of finance, mathematical and/or statistical modeling
      • Strong qualitative and quantitative analytical skills with the ability to synthesize and integrate 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

      Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

      • Experience in programming language such as Python, Visual Basic for Applications, Structured Query Language, and high aptitude for learning new technologies
      • Detailed oriented, creative problem solver with ability to learn quickly, multi-task, and self-manage priorities
      • Experience working in derivative pricing and/or fixed income securities preferred
      • Ability to build effective working relationships and interact comfortably with a wide spectrum of traders, research, clients, and technologists
      • Clear, logical thinker with strong quantitative abilities
  • 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.