This role sits within the front office and will be working in a dynamic and busy trading floor environment. You will help senior traders cover institutional accounts and make markets in your group's particular range of products.
As an Analyst/Associate in the Index Derivatives Trading team, you will help Senior Trader handle the day-to-day activity on the desk by managing risk and optimizing positioning. As our trading activity evolves towards a more systematic and quantitative set up, a key requirement for this position is your ability to code in several languages and especially in Python. Your time will be split between actively managing risk and developing our analytic systems.
Job Responsibilities
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- Work with the senior traders and sales to price and manage Index options
- Develop and create new tools to improve our monitoring and positioning
- Achieve agreed revenue Targets
- Work in partnership with all infrastructure functions to insure proper control, accounting and clearing procedures are in place.
- Engage in team meetings and business management to drive & deliver results
- Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, firm wide risk framework, and internal policies
Required Qualifications Capabilities and Skills
- Strong programming skills (Python, SQL, KDB)
- Experience trading Asian index products
- Experience of working collaboratively in highly productive teams
- High degree of numeracy
- Strong communication skills, especially around complicated concepts
- Works thoughtfully and logically
- Motivated to learn and proactively seeks responsibility
- Able to work in a pressured environment
- Tenacious & self-motivated
ABOUT US
J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.
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ABOUT THE TEAM
The Corporate & Investment Bank is a global leader across investment banking, wholesale payments, markets and securities services. The world's most important corporations, governments and institutions entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. We provide strategic advice, raise capital, manage risk and extend liquidity in markets around the world.
Clients turn to our industry-leading Markets, Sales and Research team to offer clients unique market insights on sectors and companies, and actionable ideas using research to make well-informed investment decisions. Teams understand products across asset classes and help clients structure solutions that manage risk, enhance yield and solve complex financial problems.