Seeking a Treasury & Risk expert to join our dynamic Futures & Options team.
Job summary
Seeking a Treasury & Risk expert to join our dynamic Futures & Options team.
About our China Futures Company
China represents one of the largest opportunities for many of our clients and J.P. Morgan globally and is a critical component of our growth plans in Asia Pacific. J.P. Morgan Futures Company offers a comprehensive set of services and solutions to its clients both in China and globally, providing them with access to China's onshore exchanges to clear listed commodity, equity, and fixed-income derivative contracts. With the country's continued liberalization of its financial sector, we are committed to supporting the further development of our clients and China's financial industry.
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About the role:
As a front office role within Prime Financial Services (PFS)'s China Futures entity, you will be tasked with enhancing the decision-making process that goes into the allocation of scarce financial resources with a view of optimizing the PFS business's risk adjusted returns. In addition, managing Central Clearing Counterparty (CCP) margins, generating Net interest income (NII) through investments, advising on client pricing, and managing the firm's balance sheet and capital.
To assist local management in formulating China business strategy planning and execution
Job responsibilities:
- Analyzing and addressing clients risk exposures within their portfolios
- Assessing clients risk vs return profiles for existing and prospective clients, assisting in pricing of client flows
- Reviewing stress scenarios affecting the valuation of financial instruments to establish risk haircuts
- Formulating risk management solutions with clients and internal stakeholders to protect the firm
- Assisting in the negotiations of legal agreements from business risk perspective
- Managing CCP margins, generating NII through investments, and managing the firm's balance sheet and capital.
- Oversee the liquidity of the business, manage strategy and execution of the team's investments in approved products and external bank placements.
- Develop and leverage subject matter expertise in CCP rules, risk management practices (i.e., portfolio margining, collateral eligibility) and operational flows
- Build and maintain relationships with key business stakeholders, CCPs and various investment sales teams and desks
- Identifying product gaps and continually driving improvements to existing PFS infrastructure and product offering
- Assist local management in formulating China business strategy planning and execution
Required qualifications, capabilities and skills:
- Relevant Treasury, Liquidity Management, Collateral Optimization, Clearing or Fixed Income experience, sell-side risk management
- Expert quantitative, analytical and technical skills (Bloomberg, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Demonstrate track record of driving change in a technical role
- Willingness to learn, absorb and synthesize new information and concepts.
- Ability to drive automation and simplify processes
- Superior time management and multi-tasking skills to juggle live transactions, daily tasks and projects
- Strong communication skills and an ability to build and leverage cross-functional relationships
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Basic programming and data analytics skills (in particular Python and Alteryx, Tableau)
- Fluent Chinese language is preferred
- Experience with China financial market is a plus
- Futures Practitioner license is a plus
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.
We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.
ABOUT THE TEAM
J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.