Trading Services Associate II

Join our team where you'll play a crucial role in ensuring accurate and efficient trade processing across all asset classes. Your advanced analytical skills and trade lifecycle expertise will be vital in solving complex problems, making impactful decisions, and ensuring compliance with industry standards.

As a Trade Lifecycle Associate II within JPMorganChase, you will play a pivotal role in managing the operations of the pre- and post-trading life cycle across all asset classes. Your expertise in trade lifecycle processes will be crucial in ensuring all trades are processed accurately and efficiently on respective platforms. You will be expected to apply your advanced analytical skills and broad understanding of the professional field to solve problems, make decisions that impact the department, and ensure compliance with technical standards and policies. Your role will involve coordinating with various departments, managing cash movements in and out of client accounts, and preparing funding for managed demand deposit accounts. You will also be responsible for identifying process inefficiencies and implementing improvements, leveraging automation technologies, and managing projects effectively. Your ability to influence and manage internal stakeholders, coupled with your strong presentation skills and market product knowledge, will be key to your success in this role. 

Job Responsibilities:

• Ensure timely Processing & settlement of trades, investigate & resolve trade-related breaks in accordance with the established work practices and procedures
• Working with various internal teams such as Middle office, pre-matching, settlements, cash processing, account opening and asset servicing to process transactions and resolve any exceptions on a timely manner
• Perform root cause analysis for their respective clients to increase Straight Through Processing (STP) and reduce client inquiries
• Establish and maintain relationships with operations & middle office contacts at clients
• Partner with client service teams to help change client behavior where required to remove manual processes.
• Strong understanding of Risk Management and should be able to manage the issues exceptions above materiality thresholds for resolution
• Ensure all day to day queries dealt with within required SLAs and escalate issues to the team leader.

 

Required Qualifications, Skills and Capabilities:

• Knowledge of financial markets, trade lifecycle and settlement practices
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and adept at communicating with all levels of the business and technical parts of the organization
• Operate effectively in a dynamic environment with tight deadlines and can exhibit time management skills
• Exposure to business intelligence tools (I.E. Tableau, Alteryx, UiPath, OwlDQ); comfortable working with data
• Bachelor's Degree required or equivalent experience

 

Preferred Qualifications, Skills and Capabilities:

• Prior custody/treasury operation services, markets operational experience
• Understanding of SWIFT, Cross Border Payments, Foreign Exchange, Trade life cycle, Reconciliation rules and Global Custody
• Self-starter, ability to learn quickly, Strong leadership skills with focus to mitigate risks and taking proactive approach to ensure “Best in Class” results