JP Morgan Chase

Asset Management - Middle Office Associate

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Are you a team player with the hunger to learn a business from end to end? Then you have found the right team!

J.P.Morgan Mansart Management is the rapidly growing asset management arm of the CIB. Mansart specialises in bespoke fund solutions with a strong expertise in derivative-based products for institutional investors, including insurance companies, pension funds, asset managers, private banks, sovereign wealth funds and retail investors.

As a Middle Office Associate within the Mansart Operations Asset Management team you will work with a group of 20 people split across London, Bangalore and Mumbai. The group has a startup feel to it where the CEO, Portfolio Management, Structuring, Operations and Technology all work very closely together to run the business.

Job Responsibilities

  • Perform core trade support functions across the range of products traded by the business, including bonds, equities, equity swaps, IRS, CDS and FX. This includes trade capture, trade confirmation and managing the trade lifecycle.
  • Ensure all core reconciliations are performed to a high standard. This includes cash and security reconciliations vs custodians, EMIR reporting reconciliations, NAV reconciliations, and fee reconciliations.
  • Proactively manage settlements to minimize risk and penalty charges.
  • Ensure that margin and collateral is risk managed effectively. This includes understanding the calculations, managing disputes and being confident using our vendor application (Acadia).
  • Partner closely with Structuring to deliver best in class fund launches.
  • Have an in-depth understanding of all trading structures from a financial and operational perspective.
  • Build trusting, credible client relationships through responsive, high quality client service. This includes responding to daily queries, chairing action driven meetings, and having difficult conversations when necessary.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

  • The ability to act and communicate with humility, empathy and kindness.
  • Proven track record of being a subject matter expert (any product or workflow) in a previous role.
  • Proven ability to articulate complex concepts in a simple, digestible way to varied audiences.
  • Must be able to go toe to toe with the business.
  • A very disciplined attitude to operational risk management.
  • Takes pride in doing the ‘simple’ things consistently well.
  • The ability to work with large data sets to pull trends and provide meaningful feedback to the business.
  • The ability to bring multiple groups together to solve a problem and hold people accountable for their actions.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

  • Familiarity with fund management, collateral management, OTC derivatives, and trade settlement.
  • Ability to independently automate manual processes using digital automation tools such as Alteryx.
  • A naturally curious thinker with a hunger to learn and teach others.
  • An optimistic approach to problem solving.
  • Views problems as opportunities and not roadblocks.