Equity Research - Analyst/ Associate jobs at Jpmorgan in India, Mumbai

As an Operations Research Analyst within the WFP Data Science team, you will tackle complex and high-impact projects. You will assess unstructured problems, develop practical strategies, and propose solutions to enhance decision-making processes. Collaborate with management to prioritize, time, and deliver next-gen operations research solutions.

Job Responsibilities:

• Design and development of optimization models and simulation models.
• Support OR projects individually or part of a project team.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand the business requirements and clearly define the objectives of any solution.
• Identify and select the correct method to solve the problem while staying up to data on the latest OR methodologies.
• Ensure the robustness of any mathematical solution.
• Develop and communicate recommendations and OR solutions in easy-to-understand-way leveraging data to tell a story.
• Lead and persuade others while positively influencing the outcome of team efforts and help frame a business problem into a technical problem resulting in a feasible solution.

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills:

• Master’s Degree with 4+ years or Doctorate (PhD) with 2+ years of experience in Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering, Financial Engineering, Management Science, and related disciplines operating as an operations research professional.
• Experience supporting OR projects with multiple team members.
• Hands-on experience developing simulation models, optimization models and/or heuristics.
• Deep understanding of math and theory behind Operations Research techniques
• Proficient in Open Source Software(OSS) programming languages like Python, R or Scala.
• Experience with commercial solvers likeGUROBI, CPLEX, XPRESS, or MOSEK & familiarity with basic data table operations (SQL, Hive, etc.).
• Demonstrated relationship building skills, with a superior ability to make things happen through the use of positive influence.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills:

• Advanced expertise with Operations Research techniques.
• Prior experience building Reinforcement Learning Models.
• Extensive knowledge of Stochastic Modelling.
• Previous experience leading highly complex cross-functional technical projects with multiple stakeholders.

As a member of the Trade and Transaction Support group within the Alternatives Operations team, you will support multiple processes and project deliverables while aligning with organizational goals. You will gain exposure to various alternatives product types and ensure accurate transaction capture and reconciliation. Your role involves working closely with internal and external teams to meet deadlines and deliverables.

Job Responsibilities:

• Capture all transactions accurately in Risk Management Systems.
• Perform trade support for investor and fund transactions.
• Complete intraday and end-of-day processes, ensuring accuracy.
• Escalate urgent matters requiring senior management involvement.
• Communicate clearly with support teams for query resolution.
• Serve as a central point of contact for Alternatives Operations.
• Oversee and govern multiple vendors and service providers.
• Build understanding of trading structures from financial and operational perspectives.
• Maintain a strong control environment and ensure compliance.
• Identify process improvement opportunities and drive completion.
• Partner with front offices and technology teams globally.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

• Hold a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited Business institution.
• Demonstrate minimum 5 years of relevant experience in financial services.
• Understand front-to-back operations processes.
• Communicate effectively with strong written and verbal skills.
• Analyze and solve problems with a control mindset.
• Manage concurrent assignments effectively in a deadline-oriented environment.
• Pay strong attention to detail and work independently in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

• Influence and lead discussions across organizational levels.
• Collaborate with all levels of the organization.
• Demonstrate strong project management skills.
• Adapt to changing business and technical environments.
• Display a solid sense of ownership and self-motivation.
• Prioritize work efficiently and manage time effectively.
• Exhibit a proactive approach to problem-solving and process improvement.

Job Summary:

As a Risk & Controls Associate in the Payments CORE Program team, you will support the CORE/RCSA program, focusing on data quality analysis, CORE upkeep and global collaboration with Control Managers. You will be instrumental in driving improvements and ensuring compliance with firmwide standards.

Job Responsibilities:

• Coordinate and enhance the Compliance and Operational Risk Evaluation (CORE) process across Payments Business & Operations stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Payments Control Managers to address and track remediation of risk, compliance, and control issues.
• Interpret and disseminate Firmwide CORE Standards and Procedures to Control Managers.
• Undertake various Risk and Control Program initiatives and present the outcome to senior stakeholders
• Review and close out all Program and self-identified CORE hygiene items.
• Become a subject matter expert in the CORE application and provide guidance to Control Managers.
• Support data quality analysis and reporting as needed.
• Assist with control issues, ensuring appropriate prioritization and escalation.
• Conduct qualitative assessments on high-risk compliance and control areas.
• Communicate regularly with key stakeholders.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

• Strong analytical skills and experience in data analysis.
• Familiarity with Risk and Control Assessment processes.
• Self-starter with the ability to multitask and work independently.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills.
• Demonstrated initiative, ownership, and accountability.
• Proficient in oral and written communication and presentation.
• Advanced knowledge of MS Office, particularly MS Excel.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

• Experience in Operational Risk and Controls with working knowledge of CORE preferable.
• Ability to drive CORE related agenda and deliverables.
• Experience in developing partnerships with global teams.

Job responsibilities:

• Build and maintain tools, UIs and frameworks supporting our systematic risk taking in our Rates trading businesses.
• Build and maintain systematic strategies and performance monitoring and attribution systems.
• Enhance the robustness and integration of the tools and models within the wider Rates trading group.
• Process, clean and analyse large datasets used in the context of alpha research.
• Work closely with traders to learn, understand and improve relevant tools and models.

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills:

• Extensive professional experience in software development, with a strong focus on Python
• Experience with data analysis techniques along with relevant data science libraries (numpy, pandas, etc.) and visualization tools (dash, panel)
• Knowledge of database systems (KDB)
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills; ability to collaborate effectively with traders, quantitative researchers and software developers
• Exceptional attention to detail and outstanding work ethic
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related field

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills:

• Knowledge of Fixed Income / Rates
• Experience with high-frequency trading, algorithmic trading or electronic trading
• Proficiency in Java
• Experience working collaboratively on common codebases using git

As a Financial Controller in our Finance team, you will spend each day defining, refining, and delivering set goals for our firm. In this role, you will be accountable for ensuring the integrity of the firm’s books and records by validating the accuracy of the P&L and balance sheet through rigorous checks and balances. You will collaborate with Controllers, Middle Office, Operations, and Technology teams to prepare and review financial statements across various JP Morgan legal entities and geographies. Your responsibilities will include researching, escalating, and resolving exceptions in the general ledger and related systems, ensuring robust governance and risk management.

Job responsibilities

• Partner with various Controllers groups within the firm to prepare & review financial statements across different JP Morgan legal entities and geographies
• Work with various teams to research, escalate, and clear exceptions to the general ledger and other interfacing systems in a timely manner to ensure the integrity of ledger/risk management systems
• Perform monthly General ledger Reconciliation & Substantiation process
• Adhere to various regulatory reporting requirements when performing the reporting / month end close process
• Support various lines of business with business wise - performance reporting and their query resolution
• Ensure appropriateness of reference data for account hierarchies
• Perform various reconciliations (Account level, system, inter-company etc.) to ensure financial and reporting integrity
• Participate in user acceptance tests during projects on system implementation/changes & other business initiatives

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related business field with minimum 2 years experience
• Basic knowledge of industry standards and regulations for US GAAP &/or IFRS Standards
• Excellent MS Excel (data manipulation, macros, v-lookups, pivot tables) / MS Access/ MS PowerPoint skill sets as well as strong verbal & written communication.
• Adapt in accordance with changing / conflicting priorities and excel during enhanced demand situations due to trading / month end deadlines on the deliverables etc.
• Ability to understand / comprehend data flows and its impacts across the ledger, Risk Management Systems & reporting systems along with their interrelationships and dependencies.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• CA/MBA’s with 1 year of relevant experience (Controller experience is preferred)
• Good accounting and finance skills along with the ability to analyze numbers. Good knowledge of banking products e.g. Securities, derivatives etc.
• Basic understanding of transformation/visualization products such as Alteryx, Tableau, UI Path and other Intelligent Solutions Skills will be an added advantage