Operations Trade Services Associate – jobs at Jpmorgan in Peru, Lima

As a Trading Services Analyst, you'll be responsible for performing control reconciliations to verify trade positions, investigating settlements, and focusing on process re-engineering and automation.

Job Responsibilities

• Upload market data to different risk management systems
• Perform reconciliations against market sources
• Perform numerous control reconciliations to verify trading positions are accurate through front office to middle office reconciliations, middle office to back office reconciliations
• Investigate and provide solutions to various queries from settlements and confirmations
• Produce management statistics
• Complete operations projects and ad hoc requests to satisfy new initiatives and operations/technology enhancements (new system implementations)

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Strong logical/analytical mindset, with the ability to think outside the box and challenge the status quo
• Process flow understanding, including ability to understand current flows and linkage between systems and think how the process can be improved/streamlined
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Previous experience in Finance industry (operations roles) is preferred
• VBA is a plus
• BA or BS degree preferred (either Economics or Industrial Engineer preferred)

As an Operations Trade Lifecycle Associate in our Peru Office, you'll be responsible for performing/supervising reconciliations to verify trade positions, Fixed Income, FX and Money Market settlements in Peruvian Market, focusing continuous improvement , process re-engineering and automation.

Responsibilities:

• Complete intraday / end-of-day processes including completeness and reconciliation checks to ensure capture of new trading activity and general book management has been processed accurately
• Prepare and supervise regulatory reports to Peruvian regulators.
• Investigate and provide solutions to various queries from settlements and confirmations.
• Produce MIS Reports.
• Complete operations projects and ad hoc requests to satisfy new initiatives and operations/technology enhancements (new system implementations)
• Complete intraday / end-of-day processes including completeness and reconciliation checks to ensure capture of new trading activity and general book management has been processed accurately
• Work closely with Operations functions and infrastructure groups to support a 'one team approach'
• Ensure all controls are diligently performed, completed, and signed-off on a timely basis
• Clear and concise communication with all support teams to ensure the timely and efficient resolution of queries
• Participate and contribute to the various strategic initiatives; keep improving and evolving processes and business architecture
• Build an in-depth understanding of all trading structures from both a financial and operational perspective
• Understand local regulations to accurately prepare and validate regulatory reports.
• Intraday and forecasted cashflow for the Local Legal Entity.
• Review and validate all payments are executed complying with local and corporate standards.

This role requires a wide variety of strengths and capabilities, including:

• LBTR / CAVALI knowledge is desirable to perform day to day activities.
• Understand all relevant fixed income and fx derivative products (Interest Rate Swaps, Cross Currency swaps, Foreign Exchange (FX), Zero Coupon and Overnight Index Swaps (OIS))
• Knowledge of the front to back Operations process (including the key elements such as confirmations, settlements, regulatory reporting) and facilitate issue resolution across teams
• Understand the key elements of other infrastructure groups (i.e. Finance, Market risk, Credit risk, Operational risk, Legal, Collateral etc.) and recognize the impact of the actions of the Trade support team on these areas
• Must have clear communication skills and an ability to use these to work collaboratively, explain, and challenge, as appropriate
• Attention to details and sense of ownership
• Great team player able to work in a pressurized and changing environment
• Possess strong analytical and numerical skills
• Strong problem-solving, control, and project management skills
• Strong technical skills, especially in Excel (VBA is a plus)
• Previous experience in Finance industry (operations roles) is preferred
• BA or BS degree preferred (either Economics or Industrial Engineer preferred

As an Operations Trade Lifecycle Associate in our Peru Office, you'll be responsible for performing/supervising reconciliations to verify trade positions, Fixed Income, FX and Money Market settlements in Peruvian Market, focusing continuous improvement , process re-engineering and automation.

Responsibilities:

• Complete intraday / end-of-day processes including completeness and reconciliation checks to ensure capture of new trading activity and general book management has been processed accurately
• Prepare and supervise regulatory reports to Peruvian regulators.
• Investigate and provide solutions to various queries from settlements and confirmations.
• Produce MIS Reports.
• Complete operations projects and ad hoc requests to satisfy new initiatives and operations/technology enhancements (new system implementations)
• Complete intraday / end-of-day processes including completeness and reconciliation checks to ensure capture of new trading activity and general book management has been processed accurately
• Work closely with Operations functions and infrastructure groups to support a 'one team approach'
• Ensure all controls are diligently performed, completed, and signed-off on a timely basis
• Clear and concise communication with all support teams to ensure the timely and efficient resolution of queries
• Participate and contribute to the various strategic initiatives; keep improving and evolving processes and business architecture
• Build an in-depth understanding of all trading structures from both a financial and operational perspective
• Understand local regulations to accurately prepare and validate regulatory reports.
• Intraday and forecasted cashflow for the Local Legal Entity.
• Review and validate all payments are executed complying with local and corporate standards.

This role requires a wide variety of strengths and capabilities, including:

• LBTR / CAVALI knowledge is desirable to perform day to day activities.
• Understand all relevant fixed income and fx derivative products (Interest Rate Swaps, Cross Currency swaps, Foreign Exchange (FX), Zero Coupon and Overnight Index Swaps (OIS))
• Knowledge of the front to back Operations process (including the key elements such as confirmations, settlements, regulatory reporting) and facilitate issue resolution across teams
• Understand the key elements of other infrastructure groups (i.e. Finance, Market risk, Credit risk, Operational risk, Legal, Collateral etc.) and recognize the impact of the actions of the Trade support team on these areas
• Must have clear communication skills and an ability to use these to work collaboratively, explain, and challenge, as appropriate
• Attention to details and sense of ownership
• Great team player able to work in a pressurized and changing environment
• Possess strong analytical and numerical skills
• Strong problem-solving, control, and project management skills
• Strong technical skills, especially in Excel (VBA is a plus)
• Previous experience in Finance industry (operations roles) is preferred
• BA or BS degree preferred (either Economics or Industrial Engineer preferred