Quant Model Risk Associate – Equities Etrading jobs at Jpmorgan in Zambia

The opportunity will empower someone to transform our operating environment while being exposed to global KYC requirements and partnering with Wholesale KYC Operations (WKO) teams across the globe.

As a global production oversight lead within the Global Production Oversight (GPO) team, you will be responsible for managing the remediation book of work, coordinating analysis on population and impact. You will also be responsible for executing root cause analysis and working on solutions from end to end. You will engage partnership across our compliance, operations, technology, and product teams to establish and deliver scalable processes and controls leveraging strategic infrastructure and intelligent automation solutions to meet the Firm’s regulatory obligation. You will provide support to global WKO stakeholders and GPO leads, assisting with metrics, deck preparation and review. You will be responsible for running internal controls and ensuring internal protocols are being followed.

Job responsibilities

• Contribute to the creation of weekly reporting, regional and adhoc decks
• Provide key metrics and reports to management which outline progress of the quality framework, frequency and materiality of findings
• Run internal controls to ensure processes and defined protocols are properly followed and executed
• Contribute to ad hoc projects with the objective to improve the overall quality of the KYC framework
• Build and develop partnerships, identify challenges and eliminate roadblocks with all internal partners
• Stay up to date of any changes to processes and procedures, regulatory change and ensure impacts are identified for in-progress requests
• Manage personal workload and priorities ensuring timely escalation of key risks/issues to management

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Resilient interpersonal skills, ability to partner with internal stakeholders
• Logical, structured approach to planning, problem solving and decision-making
• Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal and presentation skills
• Aptitude for learning new regulations, processes and technologies
• Bachelor degree or equivalent education
• Minimum 1 year of relevant working experience or related internal controls or compliance experience
• Knowledge in KYC regulations or process

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Alteryx, Visual Basic, or other technical skills
• Experience working in a professional services firm or financial services firm

Job Summary:

As an Associate in the Complex Assets team, you will work alongside global operations, technology professionals, external clients, and key stakeholders to drive the successful delivery of change initiatives across multiple functional areas. Your accountability will cover the complete product development lifecycle—from the initial idea through design and development to implementation and transition.

Job Responsibilities:

• Stakeholder Collaboration: Build strong working relationships with operations end-users, technologists, and external partners to understand requirements and drive the build-out of solutions across middle office, fund accounting, and margin services.

• Solution Design & Delivery: Drive the high-level design of integrated solutions, collaborating closely with operations, technology, product teams, and vendors. Ensure that all initiatives align with strategic roadmaps and quality standards.

• Business & Technical Documentation: Document business requirements and product scope, translating these into detailed technical specifications for development and test execution.

• Program Management: Develop and manage robust program plans including risk management, issue resolution, and the breakdown of deliverables. Ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget.

• Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to enhance operational efficiency, optimize product functionality, and improve the overall client experience.

• Communication & Leadership: Regularly update senior management and stakeholders on progress, challenges, and key milestones. Mentor team members and contribute to group-wide objectives.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities and Skills:

• Industry Knowledge: Working business knowledge of OTC derivatives across one or more asset classes (Rates, Credit, Equities, FX, or Commodities), along with CFDs, Repos, and Time Deposits.

• Middle Office / Fund Accounting Expertise: Understanding of trade capture, lifecycle and core positions management including valuation, confirmation, settlement, collateral management, asset servicing, reconciliations, and reporting/data services.

• Product Development & Change Management: Demonstrated experience managing strategic change programs with a hands-on approach to analysis, testing, and delivery.

• Data Handling & Presentation: Ability to process large datasets and communicate insights clearly to senior management, clients, and cross-functional teams.

• Program Management Skills: Organizational strength with a logical, structured approach to planning, problem solving, and risk management.

• Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to succinctly convey detailed information to diverse audiences.

• Interpersonal Skills: Energetic self-starter with a collaborative mindset, relationship-building abilities, and a proactive approach to resolving issues and driving the strategic vision.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities and Skills:

• Ability to develop a clear vision and actionable roadmap for ongoing change initiatives.

• Proven capability to maximize business goals and deliver return on investment.

• Prior experience working in a highly matrixed, complex, global organization
• Technical skills using Alteryx, Tableau, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint

As an Associate Global Market Strategist in the Global Market Insights Team based in Hong Kong, you will assist the broader APAC team in formulating and disseminating JP Morgan Asset Management's view on the markets, economies and investing to a broad audience including financial institutions, financial advisors and retail clients. You are expected to have a solid understanding of capital markets and strong background in data analysis and competences in coding, as well as being an effective presenter.

Job responsibilities

• Processing and analyzing economic and financial market data to produce the Guide to the Market Asia and associated research publications under the Market Insights brand.
• Innovating and enhancing current processes in data compilation and illustration.
• Conduct research and analysis on economic and financial market developments and generate investment recommendations.
• Present economic and market analysis, and investment recommendations to key stakeholders.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Strong data analytical skills with econometric or statistics background.
• Competences in coding (Python) and programming is a requirement. Familiarity with data sources such as Bloomberg, FactSet, Reuters, etc.
• Advanced degree in Finance or Economics and/or CFA (level 1 or further).
• Fluent in English, Mandarin and/or Cantonese
• Strong communications skills in both impactful writing and presenting in virtual and in-person formats. Ability to communicate ideas with passion and clarity (simplify the complex/use of stories and analogies).

As a Vice President in the Wholesale Credit Risk team, you will be based in Hong Kong, supporting the Japan Wholesale Credit Risk team. You will be at the forefront of executing transactions across derivatives, liquidity and cash management products, vanilla and structured loans, as well as acquisition & leveraged finance. You will be working closely with our business partners from various sectors including Global Investment Banking, Commercial Banking and Corporate Banking as well as Markets and Securities Services and Global Payments. Your role will be pivotal in promoting credit analytics including risk rating determination, industry assessment with a key focus on due diligence, structuring, negotiation, documentation, and approval of transactions. You will also be responsible for the ongoing credit monitoring and review work for all client facilities, providing you with a diverse and dynamic work environment.

Job responsibilities

• Be responsible for ongoing supervision and management of an assigned portfolio of corporate and institutional clients across a range of industries
• Take a lead role in the due diligence, structuring and documentation for transactions
• Conduct detailed review of forward-looking credit analysis, along with necessary financial modelling, to provide insight into clients’ industries and the key business and financial risks they face
• Exercise a meaningful credit approval authority
• Interact closely with transaction stakeholders including client coverage and product bankers, credit executives and legal counsel
• Review various credit and regulatory reporting requirements
• Mentor and develop junior Wholesale Credit Risk team members
• Track market and industry developments and their impact on clients
• Recommend and monitor internal credit ratings; and
• Support the team with ongoing ad-hoc initiatives and work streams

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

• At least 6 years’ experience gained in a credit risk or credit analysis role within corporate, institutional and/or investment banking
• Strong credit risk analysis skills covering both qualitative and quantitative analysis
• Strong understanding of products across loans, derivatives and liquidity and cash management products as well as related documentation
• Ability to take an active role in identifying key issues and concerns relating to clients, their industries and transaction structures
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to demonstrate good time management and clarity in thinking when dealing with multiple work streams in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to foster relationships and confidently interact with origination teams and other internal stakeholders

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel with an ability to navigate through financial models, as well as other Microsoft programs (PowerPoint, Word, Outlook etc.)
• Undergraduate degree or post graduate qualifications in accounting, business, finance, or a quantitative related discipline
• Proficiency in written and verbal communication in Japanese is advantageous but not required

Key responsibilities:

• Marketing/Origination: The role will assist the team in identifying SPG business opportunities and pitching to, and negotiating with, SPG’s clients in partnership with Market Sales, Corporate Banking, Investment Banking Coverage, Debt Capital Markets etc.
• Structuring: Once a mandate has been awarded, the role will be assisting with the transaction structuring and execution. As a general matter, this may include detailed quantitative and analytical analysis; cash flow modelling; commercial terms negotiation; and review of legal documentation. Team members interact with a range of external parties including credit rating agencies, transaction sponsors, lawyers, auditing firms, co-arrangers, and co-placement agents.
• Financing: The role will support originating, evaluating and executing opportunities for J.P. Morgan to act as lender to SPG clients in Asia; often this includes analytical risk analysis, extensive commercial negotiation with clients, preparing materials and coordinate internal risk and underwriting approvals
• Distribution: The role might also liaise with J.P. Morgan’s Syndicate team and Sales force, who are tasked with identifying institutional investors interested to purchase the bonds/loans created by the SPG Originations team - both in APAC and globally

Required Qualifications:

• Highly organized, detail oriented, and proactive; strong teamwork skills and ability to work with stakeholders in multi-cultural environments
• 1-2 years of relevant front office experience, ideally in securitization sector
• Extremely proficient in quantitative/data analysis; strong MS Excel skill is a must; proficiency with MS PowerPoint and MS Word
• Fluent in English and Mandarin; strong written and verbal communication skills

As a Vice President in the Credit Risk Management (Asia Hedge Funds & Asset Managers) team, you will join JPMorgan Chase's team of internal credit experts, responsible for managing the bank's credit exposure portfolio. You will serve as the primary credit coverage for a diverse portfolio of Hedge Funds, Mutual Funds, and Asset Managers domiciled in Asia Pacific, overseeing transaction execution and ongoing credit management across multiple products. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the bank's risk management strategy and support its growth in the region.

Job responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of Asia Pacific Hedge Funds and Asset Managers, acting as the main point of contact for all lines of business
• Maintain primary responsibility for the management of ongoing credit relationships by assigning internal ratings, recommending credit appetite, and critically assessing risk measures
• Lead client due diligence meetings, transaction structuring/execution, and oversee negotiation of legal documentation
• Review and approve trading activity, including recommending margin requirements and structural solutions to mitigate risks
• Build effective client partnerships, both internally and externally, ensuring business priorities are understood, challenged, and managed
• Drive end-to-end processes and transactions, including leading discussions with stakeholders and senior credit risk management
• Demonstrate deep understanding of Hedge Fund/Asset Manager investment strategies and risks inherent to them
• Coach and train junior team members to think holistically about risk, providing guidance and feedback to improve quality and efficiency
• Maintain detailed knowledge of regulatory frameworks, industry, and market trends across Asia and globally, incorporating insights into portfolio risk management
• Be a thought leader, driving key initiatives and process changes by identifying limitations/gaps in systems, risk controls, and policies
• Work closely with North America/EMEA Credit counterparts to drive a consistent global coverage model

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, or a related field
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in risk management in the financial services industry
• Familiarity with concepts of Credit Risk, including potential mitigants
• Understanding of risk and return metrics (VaR, Stress, MTM, DV01, etc.), including critical assessment of various measures/methods
• Counterparty credit risk analysis skills, with knowledge of financial markets
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with an interest in client interaction and ability to work well in a team environment
• Strong organizational and time management skills, ability to learn quickly, and high attention to detail
• Highly motivated with a natural passion to learn and high level of intellectual curiosity
• Strong sense of accountability and ownership of tasks
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel, PowerPoint, and Word

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience in conducting diligence on Hedge Funds, Asset Managers, or Financial Institutions in a corporate or investment bank
• Knowledge of the Hedge Fund and Asset Management industry, their investment strategies, and risks inherent to them
• Postgraduate qualifications, e.g., CFA, Masters of Finance are highly regarded