JPMorgan Trade Lifecycle Associate 

United States, New York 

405900446

Job Summary:

As a Trade Lifecycle Associate in our Securities Services Operation, you will be responsible for the end-to-end process of securities settlements lifecycle. You will manage multiple markets globally, meeting risk metrics related to various reconciliations and settlement objectives. This role provides an opportunity to establish and maintain relationships with operations & middle office contacts at clients and partner with client service teams to help change client behavior where required to remove manual processes.

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.
• Have a 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, Capabilities, and Skills:

• 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

Preferred qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

• 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