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JPMorgan Equities Market Risk - Vice President 
Zambia, Central Province 
627825458

01.09.2024

As a Vice President in the Asia-Pacific Market Risk team, you will lead the team in charge of supervising Delta One Trading & Structured Financing activities, reporting directly to the Head of Equities Market Risk Coverage for Asia-Pacific. Interacting with Front Officers, you will use your critical thinking to make sound judgments about risk appetite, identify threats/weaknesses in the risk profile and challenge/escalate to senior management as you see appropriate. As a manager, you will demonstrate leadership and collaborative skills, helping junior team members to growth and develop further their market risk expertise.

Job responsibilities

  • Perform daily monitoring of the trading activities, identifying/quantifying market risks in the books, challenging businesses from risk/reward standpoint and understanding factors influencing profits and losses
  • Perform ad-hoc deep dives into trading activities, cooperating with other relevant risk stripes to look at risks holistically, adapting the risk framework/limits consequently if needed
  • Establish strong and efficient relationship with Traders to maintain sound understanding of trading strategies, stay up to date on markets insights/trends and identify potential implications for risk profile/appetite
  • Design/propose new risk metrics, notably stress testing scenarios, to better measure the materiality of the risks in the books
  • Perform risk assessment of Structured Financing transactions on pre-trade basis, identify keys risks/mitigants and ultimately recommend course of actions to senior management
  • Escalate top risks items to Trading and Risk senior management
  • Deal with local regulatory authorities on Market Risk related enquiries and inspections

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

  • Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field or a related discipline
  • Minimum of 7 years of experience in the financial services industry
  • Understanding of Delta One Trading activities, particularly Equity indices tracking/replication strategies and Asian emerging markets specificities
  • Understanding of Structured Financing businesses, notably Margin Loans and Collar Financing products
  • Strong analytical and quantitative skills, including ability to analyze market data and perform risk-related statistical studies
  • Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills with ability to communicate in a clear and concise manner

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

  • Experience in Python or similar coding is advantageous
  • Master’s degree or CFA qualification is a plus