JPMorgan Futures & Options - Treasury Risk – Prime Financial Services 

China, Shanghai 

174911801

About the role:

As a front office role within Prime Financial Services (PFS)’s China Futures entity, you will be tasked with enhancing the decision-making process that goes into the allocation of scarce financial resources with a view of optimizing the PFS business’s risk adjusted returns. In addition, managing Central Clearing Counterparty (CCP) margins, generating Net interest income (NII) through investments, advising on client pricing, and managing the firm’s balance sheet and capital.

Job responsibilities:

• Analyzing and addressing clients risk exposures within their portfolios
• Assessing clients risk vs return profiles for existing and prospective clients, assisting in pricing of client flows
• Reviewing stress scenarios affecting the valuation of financial instruments to establish risk haircuts
• Formulating risk management solutions with clients and internal stakeholders to protect the firm
• Assisting in the negotiations of legal agreements from business risk perspective
• Managing CCP margins, generating NII through investments, and managing the firm’s balance sheet and capital.
• Oversee the liquidity of the business, manage strategy and execution of the team’s investments in approved products and external bank placements.
• Develop and leverage subject matter expertise in CCP rules, risk management practices (i.e., portfolio margining, collateral eligibility) and operational flows
• Build and maintain relationships with key business stakeholders, CCPs and various investment sales teams and desks
• Identifying product gaps and continually driving improvements to existing PFS infrastructure and product offering
• Assist local management in formulating China business strategy planning and execution

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills:

• Relevant Treasury, Liquidity Management, Collateral Optimization, Clearing or Fixed Income experience, sell-side risk management
• Expert quantitative, analytical and technical skills (Bloomberg, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Demonstrate track record of driving change in a technical role
• Willingness to learn, absorb and synthesize new information and concepts.
• Ability to drive automation and simplify processes
• Superior time management and multi-tasking skills to juggle live transactions, daily tasks and projects
• Strong communication skills and an ability to build and leverage cross-functional relationships

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Basic programming and data analytics skills (in particular Python and Alteryx, Tableau)
• Fluent Chinese language is preferred
• Experience with China financial market is a plus
• Futures Practitioner license is a plus