JPMorgan Securities Services - Agency Finance Trader Associate 

United Kingdom, England, London 

354466062

Job responsibilities:

• Maximize risk-adjusted revenues by negotiating rates with borrowers; analyzing client’s portfolios to drive revenue opportunities
• Risk management, positioning and ongoing optimization of the trading books
• Develop the trading capabilities across multi asset class to maximize the breadth of demand and the JPM supply. This will include rotation through the cash desk.
• Idea generation, positioning and risk management around corporate actions.
• Pricing new and existing business including overnight, term transactions and exclusive portfolios
• Managing and growing external client relationships
• Providing expert commentary to both external and internal clients on a single name and sector-level.
• Analyse any cross market / sector driven opportunities; work in partnership with other traders across the franchise to maximise opportunities.
• Daily P&L reconciliation/book management and maintenance. Close interaction with related business units to maximize franchise value
• Data driven and have the ability to extract and interpolate data using trends to further understand pricing. Also be able to work with the QR team to further extract value from the trading book
• Building solid relationships with partner areas such as legal & compliance, risk, operations and technology.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Outstanding analytical and quantitative skills
• Ability to grow and monetize relationships
• Must be an excellent team player with a strong work ethic
• Ability to multi-task in a high-pressure environment
• Strong interpersonal/relationship-building skills
• An entrepreneurial and innovative approach and a risk-aware attitude
• Presentation skills
• Confidence in telephone, written and face-to-face interactions