JPMorgan Head Fixed Income Currencies Commodities Operations- Executive Director 

Japan, Tokyo 

589102896

As a Head of Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities (FICC) Operations Executive Director supporting the Japan Fixed Income Sales & Trading franchise, you will be responsible for providing a “one-stop-shop” post-trade operations support covering Linear and Non-Linear products (Securities, Rates Derivatives, Currencies, Commodities) traded in Onshore and Offshore entities of JPMorgan. Relevant roles include Middle-office & Back-office functions spanning across Trade Management, Confirmation Drafting & Affirmation, Settlements, Margin Management, Note Events Management (as Calculation Agent), Client Valuation, Structured Notes Pricing, Regulatory Reporting and Projects.

Your role will involve coordinating with various internal and external stakeholders to facilitate business, efficiency, controls, strategic and regulatory initiatives. This will require active engagement and partnership at local, regional, and global levels to promote and execute our firm's strategic deliveries.

Job responsibilities

• Display strong leadership in the execution of operations functions, taking full end-to-end accountability of all operational aspects impacting the business
• Work closely with the business heads to understand and support critical initiatives, also engaging with relevant stakeholders in the execution
• Collaborate with stakeholders in Japan and globally, serving as ambassador of local regulatory and client requirements to the rest of the bank
• Manage and evaluate risk through operational and financial metrics
• Identify, understand and implement new regulatory requirements impacting the business in Japan
• Manage internal and external audits and regulatory reviews and inspections.
• Keep senior management abreast of risks and issues and escalate as / when they arise
• Plan and manage financial budget, required resources and headcounts to support the franchise.
• Lead and promote digital agenda to improve efficiency and scale
• Build high performing teams with diverse back-grounds, culture and skill-sets.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Minimum 10 years of experience in operations within the financial markets and 5+ years of experience leading large teams
• Have strong knowledge of Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities products and markets dynamics
• Strong people manager with proven track record of building highly motivated and top performing teams, setting team structures, while managing costs within the set budget
• Being able to manage multiple large books of strategic and transformation work, change priorities as / when required with ability to multitask in a ever changing environment
• Strong problem solving, controls, project management skills, effective communication, strong interpersonal and presentation skills
• Technical, analytical and problem solving, with ability to summarize complex themes to varied group of senior stakeholders
• Display sound judgment, professional maturity and a strong work ethic & integrity
• Ability to manage multiple work streams and work under a fast paced and dynamic environment
• Ability to demonstrate high risk awareness, operational control, problem solving and process improvement experience
• Ability to face off regulators with good domain of Local Legal Ledgers and Regulatory Reporting as well as local clients
• Effective communication skills in both English and Japanese

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Direct experience with local Financial Markets Infrastructures