JPMorgan Asset Management Middle Office Associate 

United Kingdom, England, London 

612404417

As an Asset Management Middle Office associate in Mansart Middle Office team you will perform core trade support functions across the range of products traded by the business, including bonds, equities, equity swaps and others. You will manager trade capture, trade confirmation and trade lifecycle.

Job responsibilities

• Ensures all core reconciliations are performed to a high standard, including cash and security reconciliations vs custodians, EMIR reporting reconciliations, NAV reconciliations, and fee reconciliations
• Manages settlements to minimize risk and penalty charges
• Ensures that margin and collateral is risk managed effectively, understands the calculations, manages disputes and is confident using our vendor application (Acadia)
• Partners closely with portfolio managers to deliver best in class fund launches
• Has an in-depth understanding of all trading structures from a financial and operational perspective
• Builds trusting, credible client relationships through responsive, high quality client service
• Responds to daily queries and handles difficult conversations when necessary

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• The ability to act and communicate with humility, empathy and kindness
• Proven track record of being a subject matter expert (any product or workflow) in a previous role
• Proven ability to articulate complex concepts in a simple, digestible way to varied audiences
• A very disciplined attitude to operational risk management
• The ability to work with large data sets to pull trends and provide meaningful feedback to the business
• The ability to bring multiple groups together to solve a problem and hold people accountable for their actions

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Familiarity with fund management, collateral management, OTC derivatives, and trade settlement
• Ability to independently automate manual processes using digital automation tools such as Alteryx
• A naturally curious thinker with a hunger to learn and teach others
• An optimistic approach to problem solving - views problems as opportunities and not roadblocks