JPMorgan Risk Management - Asset Alternatives 

United States, New York, New York 

620601718

As a Risk Management - Asset Management Alternatives Investment Risk - Vice President, your role will include proactive management of investment, liquidity and counterparty risk based on ongoing, informed, and educated market observations with a focus on Private Equity within the Alternatives business. You will provide investment, liquidity and counterparty risk oversight, market risk monitoring, exposure measurement and concentration identification, and assist in developing and enforcing risk and investment approval policies across the businesses.

Job Responsibilities

• Measure, monitor and independently assess risks in investment activities, provide credible challenge and escalate issues/concerns to senior management
• Monitor stress, performance, liquidity, and counterparty risk metrics against the thresholds and perform deep-dive risk analysis on the outliers
• Work with broader team to implement risk frameworks for new products and businesses within Alternatives
• Collaborate with investment, in-business and independent risk teams to develop and maintain understanding of risk profiles of funds and portfolios.
• Enhance risk oversight processes, policies, and procedures for Investment, Liquidity and Counterparty Risk, ensuring compliance is maintained
• Improve risk transparency and infrastructure for capturing risk exposures
• Perform deep dives on emerging risk areas and potential impact to the business

Required qualifications, skills and capabilities

• 7+ years of experience in financial services industry related to trading, portfolio management, risk management, and/or investment risk across asset classes
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills; inquisitive nature and comfortable in challenging current practices
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to be leveraged in communication with the business as well as presenting to senior management
• Previous direct, hands-on experience with large initiatives; Capable of prioritizing deliverables to meet goals and to manage across a group of constituents
• Undergraduate degree required
• Knowledge of market risk methodologies such as VaR, stress and sensitivities
• Strong quantitative skills

Preferred qualifications, skills and capabilities

• Buy-side and alternatives experience preferred
• Post graduate degree or additional certifications i.e. CFA, CAIA a plus
• Familiarity with modeling and working knowledge of portfolio valuations and risk systems a plus
• Prior experience with coding and data visualization tools such as Python, Alteryx, SQL & Tableau a plus