JPMorgan PricingDirect - Securities Valuation Associate 

United States, New York 

675122912

The PricingDirect Associate role in is a demanding position requiring a knowledgeable derivative and/or fixed income professional capable of performing complex financial assignments, including quantitative and information/data analysis, requiring self-motivated problem-solving skills in a dynamic environment.

• Daily generation of security valuations for multiple market closes, entailing start-to-end responsibilities. This includes market data collection and analysis, price generation, quality control, and client feedback.

• Examine and develop new areas of product growth through independent self-guided research, interactions with clients, J.P. Morgan trading desks, research professionals, and technology teams.

• Address all client concerns on a daily basis with emphasis on providing first-class service and quality.

• Continuously improve product and service quality through daily market surveillance, communication with market participant, data and financial analysis, enhancing process controls, and ensuring data quality.

• Develop and maintain regular contact with trading desks, research, and market participants.

• Perform in-depth analysis on an individual security or portfolio of securities and explain nuances to colleagues and clients.

Job Responsibilities

• Firm understanding of the principles of finance, derivative and/or fixed income securities, business operations, and mathematical and/or statistical modeling, machine learning and artificial intelligence.

• Ability to collect and analyze large amounts of market information, extract its essence and incorporate the findings into valuation matrix and processes.

• Strong user of Excel with Python coding experience with practical exposure to ML/AI packages

• Exposure to databases and/or various programming languages preferred.

• Creative problem solver with ability to perform well under pressure.

• Detail oriented, with a highly disciplined approach to process and quality control.

• Ability to learn quickly, multi-task and self-manage priorities.

• Excellent client communications skills. • Strong team player.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Bachelor's degree or higher, ideally in Finance or a related field of study such as Physics, Economics, Statistics, Business Administration, Engineering, Mathematics or Data Science

• Knowledge of fixed income and/or derivatives products and pricing.

• Experience in programming language such as Python, VBA, Perl, java, C/C++, SQL.

• Proficiency in Excel and high aptitude for learning new technologies.

• Clear, logical thinker with strong quantitative abilities.

• Effective communication skills to interact with traders, research, and clients.