JPMorgan Asset Management - Municipal Custom Bond 

United States, New York, New York 

797862034

As a Portfolio Manager on the Municipal Bond team you will assist in monitoring municipal holdings in SMA strategies. You will function as a bridge between the portfolio managers and the municipal research team.

Job Responsibilities

• Make buy, sell and/or hold recommendations for different strategies and risk appetites based on the Credit Research team’s fundamental analysis and own views.
• Consider portfolio management factors in such recommendations, including book yield, tax impact, scarcity (for specialty states), mandate (buy & hold vs total return).
• Collaborate closely with the Credit Research team to identify market trends, analyze individual credits, and assess relative value across securities.
• Play an active role in the investment and portfolio construction decisions for existing and new accounts.
• Review external portfolios for acceptability based upon internal guidelines.
• Maintain and report on the current events of a certain credit(s) by analyzing the news, rating agency actions and other analyst publications.
• Identify risks at the borrower and sector level.
• Share knowledge, both verbally and in writing (internal use only) regarding ongoing credit or sector developments.
• Provide research material on specific issuers, market trends and general municipal issues to the CBP team and other areas of asset management.
• Meet with internal and external clients and prospects and respond to inquiries from stakeholders.
• Contribute to the ongoing development of credit analysis and portfolio management tools.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills.

• Minimum 5 years of buy side experience in credit analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate municipal issuer credit risk and communicate concisely under typically stringent time constraints.
• Excellent responsiveness and problem-solving skills with a high attention to detail.
• Must possess exceptional communication skills both written and oral and be able to communicate their thoughts to external clients and internal partners..
• Solid decision-making skills that could impact our risk-taking capabilities.
• Ability to work proactively and creatively in a team environment.
• Experience using Bloomberg.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Separately Managed Account and Investortools Perform system experience a plus.