JPMorgan PricingDirect Securities Valuation Analyst 

United States, New York 

958415860

Job responsibilities

• Daily generation of securities valuations for multiple market closes, entailing start-to-end ownership responsibilities, including: market data collection and analysis, price generation, quality control, and client interaction.
• Examine and develop new areas of product growth through independent self-guided research, interactions with clients, JPMorgan trading desks, research professionals, and technology teams.
• Continuously improve product and service quality through daily market surveillance, communication with market participants, data and financial analysis, review of process controls, and data quality assurance
• Perform complex financial assignments, including quantitative and information/data analysis
• Provide in-depth analysis of portfolios of securities, communicating in detail to colleagues and clients
• Develop and maintain regular contact with trading desks, research teams, and other market participants
• Address all client concerns in a timely and professional manner

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Master's degree or higher in Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Economics, or similar
• Firm understanding of principles of finance, mathematical, and/or statistical modeling
• Strong qualitative and quantitative analytical skills with the ability to process large amounts of market information
• Proficiency in Excel with Visual Basic coding experience and/or practical experience working with Python
• Excellent communication skills to interact with clients, portfolio managers, traders, research, and sales

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience with RMBS/ABS/securitized products a strong plus
• Experience in programming language such as Python, VBA, SQL, and high aptitude for learning new technologies
• Detailed oriented, creative problem solver with ability to learn quickly, multi-task, and self-manage priorities under rapidly changing and flexible timelines
• Ability to build effective working relationships and interact comfortably with a wide spectrum of counterparties, including fixed-income research teams, sales personnel, traders, portfolio managers, and technologists
• Clear, logical thinker with strong quantitative abilities