Risk Management - Equities Investment Risk - Associate
J.P. Morgan
Bring your expertise to JPMorgan Chase. As part of Risk Management and Compliance, you are at the center of keeping JPMorgan Chase strong and resilient. You help the firm grow its business in a responsible way by anticipating new and emerging risks, and using your expert judgement to solve real-world challenges that impact our company, customers and communities. Our culture in Risk Management and Compliance is all about thinking outside the box, challenging the status quo and striving to be best-in-class.
As a Risk Management - Wealth Management Investment Risk Associate within the Wealth Management team, you will oversee the risk management of Managed Strategies across the Private Bank and Consumer Bank sectors. Your role involves handling JPMorgan’s proprietary products, third-party registered funds, exchange traded notes (ETNs), exchange traded funds (ETFs), and separately managed accounts. You will manage investments from product onboarding through ongoing governance and oversight, ensuring proactive risk management for over $1 trillion in assets under management (AUM). Your responsibilities include conducting risk reviews and in-depth assessments of investment activities, metrics, and control activities for JP Morgan Wealth Management. Collaborating closely with other Risk Management colleagues, the Business, and key control functions such as Legal, Compliance, Audit, and Control Management, you will provide valuable assessments and feedback on Managed Strategies, with a particular focus on equity.
Job responsibilities
- Identify risk issues in the business and assess risk in investment activities, recommend risk mitigation strategies and escalate issues / concerns to senior management.
- Engage with Business and Due Diligence partners to communicate risk issues related to investment products.
- Perform Investments-related deep dives and produce ad hoc reports as needed
- Contribute to team projects, including investments data analysis and visualization, and risk reporting
- Represent Risk in working groups and/or meetings and review key risk issues, as appropriate
- Continuously learn about industry-specific investment issues, trends, and best practices to maintain and enhance our review of business activities in investing.
- Work across different risk functions, including the controls team and policy governance team to ensure documentation related to investment risk strategies are in line with firm wide initiatives, as well as audit and regulatory compliant.
- Can handle many different tasks and demonstrate a willingness to take on responsibilities that might lay outside your area of expertise
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Finance or similar fields.
- 5+ years experience in Financial Services
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate complex concepts effectively
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Experience with investment products including fixed income, equity, and mutual funds
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Master's degree in Finance, CFA, FRM
- Are inquisitive, with knowledge of data visualization tools (ex. Tableau) or programming (ex. VBA, Python)
We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.
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Wealth Management Investment Risk & Analytics is responsible for the risk oversight of the Managed Strategies in Private Bank.