Step into the role of Trade Lifecycle Associate I at JPMorgan Chase, where you'll be a vital part of managing the pre- and post-trading life cycle. Your expertise in cash movements and funding coordination will be essential in ensuring seamless trade processing and operational excellence.
As a Trade Lifecycle Associate I within JPMorgan Chase, you will play a pivotal role in managing the operations of the pre- and post-trading life cycle across all asset classes. Your expertise in cash movements, funding, and coordination with other business lines will ensure seamless trade processing on our platforms. You will leverage your broad knowledge of trade lifecycle principles and practices to propose and implement improvements to our current working methods. Your role will involve diverse activities requiring analysis and judgement within defined boundaries, and you will often be responsible for guiding the work of others. Your proficiency in listening and questioning, internal stakeholder management, presentation skills, process improvement, and automation will be key to your success in this role. You will also have the opportunity to develop your data and tech literacy skills while working with us.

Job responsibilities

• Prepare and manage funding for managed demand deposit accounts (DDA’s), ensuring proper allocation of wires to client/funding accounts within the appropriate threshold.

• Participate in the reconciliation of ledgers through detailed investigation using various systems and tools, contributing to the accuracy and integrity of financial data.

• Collaborate with other lines of business to facilitate proper funding, establishing productive working relationships to drive mutually beneficial outcomes.

• Contribute to the review and improvement of end-to-end trade lifecycle processes, applying knowledge of process improvement methodologies to optimize operations.

• Support strategic projects in partnership with Product, Tech, and Change partners, applying change management skills to ensure seamless adoption of new processes and technologies.

• Understand Risk Management and should be able to manage the issues exceptions above materiality thresholds for resolution.

• Ensure all day-to-day queries dealt with within required SLAs and escalate issues to the team leader.

• Perform root cause analysis for their respective clients to increase Straight Through Processing (STP) and reduce client inquiries.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• 2+ years of experience or equivalent expertise in managing cash movements and preparing funding for managed demand deposit accounts (DDA’s).

• Demonstrated proficiency in using various systems and tools for financial data reconciliation and ledger management.

• Advanced skills in process improvement methodologies, with a track record of optimizing operations in a financial services environment.

• Experience in managing strategic projects in partnership with Product, Tech, and Change partners, with a focus on change management and stakeholder engagement.

• Proficiency in automation technologies and systems architecture, with a focus on implementing automation optimization and initiatives in a trading environment.

• Exposure to business intelligence tools (I.E. Tableau, Alteryx, Ui Path, OwlDQ); comfortable working with data.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Prior custody/treasury operation services, markets operational experience.

• Understanding of SWIFT, Cross Border Payments, Foreign Exchange, Trade life cycle, Reconciliation rules and Global Custody.

• Self-starter, ability to learn quickly, Strong leadership skills with focus to mitigate risks and taking proactive approach to ensure “Best in Class” results.