Trade Lifecycle Analyst at JPMorgan Chase

Join our team at JPMorgan Chase, where you'll play a crucial role in managing the pre- and post-trading life cycle operations. Your focus on cash movements, funding coordination, and process improvements will be key to enhancing operational efficiency and driving success.

As a Trade Lifecycle Analyst within JPMorgan Chase, you will play a pivotal role in managing the operations of pre- and post-trading life cycles across all asset classes, with a primary focus on cash movements in and out of client accounts and preparing funding for managed demand deposit accounts. You will coordinate with other business lines to ensure proper funding, applying your knowledge of trade lifecycle processes to identify and resolve issues while contributing to process improvements and automation initiatives. Your success will depend on your ability to actively listen, ask insightful questions, and establish productive relationships with internal stakeholders, as well as manage projects and influence outcomes. You will have the opportunity to develop your understanding of market products and emerging technologies, directly impacting the team's goals and performance. Regular guidance and support from more experienced professionals will help you grow in your role.

Job responsibilities

• Knowledge of the technical infrastructure that supports the business & effectively utilizes infrastructure for daily tasks. Ensure all transactions are correctly matched for smooth settlement. Pre-matching and settlement of Fixed Income trades ( including Priority client focus )
• Delivery management, cross depot stock movements - identify and instruct Payment processing SBL intraday activity, escalation and resolution of failing trades,
• Instruction of bond conversions - both physical and ADRs. Validation of interest claims, Auto-borrow reports, Daily High/Credit Risk reporting. Resolution of Cash and Stock breaks working closely with Reconciliations team and verification of manual instructions
• Continuously participate in projects involving new system implementation, process improvements, etc
• Take ownership of work, problems, clarify issues / objections, and ensure data integrity, accuracy and completeness
• Working closely with the Business (Desk Heads, Global and Regional Business Managers) to understand their needs / priorities / issues
• Work closely with technology partners to design the right solutions and implement requirements for future state, focusing on the priorities and efficiency saves.
• Perform cost benefit analysis to propose optimum future process to the business. Requirements gathering for the build of the future state, clearly documenting workflows, E2E processes, controls along the lifecycle and new roles and responsibilities

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• A strong control mindset and adherence to a high degree of business ethics
• In-depth experience with Fixed Income products and global markets
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to pick up complex systems architecture easily
• Experience in driving global initiatives and affecting change in a large organization
• Ability to work in a high-pressure environment with time critical deliveries
• Be innovative and suggest system improvement capabilities.
• Ability to multitask, ensuring the trades are booked correctly, breaks are resolved and MIS being sent to managers on deadlines.
• Contributes to an environment of collaboration and mutual responsibility