Join our Prime Financial Services Trade Limits team and help protect the firm by maintaining robust trading controls in a fast‑moving environment. You will partner closely with traders, business stakeholders, and control groups across regions while supporting innovation and process improvement. Build deep product knowledge and contribute to a global function that values precision, ownership, and collaboration.

As a Prime Financial Services Trade Limits Associate in the Trade Limits function, you will support the setup and maintenance of trade limits for futures and options and OTC products. You will help ensure strong risk monitoring and regulatory compliance, investigate and resolve trade‑limit issues, and work with stakeholders across APAC, EMEA, and North America. You will also contribute to process improvements and support team deliverables that enable seamless trading across multiple products and markets.

Job responsibilities

• Onboard new traders and accounts, ensuring complete and accurate setup.
• Set up and maintain trade limits on internal and external platforms for futures and options and OTC products.
• Monitor controls and support risk and regulatory compliance requirements for trade‑limit activities.
• Investigate and resolve trade‑limit issues and access exceptions within defined timelines.
• Coordinate with Legal, Transition, Front Office, Middle Office, Business, and Client Service teams across regions.
• Support Asia reconciliations activities related to trade limits and trading controls.
• Escalate control gaps, high‑risk items, and urgent issues to the appropriate stakeholders.
• Maintain procedures and job aids, ensuring they remain current and accessible.
• Identify and implement process improvements to optimize accuracy, efficiency, and client experience.
• Contribute to change initiatives and strategic programs impacting trade‑limit processes.
• Support team planning and delivery to meet market‑sensitive deadlines.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Commerce, Operations, or a related field.
• Minimum three years of operations experience in an investment banking or financial services environment.
• Working knowledge of futures and options, equities, fixed income, FX, and derivatives products.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to build relationships with traders and business stakeholders.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to investigate issues and drive accurate resolution.
• Experience with query management, reporting, and data interpretation.
• High attention to detail and numeracy; ability to work methodically under strict deadlines.
• Strong risk and control mindset with the ability to appropriately challenge when controls may be compromised.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Excel, and Word.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across functions and regions.
• Basic knowledge of automation tools (e.g., Alteryx, VBA).

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience setting or maintaining trade limits on internal or exchange/vendor platforms.
• Exposure to prime brokerage or derivatives clearing operations.
• Experience supporting reconciliations or control break resolution.
• Familiarity with change management or process improvement initiatives.
• Experience working with senior stakeholders in a market‑sensitive environment.
• Proficiency with additional automation tools (e.g., Ui Path) or basic SQL.
• Prior experience working across APAC, EMEA, and North America time zones.

ABOUT US

JPMorgan Chase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

ABOUT THE TEAM

J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.