J.P. Morgan Asset & Wealth Management is a global leader with over $4 trillion in client assets, serving institutions, high-net-worth team members, and retail investors worldwide. The division offers comprehensive investment management across major asset classes and provides a range of services for team member investors, including retirement products, brokerage, and banking services. Global Special Situations (GSS) is a dynamic business within JPMorgan Asset Management, focusing on private credit investing and fundraising in North America and EMEA. With centers in London and New York, GSS offers innovative investment strategies through various fund structures and specialist vehicles, supported by a dedicated legal team.

Our Business:

Global Special Situations (‘GSS’) is a stand-alone business within the Private Markets division of JPMorgan Asset Management. Since 2018, GSS has been leading the build out private credit investing and fundraising across its event driven, stressed, distressed, special situations and complex performing strategies that target investment opportunities in North America and EMEA across the capital structure, including restructures, bespoke lending and opportunistic market dislocations. The business has centers in London and New York. GSS investment strategies are offered to international clients through a range of fund structures, SMAs and specialist investment vehicles.

Job Summary:

As a trader in the GSS investment team, you will join at the Executive Director level, reporting directly to the Co-CIO’s of the business. The candidate, who will be based in New York, will work closely with the Head of Research and analyst team to drive idea generation, ensure active portfolio management, and drive the execution of transactions.

Job Responsibilities:

• Represent the investment team and be “market facing” with many deal sourcing channels, including: trading desks, brokerage shops, advisory firms, and other credit or investment firms. There will be a time emphasis on networking and meetings with those channels, regardless of transaction activity
• You will work closely and coordinate with the London-based Trader on market events and updates. This will include managing risk positions and providing market data analysis to the broader team
• The candidate will work with all members of the team both in NY and London (CIOs, Analysts, COO/middle office team) to collaborate on idea generation, sourcing and trading execution
• Support business development, marketing and control initiatives as may be required from time to time by the GSS Co-CIOs. This may include preparation of ad hoc support materials/presentations to the business

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills:

• You will have at least five (5) + years’ experience in sales and trading of credit and equity instruments
• Extensive networking / people interaction The position will require very frequent client contact, requiring excellent communication skills both oral and written communication skills and excellent presentation skills.
• A working knowledge of investment process/screening, portfolio construction and how credit asset allocations are structured
• Proven ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Financial valuation and / or credit analysis skills are required
• The candidate must be a self-starter who is able to work independently and is also comfortable being part of a larger team
• Mature personality to enable various direct company and investor interactions

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills:

• Experience with non-credit instruments a plus