Trade Lifecycle Associate II at JPMorgan Chase

Be the person teams rely on to keep critical reconciliations accurate, controlled, and on track. In this role, you’ll lead process reviews, surface gaps, and drive solutions that reduce aged breaks and strengthen the operating model. You’ll turn data into clear governance reporting and partner closely with operations and technology to improve automation and matching logic. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and enjoy influencing outcomes across stakeholders, you’ll find high visibility and impact here.

As a Trade Lifecycle Associate II in the Reconciliations Utility, you will own and improve end-to-end reconciliation outcomes by reviewing processes, identifying gaps, and partnering with stakeholders to drive timely break resolution. You will provide insights through key performance indicators and governance reporting, support stronger controls and risk management, and help standardize workflows across handoffs. You will also collaborate with operations and technology teams to identify automation opportunities that improve efficiency and reduce operational risk.

Job responsibilities

• Review reconciliation processes across stakeholder groups to identify gaps and drive solutions toward the target operating model.
• Provide senior stakeholder insights on reconciliation health using key performance indicators and support issue resolution.
• Investigate and resolve aged breaks, ensuring timely escalation and effective closure.
• Analyze data to prepare and update governance presentations for reconciliation forums and key stakeholders.
• Gather,validate, and interpret data required for governance reporting in partnership with operations and stakeholders.
• Identify potential matches for aged breaks to accelerate resolution and reduce operational risk.
• Assess matching opportunities for automation and partner with technology to enhance matching logic and automation models.
• Develop and implement standardized workflows within the team and across handoffs to improve efficiency and consistency.
• Manage client and partner relationships through proactive service delivery and responsiveness to requirements.
• Coordinate access-related queries for reconciliation tools and work with technology and operations to resolve issues.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Hold an MBA or Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or Economics.
• Have 10 years of experience in reconciliation and accounting, including3 years of accounting experience.
• Demonstrate strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrate end-to-end reconciliation ownership, including data ingestion, matching, exception identification, investigation, resolution, and sign-off.
• Demonstrate strong accounting and product knowledge, including cash versus position, balances versus activity, accruals, and fees and expenses.
• Demonstrate break management expertise, including root-cause analysis and actions to prevent recurrence.
• Demonstrate a strong control mindset, including operating controls, escalation triggers, and evidence retention.
• Demonstrate operational risk awareness, including identifying control gaps, assessing impact, and driving remediation.
• Demonstrate disciplined adherence to procedures, runbooks, record retention, and issue documentation.
• Demonstrate experience with reconciliation tools and automation, including rules-based matching and user acceptance testing.
• Demonstrate ability to trace data from source to report, communicate clear break narratives, and coordinate effectively across teams.