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Central Risk Book Trader / Program Trading Risk - APAC - Analyst

J.P. Morgan

J.P. Morgan

IT
Worcester, MA, USA
Posted 6+ months ago

Job Description

This role sits within the front office and will be working on a dynamic and busy trading floor.

As an Analyst in the Central Risk Book (CRB) Trading / Program Trading (PT) Risk team, you will work alongside: Cash Trading, Linear Quant Research, Equities Technology; to manage incoming client equity trade flow in a systematic and efficient way.

The Equities business at J.P. Morgan provides a full complement of equity and equity-linked solutions to institutional investor clients from ideas and insights from top-ranked analysts, to high-touch sales and trading services, to world-class algorithmic and electronic trading capabilities. Our sales and trading professionals work in coordination with our capital markets professionals to help issuers access the equity markets as a top-tier equity underwriter.

Job Responsibilities

  • Work with the CRB trading and PT Risk team alongside our partners - Cash Trading, Linear Quant Research, Equities Technology - to manage incoming client equity trade flow in a systematic and efficient way.
  • Use existing markets & trading expertise to maintain & improve CRB & PT Risk economic performance.
  • Risk manage the systematic trading portfolios, calibrating the system and intervening manually if and when required.
  • Research, backtest & implement automated trading and systematic liquidity provision strategies.
  • Constant interaction with the cash equity, derivatives & delta-1 trading and sales trading desks in the context of daily trades and the broader trading relationship.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

  • Undergraduate or Advanced quantitative degree; an academic background with sell-side experience is desired
  • Experience risk managing portfolios, understanding of factor risk modelling
  • Exposure to statistical modelling, time series or other data modelling experience
  • Very self-motivated, willing to be part of a very dynamic and ambitious team
  • Confident communication skills – must be able to effectively engage with a diverse set of partners and dependents to the Equities Central Risk & PT Risk trading effort
  • Coding ability & experience;

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

  • Python is a plus
  • Knowledge of kdb/q is highly advantageous