From JP Morgan Chase’s careers page.
Be part of a team where your expertise in finance and technology drives accurate valuations for millions of securities daily. Your contributions directly impact the quality and reliability of valuations used by market participants worldwide.
As a Securities Valuation Analyst or Associate in our PricingDirect team, you'll leverage trading, research, analytics, and technology resources to manage large volumes of data, develop pricing models, and identify growth opportunities. You'll lead projects, deliver results, and collaborate with teams in New York, London, and Hong Kong, serving clients worldwide.
Job responsibilities
- Generate securities valuations for multiple market closes, owning the process from market data collection to client interaction
- Model cashflows for securitized products, analyzing complex deal structures and asset performance
- Identify and develop new product growth areas through research and collaboration with clients, trading desks, and technology teams
- Enhance product and service quality via market surveillance, data analysis, process control reviews, and quality assurance
- Perform complex financial assignments including quantitative analysis, and communicate portfolio findings to colleagues and clients
- Maintain regular contact with trading desks, research teams, and market participants
- Address client concerns promptly and professionally
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Economics, or similar
- Strong understanding of finance principles and mathematical/statistical modeling
- 0+ years' experience with fixed income securities
- Advanced qualitative and quantitative analytical skills; ability to process large volumes of market information
- Proficiency in Excel with Visual Basic coding and/or practical Python experience
- Excellent communication skills for client and internal interactions
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Experience with RMBS/ABS/securitized products and programming languages such as Python, VBA, SQL; aptitude for learning new technologies.
- Master's degree in relevant field
- Detail-oriented, creative problem solver with the ability to build effective relationships across research, sales, trading, and technology teams in dynamic environments
- Clear, logical thinker with strong quantitative abilities
