Credit Risk Management (Asia Hedge Funds & Asset Managers) - Vice President

Job Description
As part of Risk Management and Compliance, you are at the center of keeping JPMorgan Chase strong and resilient. You help the firm grow its business in a responsible way by anticipating new and emerging risks, and using your expert judgement to solve real-world challenges that impact our company, customers and communities. Our culture in Risk Management and Compliance is all about thinking outside the box, challenging the status quo and striving to be best-in-class.
As a Vice President in the Credit Risk Management (Asia Hedge Funds & Asset Managers) team, you will join JPMorgan Chase's team of internal credit experts, responsible for managing the bank's credit exposure portfolio. You will serve as the primary credit coverage for a diverse portfolio of Hedge Funds, Mutual Funds, and Asset Managers domiciled in Asia Pacific, overseeing transaction execution and ongoing credit management across multiple products. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the bank's risk management strategy and support its growth in the region.
Job responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of Asia Pacific Hedge Funds and Asset Managers, acting as the main point of contact for all lines of business
• Maintain primary responsibility for the management of ongoing credit relationships by assigning internal ratings, recommending credit appetite, and critically assessing risk measures
• Lead client due diligence meetings, transaction structuring/execution, and oversee negotiation of legal documentation
• Review and approve trading activity, including recommending margin requirements and structural solutions to mitigate risks
• Build effective client partnerships, both internally and externally, ensuring business priorities are understood, challenged, and managed
• Drive end-to-end processes and transactions, including leading discussions with stakeholders and senior credit risk management
• Demonstrate deep understanding of Hedge Fund/Asset Manager investment strategies and risks inherent to them
• Coach and train junior team members to think holistically about risk, providing guidance and feedback to improve quality and efficiency
• Maintain detailed knowledge of regulatory frameworks, industry, and market trends across Asia and globally, incorporating insights into portfolio risk management
• Be a thought leader, driving key initiatives and process changes by identifying limitations/gaps in systems, risk controls, and policies
• Work closely with North America/EMEA Credit counterparts to drive a consistent global coverage model

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, or a related field
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in risk management in the financial services industry
• Familiarity with concepts of Credit Risk, including potential mitigants
• Understanding of risk and return metrics (VaR, Stress, MTM, DV01, etc.), including critical assessment of various measures/methods
• Counterparty credit risk analysis skills, with knowledge of financial markets
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with an interest in client interaction and ability to work well in a team environment
• Strong organizational and time management skills, ability to learn quickly, and high attention to detail
• Highly motivated with a natural passion to learn and high level of intellectual curiosity
• Strong sense of accountability and ownership of tasks
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel, PowerPoint, and Word

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience in conducting diligence on Hedge Funds, Asset Managers, or Financial Institutions in a corporate or investment bank
• Knowledge of the Hedge Fund and Asset Management industry, their investment strategies, and risks inherent to them
• Postgraduate qualifications, e.g., CFA, Masters of Finance are highly regarded

About Us
J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.
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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.