Play a key role in ensuring market risks are understood, controlled, and communicated across a leading global financial institution. Join the UK Legal Entity Market Risk team and gain exposure to a wide range of asset classes and risk frameworks. You will investigate risk drivers, support governance, and contribute to improving market risk processes. This role offers strong visibility and collaboration with risk, and senior stakeholders.
As a Market Risk Analyst/Associate in the Legal Entity Market Risk team, you monitor and oversee key market risks of the main risks in the UK entities across multiple asset classes. You analyse risk metrics such as value at risk, sensitivities, and stress testing, and investigate changes in risk and profit and loss. We work together to ensure risks are properly identified, measured, and controlled while supporting governance and reporting. You will collaborate closely with the asset class aligned coverage teams, and other support functions to enhance the market risk framework and deliver effective risk oversight.
Job responsibilities
- Monitor and control key market risks in cooperation with asset class aligned Market Risk teams
- Investigate changes in sensitivities, value at risk, stress testing, and profit and loss, and provide explanations to senior management
- Monitor and maintain market risk limits, including providing oversight and challenge
- Conduct risk analysis on new trades and market events, assessing impact on exposures
- Support the ongoing development of the Market Risk framework, including risk reporting and documentation updates
- Prepare and maintain risk governance materials and ensure alignment with policies and procedures
- Respond to inquiries from regulators and internal and external auditors
- Collaborate with teams across Market Risk Coverage, Legal Entity Risk, Risk Reporting, Middle Office, Treasury, Finance, Technology, and Quantitative Research
- Contribute to improving risk processes and analytical capabilities within the team
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent academic background
- Keen interest in financial markets and derivative products
- Prior knowledge of Market Risk practices such as stress testing, scenario analysis, VaR, risk sensitivities, limits is an advantage
- Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills
- Proficiency in Excel is required
- Interest in and aptitude for AI and advanced analytical tools is a plus
- Lateral thinker, tenacious, with a commitment to getting things done and to improving the way we do things
- Ability to build relationships and work effectively across a wide range of teams
- Strong communication skills with proficiency in written and spoken English
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent academic background
- Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills
- Proficiency in Excel
- Lateral thinking, tenacity, and commitment to process improvement
- Ability to build relationships and work effectively across teams
- Strong written and spoken English communication skills
- Interest in financial markets and derivative products
- Prior knowledge of market risk practices, including stress testing, scenario analysis, VaR, risk sensitivities, and limits
- Interest in and aptitude for AI and advanced analytical tools
JPMorganChase Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, vision, and mental-health coverage are broad, with wellness incentives, on-site or virtual care, and an EAP offering coaching and counseling. Plan materials emphasize accessible options, including multiple medical choices and tools to manage costs.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave extends up to 16 weeks for all parents, supplemented by paid Critical Caregiver Leave. Family resources include backup childcare via Bright Horizons, lactation support and milk-shipping, family-building assistance, and even a free five-month SNOO rental for newborns.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a 401(k) with an annual company match and automatic pay credits for most employees, with a legacy pension available to earlier hires. An Employee Stock Purchase Plan at a 5% discount further supports long-term savings.
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