Investment Risk Associate

Job Description
Join our Risk Management and Compliance team to play a pivotal role in maintaining JPMorgan Chase's strength and resilience. You'll use your expertise to anticipate risks and solve challenges impacting our company and communities. Our culture encourages innovative thinking and challenges the status quo. J.P. Morgan Asset & Wealth Management offers top-tier investment management and private banking solutions, helping clients achieve their financial goals through a global network of professionals.
As an Associate within the Risk Management and Compliance team, you will help the firm understand, manage, and anticipate risks in a constantly changing environment. The work covers areas such as reviewing portfolios for investment risks, liquidity risks, and counterparty risks, measured by risk sensitivities (e.g., Duration, Spread Widening, Equity Factors, etc.), Value at Risk, Stress Tests, and other position and portfolio metrics. Risk Management provides independent oversight and maintains an effective control environment.
Job responsibilities

• Perform deep dives, including analysis of stress test, liquidity profiles, sustainability characteristics, performance, and compare with the portfolio's risk profile
• Carry out relevant investigation and escalation of limit/threshold excesses and monitor market events that can create significant impact to business.
• Lead risk management initiatives to enhance control, oversight, and monitoring of risk measures.
• Liaise with and present findings with business partners such as with the Investment Directors and Portfolio Managers on risk reviews.
• Ensure that Risk Management Procedures are followed and maintain Fund Risk Profiles for SICAVs.
• Prepare Risk Management presentations to Senior Management, Boards and Regulators in EMEA.
• Represent Risk in the governance forums such as Investment Director Reviews, Liquidity Forum and in new business initiatives.
• Develop enhancements to existing project processes and partner with Technology.
• Communicate with senior leadership to ensure the messages sent on risk updates are accurate.
• Leverage technology skills to develop solutions to drive automation and innovation of our processes and risk analysis.

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Strong understanding of Fixed Income markets including product types, sectors and associated analytics.
• Knowledge of standard risk metrics such as: Multi factor Stress Testing, Money Market fund analytics, VaR, Liquidity Risk metrics and Sustainability Risk metrics.
• Analytical skills and the ability to understand and explain complex issues to non-specialized audiences.
• Willingness to deep knowledge on risk disciplines like: Portfolio Theory, Instrument Valuation, and standard risk metrics such as: VaR, Stress Testing, ESG, Liquidity Risk and Sensitivities.
• Control and detail oriented - take personal responsibility to ensure that work meets the highest quality standards.
• Act on own initiative and fulfil objectives with small supervision
• Act with inclusiveness - listens and considers the views of others.
• Strong PC skills and willingness learn languages such as Python.

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.
We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.
About the Team
J.P. Morgan Asset & Wealth Management delivers industry-leading investment management and private banking solutions. Asset Management provides individuals, advisors and institutions with strategies and expertise that span the full spectrum of asset classes through our global network of investment professionals. Wealth Management helps individuals, families and foundations take a more intentional approach to their wealth or finances to better define, focus and realize their goals.