Trade and Working Capital Product Solution Delivery - Payments - Associate

Job Description
You enjoy shaping the future of product innovation as a core leader, driving value for customers, guiding successful launches, and exceeding expectations. Join our dynamic team and make a meaningful impact by delivering high-quality products that resonate with clients.
As an Associate in the Trade and Working Capital- Product Solution Delivery team, you will be instrumental in supporting the Export Agency Finance business & Portfolio Management (Risk Distribution) in APAC. Key activities include handling end-to-end client implementation and seamless deal execution. Our global clients are increasingly focused on the effectiveness of Trade Finance providers in delivering and executing solutions that aid in the support of their businesses and working capital objectives. Your role will also involve enhancing the client experience through a continual review of end-to-end process improvement, tools, and organizational structure to determine what we need to do to make it easier to acquire, onboard, and serve clients. Trade and Working Capital team also provides support for Supply Chain Finance, Sales Finance, and Inventory Finance business. The role requires strong knowledge of trade product, web-based solutions and the technical and operational aspects.
Trade & Working Capital (T&WC) is a division of J.P. Morgan Payments. For more than 200 years, J.P. Morgan has helped clients make trade payments, access liquidity, and manage risk. We connect counterparties with market-leading Supply Chain Finance, Receivables Finance, Contract Finance, Working Capital Lending, Export Agency Finance, and Traditional Trade solutions. Our institutional strength, practical expertise, comprehensive technology, and financial partner network enable us to deliver global solutions, when and where our clients need them. Leveraging one of the world's largest Trade Finance investor networks, we scale funding to support this growing asset class on a global basis.
Job responsibilities:

• Support the execution of client mandates for Structured Solutions with key focus on managing of Export Agency Finance (EAF) deals in APAC with Distribution responsibilities.
• Oversee the Export Agency Finance onboarding, legal contract negotiations, and execution of EAF deals, ensuring a seamless deal execution approach.
• Manage the system connectivity, testing and client set-up etc. in coordination with J.P. Morgan internal teams. This encompasses coordination with Trade Sales, Credit, Trade Risk, Operations, and Technology, ensuring all implementation tasks and activities are completed on schedule.
• Coordinate with J.P. Morgan internal partners - Portfolio Management, Distribution, Trade Sales, Credit, Trade Operations and Technology, ensuring all ongoing management, tracking, and administration of distributed deals/ transactions & support execution and administration of trade related assets purchased in the secondary market.
• Establish and maintain a robust framework for monitoring activities following implementation.
• Ensures that risk-mitigated or purchased deals are correctly reflected in the respective credit and trade systems.
• Assist in the execution and maintenance of Master Risk Participation Agreements, Insurance Policies, and/ or Guarantees with Banks, Credit Insurers and Multilateral Financial Institutions
• Provide innovative solutions to meet client needs and resolve any issues in a timely and professional manner.
• Liaise closely with internal stakeholders in regional/global EAF and Distribution teams to ensure coordinated approach to regional and global programs.
• Prepare and publish periodic reports and presentations.
• Contribute to initiatives on system and process enhancement and change management projects.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Bachelor's degree with minimum 5 years of experience of relevant Trade Finance in the client implementation, middle or back office functions
• Experience in Transaction Banking or Trade Finance product will be added advantage.
• Strong desire to learn all aspects of traditional trade and structured solutions products.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills. Able to communicate and interact effectively with people at all levels.
• Self-directed, highly motivated, and able to work independently to deliver in a timely and accurate manner, strong attention to detail.
• Ability to think flexibly & strategically and learn rapidly.
• Ability to balance multiple tasks and responsibilities.
• Strong work ethic and "can do" attitude.
• Technological orientation with proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint with exposure to digital channels and electronic Banking platforms.
• Project management and attention to detail.

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
A part of the Commercial & Investment Bank, J.P. Morgan Payments enables organizations of all sizes to execute transactions efficiently and securely, transforming the movement of information, money, and assets. The team of experts tackles complex challenges at every stage of the payment lifecycle. And their industry-leading solutions facilitate seamless transactions across borders, industries, and platforms.
Operating in over 160 countries and handling more than 120 currencies, J.P. Morgan Payments business is the largest processor of USD payments, with a daily transaction volume of $10 trillion.