Trade Support Associate

Reposted Yesterday
New York, NY, USA
Hybrid
Entry level
Financial Services
We’re one of the world’s biggest technology-driven companies
The Role
Supports trading activities by accurately capturing, reconciling, and reporting transactions. Performs intraday and end-of-day controls, investigates trade breaks, resolves discrepancies, and maintains operational risk controls. Partners with Trading, Operations, Risk, Finance, and Technology teams to meet service levels and regulatory requirements. Contributes to process improvements, automation, strategic initiatives, and efficiency enhancements while developing knowledge of financial products, trade lifecycles, and trading workflows.
Summary Generated by Built In
Join a high-performing team where you'll gain exposure to financial markets, build relationships across the firm, and help drive operational excellence through trade support, risk management, and process innovation.
As a Trading Services Associate within the Corporate & Investment Bank (CIB), you play a critical role in supporting trading activities by ensuring transactions are accurately captured, reconciled, and reported within established deadlines. You develop a strong understanding of trading products, structures, and operational workflows while partnering with stakeholders across Trading, Operations, Risk, Finance, and Technology to mitigate risk and strengthen controls. In this role, you ensure timely and accurate capture of trading transactions within Risk Management and Trading Support systems, perform intraday and end-of-day controls, and resolve trade breaks and discrepancies in close collaboration with business partners. You execute and document required controls, complete sign-offs within agreed service levels, communicate effectively with internal stakeholders, and support regulatory, audit, and risk management requirements through strict adherence to established procedures and control frameworks. Finally, you proactively contribute to strategic initiatives, process enhancements, automation efforts, and broader operational improvement projects that promote efficiency, control, and overall trading support effectiveness.
 

Job Responsibilities:

  • Ensure timely and accurate capture of trading transactions within Risk Management and Trading Support systems.
  • Perform intraday and end-of-day controls, including trade completeness reviews, reconciliations, and exception management.
  • Investigate and resolve trade breaks, discrepancies, and operational issues in collaboration with business partners.
  • Partner with Operations, Technology, Risk, Finance, and other infrastructure teams to support a "One Team" approach and ensure seamless trade processing.
  • Execute and document required controls, ensuring all sign-offs are completed within established service level agreements.
  • Communicate effectively with internal stakeholders to facilitate timely resolution of inquiries and operational issues.
  • Participate in strategic initiatives, process enhancements, automation efforts, and operational improvement projects.
  • Develop a comprehensive understanding of trading structures, financial products, and operational workflows.
  • Support regulatory, audit, and risk management requirements through adherence to established controls and procedures.
  • Identify opportunities to strengthen processes, reduce risk, and improve operational efficiency.

Required Qualifications , Capabilities and Skills:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field.
  • Knowledge of financial markets, trading products, and trade lifecycle management.
  • Understanding of derivatives and hedging products, including: Loans, Interest Rate Swaps (IRS),Basis Swaps,Cross Currency Swaps, Forward Rate Agreements (FRAs), Foreign Exchange (FX) , Zero Coupon Swaps , Overnight Index Swaps (OIS), Bonds, Futures
  • Understanding of front-to-back trade processing, including trade capture, confirmations, settlements, reconciliations, and regulatory reporting.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and quantitative skills.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to influence and collaborate across multiple teams.
  • Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and a high degree of ownership and accountability.
  • Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment while managing multiple priorities.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including advanced formulas, data analysis, and reporting.
  • Demonstrated ability to identify, escalate, and resolve operational risk and control issues.

Preferred Qualifications , Capabilities and Skills:

  • Prior experience supporting Fixed Income, Foreign Exchange, Derivatives, or Credit trading businesses.
  • Knowledge of Trade Support, Middle Office, Risk Management, or Operations functions within an investment banking environment.
  • Experience with process improvement, automation, or strategic change initiatives.
  • Familiarity with VBA, Python, Alteryx, SQL, Tableau, Power BI, or other data analytics and automation tools.
  • Understanding of Market Risk, Credit Risk, Operational Risk, Finance, Legal, and Collateral Management functions.
  • Developing experience using AI-powered analytics, workflow automation, or intelligent process tools to drive efficiency gains, reduce manual effort, or improve accuracy in operational processes.



About Us
JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process. 

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.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans

About the TeamJ.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. 

Skills Required

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field
  • Knowledge of financial markets, trading products, and trade lifecycle management
  • Understanding of derivatives and hedging products, including loans, interest rate swaps, basis swaps, cross-currency swaps, FRAs, FX, zero-coupon swaps, OIS, bonds, and futures
  • Understanding of front-to-back trade processing, including trade capture, confirmations, settlements, reconciliations, and regulatory reporting
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and quantitative skills
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to collaborate across multiple teams
  • Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, ownership, and accountability
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment while managing multiple priorities
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including advanced formulas, data analysis, and reporting
  • Ability to identify, escalate, and resolve operational risk and control issues
  • Prior experience supporting Fixed Income, Foreign Exchange, Derivatives, or Credit trading businesses
  • Knowledge of Trade Support, Middle Office, Risk Management, or Operations functions within investment banking
  • Experience with process improvement, automation, or strategic change initiatives
  • Familiarity with VBA, Python, Alteryx, SQL, Tableau, Power BI, or other data analytics and automation tools
  • Understanding of Market Risk, Credit Risk, Operational Risk, Finance, Legal, and Collateral Management functions

JPMorganChase Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about JPMorganChase and has not been reviewed or approved by JPMorganChase.

  • Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is considered comprehensive, including medical, dental, and vision, alongside wellness and mental health resources. Some locations add onsite health centers and related wellbeing support.
  • Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a 401(k)-type savings plan and related financial benefits, with options such as employee stock purchase participation. Financial planning resources are also highlighted to support long-term savings.
  • Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave of 16 weeks for birth or adoption is available for all parents. Child care and back-up child care resources further reinforce family support.

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The Company
HQ: New York, NY
289,097 Employees
Year Founded: 1799

What We Do

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is a leading global financial services firm with assets of $3.7 trillion and operations worldwide. The firm is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers and small businesses, commercial banking, financial transaction processing, and asset management. A component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, JPMorgan Chase & Co. serves millions of consumers in the United States and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under its J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Technology fuels every aspect of our company and is at the heart of everything we do. With over 50,000 technologists globally and an annual tech spend of $12 billion, we are dedicated to improving the design, analytics, development, coding, testing and application programming that goes into creating high quality software and new products. Learn more about technology at our firm, explore resources from our Distinguished Engineers, AI & ML researchers, and other experts; access the latest episode of our TechTrends podcast, and more at www.jpmorgan.com/technology. Information about JPMorgan Chase & Co. is available at www.jpmorganchase.com. ©2023 JPMorgan Chase & Co. All rights reserved. JPMorgan Chase is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans.

Why Work With Us

Our technologists work on a diverse range of solutions that include strategic technology initiatives, big data, mobile, electronic payments, machine learning, cybersecurity, enterprise cloud development, and other state-of-the-art technologies.

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