Corporate & Investment Bank - Currencies Emerging

**JOB DESCRIPTION**
If you are passionate, and have strong desire to set and achieve challenging goals, you have found the right team.

This role sits within the front office and will be working in a dynamic and busy trading floor environment. You will be servicing institutional /corporate accounts and manage the electronic FX trading platform.

As an Associate in the Currencies Emerging Markets Trading team, you will play an active role in managing risk, liquidity and exposure and driving all aspects of the trading desk: pre-trade analysis, trade execution and the design of optimal risk management for large trades. Tracking supply and demand, you will constantly evaluate market developments in order to give clients innovative solutions and work with internal groups to deliver new products. You will be placed with desk which primarily deals in fixed income and foreign exchange.

**Responsibilities**:

- Primary responsibility for managing our electronic FX/NDFs/Forwards franchise including price delivery, risk management and data analytics.
- Responding to day to day client requests and needs
- Understanding market drivers (of those markets in which involved), market moves, and the numbers behind it all, as well as cross-asset implications
- Perform data analysis of the business and associated drivers of revenue
- Understanding drivers of relevant markets and establish a high degree of competence with clients around executing trades
- Understanding firm's approach and policies for managing risks in relevant business and applicable legal and regulatory rules, and follows policies

**Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills**
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Finance/Economics, Mathematics or a related field
- Minimum 3 years of experience in an FX or NDF trading capacity or related experience
- Ability to discuss in detail your understanding of fundamental and technical aspects of product(s) traded and support area functions of respective products
- Understands the different types of risk and can discuss in detail ways of managing these risk using optimal strategies.
- Thoroughly understands drivers of relevant markets and can explain and anticipate market movements.
- Understands transaction cycle and the steps in the process and is execution oriented.
- Ability to thrive on the challenge of competitive pressures and remain focused on client needs
- Ability to communicate concepts and ideas, both verbally and via documentation, and be able to defend their validity and target messages to different audiences.
- Ability to interact comfortably with business clients and management at senior levels

**Preferred Qualifications, capabilities and skills**
- Demonstrable proficiency with Python or other programming languages preferred
- Ability to perform data analysis and present it in a clear and concise manner
- Self-directed, highly motivated, and able to work independently
- Experience of having managed client relationships directly will be an added advantage

**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**

The Corporate & Investment Bank is a global leader across investment banking, wholesale payments, markets and securities services. The world’s most important corporations, governments and institutions entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. We provide strategic advice, raise capital, manage risk and extend liquidity in markets around the world.