London, England, United KingdomPosted 13 days agoFull-time
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Turn structures into live trades - join the new Structured Investments
Operations team!
As a Trading Services Analyst within Structured Investments Operations, you will
work closely with Sales and Structuring to deliver end‑to‑end execution across
origination support, client onboarding, subscriptions, trade booking
coordination, confirmations, settlements, lifecycle management, and fee
governance. You’ll help to drive change and standardization, build
tracking/reporting tools, and own issue resolution across internal stakeholders
(Legal, Credit, Confirmations, TAs, MO, Collateral, Issuance). Your work will
directly enable client delivery and revenue while strengthening our control
environment.
Job responsibilities
• Execute, monitor, and reconcile daily trading operations end-to-end—timely,
accurate trade capture; break resolution with traders; high-quality client
service—while staying current on market/regulatory changes and ensuring
strict compliance.
• Prepare and synthesize management reports and insights; help the team drive
process improvements; contribute to strategy in team forums; and lead ad‑hoc
projects with a proactive, adaptable approach.
• Assist with origination support, data & reporting: Prepare recurring client
activity reports and market research for Sales; build clear
presentation/summary outputs.
• Act as a point of contact with the Onboarding Transition team; coordinate
“good‑to‑trade” counterparty set‑ups across cross‑asset systems.
• Monitor daily subscription bookings; ensure terms match approvals; coordinate
booking amendments and update economics after restructurings.
• Trade execution, settlement & reconciliation: Help prepare delivery
instructions; oversee cross‑asset settlements with Operations partners; drive
timely booking and reconciliation.
• Coordinate economic and non‑economic amendments with Sales/Structuring
sign‑off; verify Deal Review outputs and execute/route changes with TAs/MOs.
• Draft/maintain pricing spreadsheets; manage daily indicative pricing and
client queries; prepare trade recaps for TA booking.
• Verify expiries/resets, coupons and fees; confirm lifecycle events
(dividends, cash flows, tax, brokerage); manage distribution/redemption/CDSC
fees, instruct TAs and track payments; support P&L reconciliation.
• Serve as SPOC for breaks; liaise with Collateral on overrides; own and
resolve operational issues with clear, early escalation.
• Write and maintain SOPs; contribute to the standardization and desk tooling;
help automate reporting where feasible; maintain strong control discipline
and audit‑ready documentation.
Required qualifications, capabilities and skills
• Experience in trading or financial services, showcasing a sound understanding
of industry practices and operations.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, enabling effective
decision-making and innovative solutions.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities, facilitating clear and
productive interactions with colleagues and stakeholders.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel, along with
advanced digital literacy for integrating innovative technologies in trade
services.
• Ability to thrive in fast-paced environments, maintaining a detail-oriented
approach and strong organizational skills to manage multiple tasks and adapt
to changing priorities.
• Demonstrated capability to work collaboratively in team settings, with
knowledge of trading systems and financial markets, and a strong commitment
to delivering high-quality results.
• Proactive, curious mindset; comfortable working on‑desk with
Sales/Structuring and driving outcomes across Legal, Credit, Confirmations,
Trading Assistants, Settlements and Collateral.
• Advanced Excel (formulas, pivots, data cleaning); ability to build and
maintain tracking/reporting tools; high attention to detail.
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
• Experience with Structured Finance / Structured Investments (fund
subscriptions, distribution fee frameworks, structured products).
• Familiarity with counterparty on-boarding, affirmation workflows, and
cross‑asset settlement processes.
• Exposure to Deal Review, P&L drivers and economic vs. non‑economic
amendments.
• Automation skills (VBA/Python/SQL) to streamline reporting and
reconciliations
• Excellent PowerPoint and data visualisation skills
• Experience creating SOPs/standards and onboarding/training new team members
in a founding‑team environment.
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
[https://careers.jpmorgan.com/us/en/how-we-hire/faqs] for more information about
requesting an accommodation.
J.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.