Trade Lifecycle Associate

**JOB DESCRIPTION**
Join a team at the heart of derivatives operations, ensuring legal and operational accuracy. Collaborate with business partners to resolve issues and drive process improvements. Make a direct impact on trade support and control in a dynamic, high-pressure environment.

**Job Summary**
As a Trade Lifecycle Analyst in the Derivatives Confirmations team, you draft and affirm legal confirmations while understanding key legal aspects. You drive process efficiency, educate stakeholders, and escalate unexecuted documents promptly. You build strong relationships, resolve issues, and produce actionable reports for business partners.

**Responsibilities**:

- Draft and affirm legal confirmations for derivatives
- Drive efficiency and identify incorrect booking practices
- Educate Middle Office on booking impacts
- Escalate unissued or unexecuted documents promptly
- Build and sustain strong relationships with internal teams
- Investigate and resolve issues per business standards
- Oversee data gathering and analyze for MIS reporting
- Produce daily reports with actionable data for break resolution
- Ensure timely resolution of operational issues
- Report findings to Front, Middle, and Back Office teams
- Maintain high standards of control throughout trade lifecycle

**Required qualifications, capabilities and skills**
- Hold a Finance or Economics degree with minimum 9 years of relevant experience
- Demonstrate strong partnership and collaboration abilities
- Handle complex product coverage and shift priorities with ease
- Adapt to a fast-paced, high-pressure trading environment
- Understand downstream impacts and maintain strong controls
- Work all shifts and show attention to detail and positive attitude

**Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills**
- Exhibit advanced interpersonal and business judgment skills
- Collaborate effectively with Middle Office and Trade Support teams
- Lead process improvements and control enhancements
- Communicate clearly with internal and external stakeholders
- Analyze data and produce actionable MIS reports
- Mentor team members and share product knowledge
- Support regulatory and audit readiness initiatives

**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 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’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.