Guidelines - Portfolio Compliance - Senior Associate

JOB DESCRIPTION

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and growing team in a fast paced and challenging area? This is a unique opportunity for you to work in the Guidelines team to partner with the Business.

As a Senior Associate in the AM Guidelines team, you will support portfolio managers by updating Investment management mandates on Compliance platforms and monitoring alerts for Institutional client guidelines. You will be responsible for coding client & compliance regulations in systems, managing alerts and breaches generated pre/post trade, and communicating effectively with various stakeholders. This role offers the opportunity to engage in new account coding, reviews, and revisions, as well as participate in local and global projects.

Job Responsibilities

• Manage New account coding, reviews & revisions including on-boarding activities.
• Review new data analytics and update compliance platforms
• Understand and setup rules as per ratings agencies
• Identify the coding issues.
• Work on Rule coding standardization across supported regions.
• Perform periodic reviews of account coding to ensure accuracy & consistency.
• Set up trading brokers and counterparty Limits, exposure as per IMA
• Evaluate coding accuracy & communicate in case of any discrepancy.
• Partner with monitoring team to reduces false breaches and manually monitored guidelines.
• Participate in local and global Projects

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Minimum 6 years of work experience of Portfolio Guidelines Coding/ Monitoring.
• Expert level skills trade compliance applications such as LZ Sentinel, Charles River, Aladdin (Compliance), SimCorp Dimension, ThinkFolio.
• EMEA Shift

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Professional level understanding of 1940 Act, UCITS Regulations or ERISA will be added advantage.
• Analytical & Interpretation skills: Client agreement language needs interpretation and post trade compliance tests performed need data analysis skills. Team needs to understand financial instruments which are being traded by Portfolio Managers to code guidelines or to perform secondary research.
• Detail Orientation: Function is critical from an impact perspective. Need eye for detail and there is zero tolerance to oversight mistakes.
• Communication (Spoken – Assertiveness & Written): Need to communicate with Front Office (Portfolio Managers), Onshore Leads, Client Services on need basis to ensure correct interpretation by the coding team & to confirm client guideline breaches are understood by Front Office for necessary correction of the trades. Portfolio breaches need to be explained with requisite details over the email.
• Understanding of Portfolio Management, Role of Portfolio Manager, Key aspects of Investment Management.
• People & performance management.

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 Asset & Wealth Management delivers industry-leading investment management and private banking solutions. Asset Management provides individuals, advisors and institutions with strategies and expertise that span the full spectrum of asset classes through our global network of investment professionals. Wealth Management helps individuals, families and foundations take a more intentional approach to their wealth or finances to better define, focus and realize their goals.