What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate I - Global Fund Services Securities Valuation position at JPMorgan Chase?
You will be joining one of the world’s top five most admired and prominent companies. For JPMorgan, people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. You will get the opportunity to work in a diverse team that accurately delivers securities valuation services through a wide range of daily and monthly activities. You will play one of the most important roles in the fund accounting cycle and have the opportunity to enhance business processes and systems through different optimization projects. Come join us and be a part of one of the best financial services companies in the world.
As a Security Valuation Associate I within the Global Fund Services team, you will work with a wide range of teams both internally and externally in delivering client directed daily customized pricing for production of mutual fund Net Asset Values that are reported on a daily or monthly basis. Other functions performed by the wider team include: Customized daily pricing for US and European based mutual fund clients; pricing for institutional and retirement investment plans and pricing for hedge fund services clients. You would be the perfect fit for us if you have great attention to detail, the ability to execute time sensitive tasks, and have a passion to drive solutions across organizational boundaries.
Job responsibilities
- Contribute to ongoing developments of the pricing control process and resolve issues escalated by the team.
- Create, execute, and review control queries and reports; distribute exceptions and outliers to the client for review.
- Create and maintain a positive and collaborative work environment for the team.
- Leverage industry experience to identify and implement process improvements to increase efficiency and reduce risk that may cause Net Asset Value impacts and money loss for the company.
- Work accurately under pressure and meet deadlines.
- Liaise with clients, vendors, auditors, teams( internally and externally) while responding to inquiries and conducting pricing research in a prompt and professional manner.
- Cross train new hires and current employees on new tools and specific client processes.
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Two plus years asset pricing or fund accounting experience with knowledge of impact of pricing to the Net Asset Value of a Mutual Fund.
- Strong pricing knowledge of financial instruments such as fixed income, equities and derivatives and meeting strict NASDAQ deadlines.
- Strong knowledge of industry activities such as trade halts, corporate actions and index tracking.
- Strong organizational skills and experience maintaining proper documentation for audit purposes.
- Self-motivated and proactive with the proven ability to work accurately and under pressure to meet deadlines both independently and in multiple team structures.
- Computer proficient with strong knowledge of desktop software applications (Access, Word, Macros, Excel, etc.).
- Bachelor degree
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Previous Team Leadership experience and working with multiple vendors, clients and shared services both internally and externally.
- Experience with process improvements through focus on efficiency increase and risk reduction.
- High aptitude for learning new technologies.
- Bachelor degree with preference in Finance, Accounting, or Economics.
