Index Rebalance and Program Trading Risk Trader - Vice President

Aumni

Aumni

Worcester, MA, USA
Posted on Oct 11, 2024

Job Description

Our sales and trading professionals work in coordination with our capital markets professionals to help issuers access the equity markets as a top-tier equity underwriter.

As a Vice President in the Asia Pacific Program Trading team you will work alongside: Cash Trading, Linear Quant Research, Equities Technology; to manage incoming client equity trade flow in a systematic and efficient way.

The Equities business at J.P. Morgan provides a full complement of equity and equity-linked solutions to institutional investor clients — from ideas and insights from top-ranked analysts, to high-touch sales and trading services, to world-class algorithmic and electronic trading capabilities. Our sales and trading professionals work in coordination with our capital markets professionals to help issuers access the equity markets as a top-tier equity underwriter.

Job Responsibilities

  • Work as a trader on the US Program Trading (PT) Risk team.
  • Use strong markets & trading expertise to maintain & improve PT Risk economic performance.
  • Predict Index rebalancing events and test related trading strategies.
  • Utilize portfolio construction models to hedge and reduce the risk associated with portfolio management strategies.
  • Research, risk manage client risk trades around index rebalance situations.
  • Have significant interaction with Trading, ECM and sales teams across the Equities division including Delta 1, High Touch, ETF and Central Risk Book (CRB) teams.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

  • Undergraduate, Graduate in Quantitative degree.
  • Experience risk managing large portfolios, fluency in factor risks.
  • Exposure to statistical modelling, time series or other data modelling experience.
  • Very self-motivated, willing to be part of a very dynamic and competitive team.
  • Strong communication skills – must be able to effectively engage with a diverse set of partners and dependents to the Equities Central Risk trading effort.
  • Coding experience in Python is a plus.
  • Knowledge of kdb/q is a plus.

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.