Join our team at JPMorganChase, where you'll play a crucial role in managing the pre- and post-trading life cycle operations. Your focus on cash movements, funding coordination, and process improvements will be key to enhancing operational efficiency and driving success.
As a Trade Lifecycle Analyst within JPMorganChase, you will play a pivotal role in managing the operations of pre- and post-trading life cycles across all asset classes, with a primary focus on cash movements in and out of client accounts and preparing funding for managed demand deposit accounts. You will coordinate with other business lines to ensure proper funding, applying your knowledge of trade lifecycle processes to identify and resolve issues while contributing to process improvements and automation initiatives. Your success will depend on your ability to actively listen, ask insightful questions, and establish productive relationships with internal stakeholders, as well as manage projects and influence outcomes. You will have the opportunity to develop your understanding of market products and emerging technologies, directly impacting the team's goals and performance. Regular guidance and support from more experienced professionals will help you grow in your role.
Job responsibilities
- Oversee thedata environmentand ensuresystem readinessfor Middle Office platforms supporting SMA portfolios.
- Ensuredata integritythrough ongoingdata validation testsand exception monitoring.
- Maintain accurate and timelyclient, account, portfolio, benchmark, custodian, and security static/reference datawithin Middle Office systems.
- Open and set up new SMA accountsin the relevant systems, ensuring completeness and accuracy of account attributes, restrictions, benchmarks, fee schedules (where applicable), and operational requirements.
- Support ongoingSMA account lifecycle events(updates, changes, maintenance requests), ensuring proper documentation and auditability.
- Enter, track, and manageSMA portfolio requestsin a workflow tool (e.g., guideline updates, restrictions, rebalances, cash flows, corporate actions queries, account changes), ensuring accurate capture and timely progression.
- Manage deliverables while servicingad hoc queries and requestsfrom internal stakeholders, prioritizing effectively across competing deadlines.
- Run, validate, prepare, and distributeMIS reportscovering SMA business and operational metrics (e.g., volumes, breaks, turnaround times, exceptions, data quality indicators).
- Produce and interpret results for internal clients, highlight risks and trends, and escalate emerging issues before they impact downstream processes.
- Maintainuser configurations and entitlementswithin Middle Office systems supporting SMA operations, in alignment with access governance and control requirements. Partner withPortfolio Managers, Trading/Execution teams, Operations, and Technologyglobally to resolve issues and improve process stability.
- Provide clear and timely communication on issue status, risks, dependencies, and expected resolution timelines escalate appropriately.
Required Qualifications, Skills and Capabilities:
- Strong academic background with minimum 3 years experience in Managed Accounts / SMA / Portfolio Operations / Middle Officefunctions.
- Fluent in English(written and oral) with excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills.
- Excellentanalytical, problem-solving, and troubleshootingcapability comfortable working with data exceptions and reconciliations.
- Demonstrated ability toanticipate issues, apply controls, and prevent errors through proactive monitoring.
- Strongtime management, highly organized, and able to operate under pressure with strict deadlines.
- Exceptionalattention to detailand acontrol-oriented mindset.
- Ability to work independently while proactively seeking guidance when required strong team player able to build relationships globally.
- Proficiency withMicrosoft Office, especiallyExcel, plus Word and PowerPoint.
- Working knowledge ofinvestment productsand portfolio constructs used in SMA mandates.
Preferred Qualifications, Skills and Capabilities:
- Prior exposure to SMA operating models (custodian interfaces, portfolio restrictions/guidelines, benchmarks, client reporting dependencies).
- Experience with multi-system reconciliations and static/reference data governance.
