An exciting opportunity to join the Asia-Pacific Market Risk team that is responsible for market risk management of Equities Trading activities across both Emerging and Developed Markets in the region. Come work in a cutting-edge Risk Organization, identifying, assessing, and managing risks for one of the largest Equities businesses in the street.
As a Vice President in the Asia-Pacific Market Risk team, you will lead the team in charge of supervising Delta One Trading & Structured Financing activities, reporting directly to the Head of Equities Market Risk Coverage for Asia-Pacific. Interacting with Front Officers, you will use your critical thinking to make sound judgments about risk appetite, identify threats/weaknesses in the risk profile and challenge/escalate to senior management as you see appropriate. As a manager, you will demonstrate leadership and collaborative skills, helping junior team members to growth and develop further their market risk expertise.
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Job responsibilities
- Perform daily monitoring of the trading activities, identifying/quantifying market risks in the books, challenging businesses from risk/reward standpoint and understanding factors influencing profits and losses
- Perform ad-hoc deep dives into trading activities, cooperating with other relevant risk stripes to look at risks holistically, adapting the risk framework/limits consequently if needed
- Establish strong and efficient relationship with Traders to maintain sound understanding of trading strategies, stay up to date on markets insights/trends and identify potential implications for risk profile/appetite
- Design/propose new risk metrics, notably stress testing scenarios, to better measure the materiality of the risks in the books
- Perform risk assessment of Structured Financing transactions on pre-trade basis, identify keys risks/mitigants and ultimately recommend course of actions to senior management
- Escalate top risks items to Trading and Risk senior management
- Deal with local regulatory authorities on Market Risk related enquiries and inspections
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Minimum of a bachelor's degree in a quantitative field or a related discipline
- Minimum of 7 years of experience in the financial services industry
- Understanding of Delta One Trading activities, particularly Equity indices tracking/replication strategies and Asian emerging markets specificities
- Understanding of Structured Financing businesses, notably Margin Loans and Collar Financing products
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills, including ability to analyze market data and perform risk-related statistical studies
- Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills with ability to communicate in a clear and concise manner
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Experience in Python or similar coding is advantageous
- Master's degree or CFA qualification 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
As part of Risk Management and Compliance, you are at the center of keeping JPMorgan Chase strong and resilient. You help the firm grow its business in a responsible way by anticipating new and emerging risks, and using your expert judgement to solve real-world challenges that impact our company, customers and communities. Our culture in Risk Management and Compliance is all about thinking outside the box, challenging the status quo and striving to be best-in-class. We also take great pride in on our commitment to operating with integrity and discipline in all that we do. If you are a team player, are solutions-oriented and have an appetite for learning, you'll be a great fit for our team.