Pricing Direct Evaluator - Analyst or Associate

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is highly motivated to work in an innovation-focused team and to contribute to our Corporate & Investment Bank business.

As a Pricing Direct Evaluator - Associate/Analyst, within the Pricing Direct Derivatives Valuation team, you will join a revenue-generating team that provides independent pricing and analytics for 2.8 million fixed income and derivative instruments, utilizing real-time market intelligence from buy-side and sell-side market participants. You will play a crucial role in providing accurate and insightful valuations, which are essential for our clients' investment decisions and risk management strategies.

Job responsibilities

• Generate daily valuations of interest rate, FX, equity and credit derivatives. This includes market data collection and analysis, price generation, quality control, and client interaction.
• Improve product and service quality through daily market surveillance, communication with market makers, perform data and financial analysis, enhancing process controls, and ensuring data quality.
• Collaborate with trading desks, market participants, and research teams to enhance market knowledge and understanding of market pricing.
• Address all client concerns daily with an emphasis on providing first-class service and quality, whether via emails, calls, or in-person meetings.
• Perform in-depth analysis on an individual security or portfolio of securities and explain findings to clients.
• Develop and maintain financial modeling tools by utilizing advanced quantitative techniques
• Explore new areas of product growth with a focus on autonomously developing innovative ideas and solutions.
• Use programmatic solutions to improve processes that can increase accuracy, detect anomalies or shorten client query turnaround time.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Firm understanding of the principles of finance, business operations, derivative products, option pricing and statistical modeling.
• Strong programming skills in Python and Excel VBA with high aptitude for learning new technologies.
• Ability to collect and analyze large amounts of market information, extract its essence, and incorporate the findings into valuation models and processes.
• Clear, logical thinker with strong quantitative abilities.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment of real-time market pressures, remaining focused on client needs.
• Excellent communication skills to interact with clients, portfolio managers, traders, research, and sales.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Detailed oriented, creative problem solver with ability to learn quickly, multi-task, and self-manage priorities.
• Ability to build effective working relationships and interact comfortably with a wide spectrum of traders, sales, QR, technology and client.

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

J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.

Client-provided location(s): London, United Kingdom

Job ID: JPMorgan-210655975

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2025-08-13T01:31:35