Trade Support - Associate
Bring your expertise to a Trading Services team supporting foreign exchange trading activity and operational excellence.
You'll work across trading, sales, and operations partners to help ensure trades, controls, and reconciliations are completed accurately and on time.
This role offers broad exposure to trading products and end-to-end trade support, with opportunities to contribute to process improvements and strategic initiatives.
As a Trading Services Professional on the Sydney Foreign Exchange Middle Office team, you will support electronic trading activity and the foreign exchange voice sales desk by ensuring trades and orders are accurately captured, amended, and controlled.
You will monitor and manage foreign exchange exposure in line with desk expectations and complete intraday and end-of-day checks to maintain book integrity.
You will partner closely with operations and infrastructure teams to resolve queries and help deliver a strong control environment.
Job Responsibilities:
- Capture transactions in risk management systems accurately and within required timelines.
- Amend and maintain deals and orders to ensure accurate representation of trading activity.
- Monitor and manage foreign exchange exposure to align with desk expectations.
- Perform intraday and end-of-day completeness and reconciliation checks to support accurate processing and book management.
- Execute control checks diligently, including timely completion and sign-off.
- Coordinate with operations and infrastructure partners to support efficient issue resolution and a "one team" operating model.
- Communicate clearly with internal stakeholders to ensure timely responses to trade, booking, and control queries.
- Contribute to strategic initiatives and continuous improvement efforts across processes and business architecture.
- Build and maintain working knowledge of foreign exchange products and trading structures from financial and operational perspectives.
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Demonstrated understanding of foreign exchange fundamentals and risk concepts relevant to trade support.
- Knowledge of front-to-back trade lifecycle processes, including confirmations and settlements.
- Ability to complete reconciliations and control checks with accuracy and strong attention to detail.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills to support collaborative problem-solving.
- Strong analytical and numerical skills to support exposure monitoring and issue investigation.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel to analyze data and support daily processes.
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Knowledge of derivatives and hedging products (for example, interest rate swaps and bonds).
- Experience working in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities.
- Demonstrated problem-solving skills and experience contributing to process improvement or project work.
- Working knowledge of VBA, Python, or Alteryx.
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.
Want more jobs like this?
Get Data and Analytics jobs in Sydney, Australia delivered to your inbox every week.

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.
Perks and Benefits
Health and Wellness
Parental Benefits
Work Flexibility
Office Life and Perks
Vacation and Time Off
Financial and Retirement
Professional Development
Diversity and Inclusion