Global Commodities – Market Risk – Associate

Bring your Expertise to JPMorgan Chase. 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.

Job summary

As a Market Risk Coverage professional in the Global Commodities Market Risk team, you help us monitor and manage risk across a global trading portfolio. You use market analysis and risk analytics to help the business make responsible decisions as its systematic trading and investor products strategies grow. You also have the opportunity to shape risk coverage and improve analytics and automation.

Job responsibilities

• Monitor and analyze market risk exposures across the Global Commodities trading portfolio, identifying the drivers of profit and loss.
• Track global commodity markets and explain key price movements and events to Trading and Market Risk management.
• Lead the market risk coverage agenda for systematic trading and investor products, including quantitative investment (QIS), systematic and central risk book strategies.
• Identify threats, weaknesses and opportunities in the risk profile, and raise concerns promptly.
• Conduct scenario analysis, stress testing and regular or ad hoc reviews of key risk themes.
• Develop risk management strategies that support the growth of systematic trading and investor products.
• Prepare and present risk reports, insights and recommendations to senior management.
• Partner with Trading, Finance and Operations to assess and manage risks.
• Improve risk management tools and systems, and advance the use of artificial intelligence in analytics and automation.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative discipline.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills, including the ability to interpret complex data.
• Interest in commodity markets and derivative products.
• Ability to collaborate effectively and build strong working relationships.
• Ability to take initiative, think creatively and follow work through to completion.
• Attention to detail.
• Demonstrated ability to lead projects and drive growth initiatives.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience with market risk practices, such as stress testing, scenario analysis, value at risk, risk sensitivities or limits.