Description

Are you ready to launch your career in financial markets? Join our team as a Markets Sales Assistant and play a key role in supporting sales operations across diverse markets. You'll work closely with experienced professionals, gain hands-on exposure to trade processes, and help drive operational excellence. This is your opportunity to develop valuable skills and make an impact in a dynamic environment.

As a Markets Sales Assistant in the Local Markets Sales team, you will be responsible for supporting the end-to-end trade process and ensuring accuracy and compliance in all sales operations. You will collaborate with various internal teams to maintain efficient workflows and provide timely support for post-trade activities. In this role, you'll help us deliver outstanding service to our clients and contribute to the team's success.
Job Responsibilities

• Handle, operate, and follow up on end-to-end trade processes to ensure smooth front-to-back workflows and accuracy of all entries
• Ensure internal controls are followed and all risk and control measures are checked
• Coordinate with Operations to pick up transactions, close or amend deals, book trades, and oversee settlement and post-trade activities
• Collaborate with Operations to ensure requirements are met, valuation statements are delivered, audit requirements are responded to, and settlement processes are completed efficiently
• Manage internal sales blotters, trade records, and prepare management reporting
• Provide timely support for internal queries and resolve post-trade related issues
• Work closely with Sales, Trading, Business Managers, Relationship Managers, Operations, IT, Risk, Client Services, Compliance, and Legal
• Assist with ad-hoc requests and handle queries in a timely manner, maintaining an independent mindset
• Support ad-hoc requests from the Sales Desk and clients

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Knowledge of markets and derivatives
• Good IT skills, including proficiency in Excel, VBA, and data analysis/query
• Strong attention to detail, ethics, and integrity
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to work well under pressure
• Analytical mindset and problem-solving skills
• Strong self-organization and multi-tasking capacity
• Up to 3 years of relevant work experience

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Experience working in a sales or trading support role
• Familiarity with trade booking and settlement processes
• Ability to collaborate effectively across multiple teams
• Proactive approach to identifying and resolving issues
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience with management reporting
• Ability to adapt to a fast-paced environment

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.