Global Markets Group Strategic Indices Analyst

Join the expanding Markets Group at J.P. Morgan a part of our Corporate and Investment Banking Research & Analytics based in Mumbai. This team collaborates with global markets teams across multiple asset classes including Fixed Income FX Commodities and Equities. As part of the Structuring and Trading team youll contribute to the creation and development of new tradable assets backtesting structuring and analysis of quantitative investment strategies and more. Youll work closely with the Sales Trading and Structuring teams globally to learn and improve our sophisticated strategies.

Job Summary:

As a Global Markets Group Strategic Indices Analyst Analyst within J.P. Morgans Markets Group you will be part of a growing team covering multiple asset classes. You will work closely with the Structuring team focusing on the maintenance creation and development of new tradable assets. Your responsibilities will include back testing and analysis of existing and new proprietary strategies structuring and pricing of derivative products and making marketing material and legal documents. This role offers you the opportunity to improve desk efficiencies access and learn J. P. Morgans highly sophisticated strategies and independently suggest ideas and promote J.P. Morgan platform development.

Job Responsibilities:

• Develop product: Implementing new ideas that team generates devising/improvising on new strategies coding and backtesting strategies in Python.
• Analyze and generate ideas:Working with the Structuring/Sales desks on various flow and tailor-made structuring requests building models in excel back-testing of strategies reconciling back-tests prepared in parallel. Expected to take up initiatives to come up with product ideas based on market research and analysis.
• Develop Model:Perform in-depth data analysis using statistical and machine learning techniques to creatively build alpha-generating strategies catering to the diverse needs of institutional clients.
• Price Product :Devise and provide pricing on derivative structures using internal pricing models as per the client requirements.
• Develop Platforms: Role offers good opportunities to independently suggest ideas and drive J.P. Morgan platform development.
• Monitor business and market :Translate business needs into quantitative analyses and tools; communicate complex results to senior stakeholders in a clear and precise manner. Compile periodic reports on key developments in the economy interest rate and currency markets and providing customized market outlook based on internal market research reports.

Required qualifications capabilities and skills:

• Strong knowledge and experience in pricing of derivatives indices futures or options. Analytical aptitude and ability to learn financial concepts.
• Strong knowledge of Fixed Income FX Commodities and Equitiesasset class.
• Proven experience programming in any object-oriented programming language or functional (statistical/numerical) programming language (Python R etc.).
• Must be willing to work in Asia UK or US hours depending on the alignment of work.
• Good communication and team skills in a multi-location set communication skills (both written and verbal) and ability to present findings to a non-technical audience.
• Close attention to detail and ability to work to very high standards.

Preferred qualifications capabilities and skills:

• Strong knowledge of derivatives
• Proven programming experience in Python
• Proven experience in derivative pricing or backtesting
• Knowledge of probability theory statistics and machine learning would be an advantage.