Nexus Middle Office Associate

JP. Morgan Nexus Platform has grown significantly in the past years in all key metrics including number of transactions outstanding notional amount profitability and functionalities offered. It is a flagship Nexus product which allows clients to obtain synthetic exposure to a discretionarily managed portfolio utilizing J.P. Morgans most advanced technology and operations (transactional settlement reporting).

Nexus MO Team was created in 2020 to support the continuous growth of the Nexus Business which has evolved significantly as a product. Our Nexus MO Team provides operational oversight and assists clients as the business provides an end-to-end scalable solution for them to manage their own strategies leveraging the firms trading and operational expertise. The team is global with members in London BA and Mumbai. We are seeking to hire a team member in Delaware to support the team perform daily controls and liaise with both internal and external clients and key contacts. The successful candidate will work extensively with cross-functional teams to ensure effective lifecycle management of the Nexus trades.

Job responsibilities:

• Primary point of contact for addressing and resolving all client queries ensuring prompt responses and escalation to key stakeholders
• Trade reconciliations and coordinating with global trading and middle office teams ensuring successful trade capture and to clear trade booking exceptions
• Price reconciliation to identify and rectify price exceptions. Reconciliation of BBG published levels
• Verification of pricing and reference data prior to distribution of daily reports to high priority clients
• Corporate action event reconciliation: ensuring all event instructions are accurately and swiftly booked
• Dividend reconciliation and management; ensuring div details are correct and accurately captured in client reporting
• Responsible for set-up amend and termination of Indices based on request from stakeholders
• Monitor Publications and perform various reconciliations (Primary Secondary Tertiary Quaternary etc.) to ensure levels are correct and send MIS daily
• Proactively seek opportunities to automate manual processes wherever feasible
• Mailbox Management. Responding to various stakeholders in a timely manner
• Ongoing project management across multiple streams (infrastructure regulations controls etc )

Required qualifications capabilities and skills:

• Knowledge of financial products such as Equities Derivatives Fixed income Options Futures
• Good excel word and power point knowledge
• Ability to work effectively with cross functional teams
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to analyze processes and suggest process improvements to drive efficiencies
• Motivated self-starter who is results driven and control minded
• Ability to multi-task and effectively prioritize under pressure
• Strong numeric analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to deliver a consistently high level of customer service

Preferred Qualifications Skills and Capabilities:

• Previous trade support/control function experience
• Experience in automation tools such as Alteryx Tableau