Job Description

Turn structures into live trades - join the new Structured Investments Operations team!

As a Trading Services Analyst within Structured Investments Operations, you will work closely with Sales and Structuring to deliver end-to-end execution across origination support, client onboarding, subscriptions, trade booking coordination, confirmations, settlements, lifecycle management, and fee governance. You'll help to drive change and standardization, build tracking/reporting tools, and own issue resolution across internal stakeholders (Legal, Credit, Confirmations, TAs, MO, Collateral, Issuance). Your work will directly enable client delivery and revenue while strengthening our control environment.

Job responsibilities

• Execute, monitor, and reconcile daily trading operations end-to-end-timely, accurate trade capture; break resolution with traders; high-quality client service-while staying current on market/regulatory changes and ensuring strict compliance.
• Prepare and synthesize management reports and insights; help the team drive process improvements; contribute to strategy in team forums; and lead ad-hoc projects with a proactive, adaptable approach.
• Assist with origination support, data & reporting: Prepare recurring client activity reports and market research for Sales; build clear presentation/summary outputs.
• Act as a point of contact with the Onboarding Transition team; coordinate "good-to-trade" counterparty set-ups across cross-asset systems.
• Monitor daily subscription bookings; ensure terms match approvals; coordinate booking amendments and update economics after restructurings.
• Trade execution, settlement & reconciliation: Help prepare delivery instructions; oversee cross-asset settlements with Operations partners; drive timely booking and reconciliation.
• Coordinate economic and non-economic amendments with Sales/Structuring sign-off; verify Deal Review outputs and execute/route changes with TAs/MOs.
• Draft/maintain pricing spreadsheets; manage daily indicative pricing and client queries; prepare trade recaps for TA booking.
• Verify expiries/resets, coupons and fees; confirm lifecycle events (dividends, cash flows, tax, brokerage); manage distribution/redemption/CDSC fees, instruct TAs and track payments; support P&L reconciliation.
• Serve as SPOC for breaks; liaise with Collateral on overrides; own and resolve operational issues with clear, early escalation.
• Write and maintain SOPs; contribute to the standardization and desk tooling; help automate reporting where feasible; maintain strong control discipline and audit-ready documentation.

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Experience in trading or financial services, showcasing a sound understanding of industry practices and operations.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, enabling effective decision-making and innovative solutions.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities, facilitating clear and productive interactions with colleagues and stakeholders.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel, along with advanced digital literacy for integrating innovative technologies in trade services.
• Ability to thrive in fast-paced environments, maintaining a detail-oriented approach and strong organizational skills to manage multiple tasks and adapt to changing priorities.
• Demonstrated capability to work collaboratively in team settings, with knowledge of trading systems and financial markets, and a strong commitment to delivering high-quality results.
• Proactive, curious mindset; comfortable working on-desk with Sales/Structuring and driving outcomes across Legal, Credit, Confirmations, Trading Assistants, Settlements and Collateral.
• Advanced Excel (formulas, pivots, data cleaning); ability to build and maintain tracking/reporting tools; high attention to detail.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience with Structured Finance / Structured Investments (fund subscriptions, distribution fee frameworks, structured products).
• Familiarity with counterparty on-boarding, affirmation workflows, and cross-asset settlement processes.
• Exposure to Deal Review, P&L drivers and economic vs. non-economic amendments.
• Automation skills (VBA/Python/SQL) to streamline reporting and reconciliations
• Excellent PowerPoint and data visualisation skills
• Experience creating SOPs/standards and onboarding/training new team members in a founding-team 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.