EMEA Market Risk Analyst/Associate

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in London is seeking a Market Risk Analyst/Associate to monitor key market risks across asset classes, investigate risk drivers, and support governance and reporting.

You will collaborate with risk and coverage teams, quantify VaR and stresses, and ensure risks are identified, measured, and controlled. The role emphasizes strong analytical skills, clear communication with senior stakeholders, and collaboration across multiple functions within the UK Legal Entity Market Risk

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent academic background.
• Proficiency in Excel is required.
• Interest in AI and advanced analytical tools is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and control key market risks in cooperation with asset class aligned Market Risk teams.
• Investigate changes in sensitivities, VaR, stress testing, and profit and loss, and provide explanations to senior management.
• Monitor and maintain market risk limits, including oversight and challenge.
• Conduct risk analysis on new trades and market events, assessing impact on exposures.
• Support the ongoing development of the Market Risk framework, including risk reporting and documentation updates.
• Prepare and maintain risk governance materials and ensure alignment with policies and procedures.
• Respond to inquiries from regulators and internal and external auditors.
• Collaborate with teams across Market Risk Coverage, Legal Entity Risk, Risk Reporting, Middle Office, Treasury, Finance, Technology, and Quantitative Research.

Skills

Excel

Risk analysis

Stakeholder communication

Attention to detail

Problem solving

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Play a key role in ensuring market risks are understood, controlled, and communicated across a leading global financial institution. Join the UK Legal Entity Market Risk team and gain exposure to a wide range of asset classes and risk frameworks. You will investigate risk drivers, support governance, and contribute to improving market risk processes. This role offers strong visibility and collaboration with risk, and senior stakeholders., As a Market Risk Analyst/Associate in the Legal Entity Market Risk team, you monitor and oversee key market risks of the main risks in the UK entities across multiple asset classes. You analyse risk metrics such as value at risk, sensitivities, and stress testing, and investigate changes in risk and profit and loss. We work together to ensure risks are properly identified, measured, and controlled while supporting governance and reporting. You will collaborate closely with the asset class aligned coverage teams, and other support functions to enhance the market risk framework and deliver effective risk oversight.,

• Monitor and control key market risks in cooperation with asset class aligned Market Risk teams
• Investigate changes in sensitivities, value at risk, stress testing, and profit and loss, and provide explanations to senior management
• Monitor and maintain market risk limits, including providing oversight and challenge
• Conduct risk analysis on new trades and market events, assessing impact on exposures
• Support the ongoing development of the Market Risk framework, including risk reporting and documentation updates
• Prepare and maintain risk governance materials and ensure alignment with policies and procedures
• Respond to inquiries from regulators and internal and external auditors
• Collaborate with teams across Market Risk Coverage, Legal Entity Risk, Risk Reporting, Middle Office, Treasury, Finance, Technology, and Quantitative Research
• Contribute to improving risk processes and analytical capabilities within the team
  Bachelor's degree or equivalent academic background
• Keen interest in financial markets and derivative products
• Prior knowledge of Market Risk practices such as stress testing, scenario analysis, VaR, risk sensitivities, limits is an advantage
• Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills
• Proficiency in Excel is required
• Interest in and aptitude for AI and advanced analytical tools is a plus
• Lateral thinker, tenacious, with a commitment to getting things done and to improving the way we do things
• Ability to build relationships and work effectively across a wide range of teams
• Strong communication skills with proficiency in written and spoken English
  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., 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.