Trade Support Analyst

Next Frontier Capital; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

J.P. Morgan is seeking a Trade Support Analyst in Credit Derivatives Client Services to provide lifecycle support for CDS trades, ensuring accurate booking, reconciliation, and timely progression through processing milestones.

The role collaborates with sales, operations, technology, and external parties to maintain a high-quality client experience, focusing on risk awareness, problem-solving, and continuous improvement across the trade lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Strong logical and analytical mindset, with the ability to challenge the status quo and think creatively.
• Process flow understanding, including ability to understand process flows and linkages between systems and identify opportunities to improve or streamline processes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail, with a focus on accuracy to reduce financial risk and support strong client relationships.
• Flexible and proactive approach, with the ability to multitask and prioritize workload while maintaining awareness of risk and control issues.
• Ability to work well under pressure.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.
• Proven ability to work effectively as part of a team to deliver successful outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Book and allocate trades accurately and on time to support the trade lifecycle.
• Respond to client queries and provide clear, timely updates through resolution.
• Perform control reconciliations to validate positions and processing accuracy across systems and teams.
• Investigate exceptions raised by settlements and confirmations partners and drive solutions through to closure.
• Support operational projects and ad hoc initiatives, including process enhancements and new system implementations.

Skills

Trade processing

Reconciliations

Risk management

Microsoft Office

Communication

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Help clients navigate complex credit derivatives activity with confidence and clarity. You will play a key role in ensuring accurate trade processing and strong risk and control practices across the trade lifecycle. Partnering closely with sales, operations, technology, and external parties, you will help deliver a reliable client experience. This is a hands‑on role for someone who enjoys problem‑solving, continuous improvement, and accountability for high‑quality outcomes.

As a Trade Support Analyst in Credit Derivatives Client Services, you will provide critical trade lifecycle support for clients trading credit default swap products. You will help ensure trades are accurately captured, reconciled, and progressed through processing milestones, while responding to client and internal queries with a focus on quality, timeliness, and risk awareness. You will collaborate with partners across operations, technology, reference data, external custodians, and client contacts to resolve issues and improve processes.

Job responsibilities

• Book and allocate trades accurately and on time to support the trade lifecycle.
• Respond to client queries and provide clear, timely updates through resolution.
• Perform control reconciliations to validate positions and processing accuracy across systems and teams.
• Investigate exceptions raised by settlements and confirmations partners and drive solutions through to closure.
• Support operational projects and ad hoc initiatives, including process enhancements and new system implementations.

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Strong logical and analytical mindset, with the ability to challenge the status quo and think creatively.
• Process flow understanding, including ability to understand process flows and linkages between systems and identify opportunities to improve or streamline processes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail, with a focus on accuracy to reduce financial risk and support strong client relationships.
• Flexible and proactive approach, with the ability to multitask and prioritize workload while maintaining awareness of risk and control issues.
• Ability to work well under pressure.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.
• Proven ability to work effectively as part of a team to deliver successful outcomes.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Previous experience in the finance industry.
• Developing experience using AI‑powered analytics, workflow automation, or intelligent process tools to drive efficiency gains, reduce manual effort, or improve accuracy in operational processes.

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.

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. Deliver end‑to‑end trade lifecycle support for credit derivatives clients, ensuring timely booking, controls, and issue resolution.