Executive Director, Counterparty Risk & Margin Strategy

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; United States; On-site; USD 200,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking an Executive Director in Counterparty Credit Risk within Risk Management and Compliance. You will manage and mitigate exposures, validate risk reporting, and serve as a subject matter expert on margin methodologies for Prime Brokerage.

You will partner with Credit Officers, Sales and Trading, Market Risk, and senior management to strengthen risk controls and governance across a diverse portfolio.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in risk management and counterparty credit risk, including exposure monitoring, margining, stress analysis, and risk governance.

Responsibilities

• Act as Counterparty Credit Risk coverage lead supporting Prime Brokerage (role responsibility).
• Identify, analyze, monitor, and escalate counterparty exposures, including concentrations and stress vulnerabilities.
• Validate daily risk and exposure reporting, escalating concerns to Credit Officers, senior management, and the front office.
• Serve as subject matter expert on Prime Brokerage margin methodologies, processes, and supporting systems.
• Review client margin requests, assess adequacy versus stress exposures, and provide recommendations for approval.
• Maintain strong knowledge of Prime Brokerage clients and business activity, formulating risk appetite views and challenging risk requests.
• Monitor margin adequacy and risk across top Prime Brokerage counterparties and portfolios.
• Apply Counterparty Stress Analysis framework to analyze and monitor exposures.
• Partner with business and risk stakeholders on exposure topics, methodology releases, model limitations, and policy enhancements.
• Contribute to firmwide initiatives related to counterparty credit exposure metrics, reporting, and technical enhancements.

Skills

Counterparty Credit Risk

Risk Management

Margining

Stress Analysis

Risk Governance

Financial Markets Knowledge

Data Analysis

Stakeholder Communication

Project Management

AI Tools / LLM

Prime Brokerage Risk

Tools

LLM Tools

Job description

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking an Executive Director in Counterparty Credit Risk within Risk Management and Compliance. You will manage and mitigate exposures, validate risk reporting, and serve as a subject matter expert on margin methodologies for Prime Brokerage.

You will partner with Credit Officers, Sales and Trading, Market Risk, and senior management to strengthen risk controls and governance across a diverse portfolio.