Risk Management- Counterparty Credit Risk- Associate

Testing Site - JPMC; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase in Plano, TX is seeking an experienced Risk Management - Counterparty Credit Risk Associate to join Risk Management and Compliance. You will anticipate risks and guide policy updates affecting counterparty exposures across clients and portfolios.

You will work with Front Office, Credit Risk, and Operations to size limits, analyze derivatives risk, and develop deep dives. The role emphasizes collaboration and formal risk judgment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years in risk management or related fields.
• Good working knowledge of OTC derivatives across asset classes.
• Basic to moderate coding, execution and data aggregation platforms and languages (Python, Tableau, Alteryx).
• Proven track record of collaboration to efficiently support team objectives.
• Excellent MS Office skills and familiarity with AI prompts.

Responsibilities

• Support traded products risk analysis with Sales, Trading, and Credit Officers across client portfolios.
• Work in a high-pressure trading-like capacity and manage workload to contribute as a team.
• Develop deep dives and guide methodology updates with risk partners on counterparty exposure.
• Manage firm-wide projects around counterparty credit exposure metrics and enhancements.
• Identify, analyze, monitor and report risks within counterparty exposures.
• Formulate views on product risk appetite and challenge business stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Front Office/Credit Risk/Operations to size limits and risk appetite.
• Assist in integrating AI technology into risk workflows and processes.
• Review exposure methodologies with QR, Technology, and Credit Officers.

Skills

Risk management

Quantitative analytics

Collaboration

Independent work

Communication

Tools

Python

Tableau

Alteryx

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Bring your expertise to JPMorgan Chase. As part of Risk Management and Compliance, you are at the center of keeping JPMorgan Chase strong and resilient. You help the firm grow its business in a responsible way by anticipating new and emerging risks, and using your expert judgement to solve real-world challenges that impact our company, customers and communities.

As a Risk Management- Counterparty Credit Risk- Associate in Risk Management and Compliance, you are at the center of keeping JPMorgan Chase strong and resilient..You help the firm grow its business in a responsible way by anticipating new and emerging risks and using your expert judgement to solve real-world challenges that impact our company, customers, and communities. Our culture in Risk Management and Compliance is all about thinking outside the box, challenging the status quo, striving to be best-in-class.

Job responsibilities

• Support traded products risk analysis in partnership with Sales, Trading, and Credit Officers across all types of client portfolios (Hedge Funds, Corporates, etc.)
• Work in a high-pressure trading-like capacity with the ability to effectively manage your workload in order to contribute as a team towards its goals which means collaboration and cohesive assistance with others on the team
• Develop deep dives and touch points with partners in risk with respect to counterparty credit exposure/risks, providing guidance and training to Credit Officers on material methodology releases or model limitations, and helping guide methodology and policy updates
• Manage and contribute to firm-wide projects around key counterparty credit exposure metrics & technical enhancements
• Promote for driving outcomes in identifying, analyzing, monitoring, and reporting on inherent risks within counterparty exposures, self-starter
• Formulate views around product risk appetite and be able to review and challenge business stakeholders' risk related questions
• Work closely with Front Office/Credit Risk/Operations team to size and evaluate limit sizing and appropriate risk appetite and execution for new and existing clients to the platform
• Assist in the Credit Agenda to proactively develop and integrate AI technology into the team’s work-flow and processes
• Work with QR, Technology, Credit Officer and other stakeholders to continuously review and enhance exposure methodologies and tools

Required qualifications, skills, and capabilities

• Minimum 3years in risk management/quantitative financing/financial engineering/financial mathematics/data analytics fields
• Good working knowledge of OTC Derivatives across different asset classes
• Basic to moderate understanding of coding, execution and data aggregation platforms and languages (i.e. Python, Tableau, Alteryx)
• Proven track record on execution based on constructive listening and collaboration to efficiently and complement the team’s efforts toward objectives
• Expertise in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint and familiarity with efficient AI prompts and training
• Strong organizational, control, project management, communication, and negotiation skills
• Ability to work independently with limited guidance

Preferred qualifications, skills, and capabilities

• Strong sense of accountability and ownership of responsibilities. Must be diligent and self-motivated
• Strong problem-solving abilities with the capability to challenge status quo, seek ways to do things more efficiently and effectively
• Highly confident and commercial- possessconviction to challenge and make a risk judgment, stick to it and be able to articulate reasoning behind it
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills - must be articulate and have ability to explain technical concepts to non-specialists; ability to adjust communication style for a variety of situations and be able to defend your stance, as needed
• Ability to think independently and innovate