Risk Management -Country Risk Management – Associate

Testing Site - JPMC; New York (NY); Sur place; USD 90 000 - 120 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

JPMorgan Chase's Country Risk Management team is seeking an associate to help evaluate sovereign risk, monitor exposure and support stress testing efforts across the firm.

You will collaborate with Market Risk, Credit Risk and business partners, applying quantitative methods and clear communication to guide decisions across regions.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in economics, finance, mathematics, sciences or related discipline.
• Strong technical skills in Python, Alteryx and Tableau.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.

Responsabilités

• Manage governance of risk measurement methodology and implement changes.
• Support country risk management projects and initiatives.
• Engage with risk teams to enhance risk capture and reporting.
• Contribute to firmwide capital stress testing exercises such as CCAR/CECL.

Connaissances

Python

Alteryx

Tableau

Analytical

Communication

Teamwork

Problem-solving

Formation

Bachelor's degree in economics, finance, mathematics, sciences or related discipline

Description du poste

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. Our culture in Risk Management and Compliance is all about thinking outside the box, challenging the status quo, and striving to be best-in-class.

As an associate within the Country Risk Management, you will be part of a team that evaluates countries across various factors - including macroeconomic, political, fiscal, and monetary - in order to assign the sovereign various internal risk ratings. In addition, the team measures country risk exposure and stress across the firm, monitoring this risk against country limits. These ratings and measures form the backdrop against which the team identifies and manages risk by country to help guide the firm's trading, funding, doing credit analysis, and credit extension in foreign jurisdictions. The Country Risk Management team also assesses downside risk scenarios and their potential implications to the Firm, including contribution to firmwide capital stress testing exercises.

Job Responsibilities

• Manage governance of Country Risk's risk measurement methodology, as well as implementing changes to the group's methodology to address business, product, and country developments.
• Support for Country Risk Management methodology projects and initiatives.
• Engage with Market Risk, Credit Risk, and business partners on enhancements to risk capture.
• Support Country Risk's participation in firmwide capital stress testing exercises such as CCAR/CECL, Risk Appetite, and various legal entity level stress test exercises.
• Help maintain and develop qualitative models and systemic processes to ensure stress testing activities are accurate and relevant given evolving regulatory and internal model review expectations and standards.
• Stay informed about changes in regulatory guidelines and industry best practices, particularly related to capital stress testing.

The team's focus is global and requires partnership within Country Risk Management, in addition to working across all lines of business in the Firm and with other risk disciplines, risk reporting, corporate groups, technology, lines of business, internal audit and regulators.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Undergraduate degree in economics, finance, mathematics, sciences or related discipline.
• Strong technical skills, including proficiency in Python, Alteryx and Tableau.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills with a detailed oriented approach.
• Familiarity with credit or market risk products and measures and enthusiasm for understanding financial markets.
• Strong written and verbal communication; comfortable presenting and explaining complex topics.
• Team-oriented personality; ability to work in small teams across functions, regions and seniority levels.
• Pro-active attitude, intellectually curious, creative, adaptive, and self-motivated.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Prior experience and understanding in the governance and development of risk methodologies a plus.
• Prior experience in risk management, product control or financial analysis a plus.
• Understanding of CCAR regulatory requirements and associated stress testing methodologies.
• Prior experience in financial sector a plus.
• Any other risk management experience.