Senior Valuation Controller, Rates & Commodities

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; City of Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in New York seeks a Valuation Controller for the VCG Rates team.

You will perform independent price verification, fair value adjustments, and valuation controls for North America Rates, collaborating with Front Office, Finance, QR and Technology to strengthen controls and regulatory compliance. The role emphasizes understanding complex products, evaluating valuation concepts, and driving process improvements, with interaction across Business, Risk, and Audit to ensure

Qualifications

• 7+ years of related experience.
• Bachelor's degree.
• Ability to understand complex products, and analyze transaction and process flows.
• Understanding of valuation concepts as they pertain to financial products and derivatives, basic accounting knowledge.
• Analytical and quantitative aptitude.
• Strong verbal and written communications skills.
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks efficiently.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for all aspects of the valuation control framework for the Rates business, including independent price verification, valuation and prudent valuation adjustments, valuation adjustments stress and fair value measurement.
• Review complex transactions associated with the Rates business, challenging the trading business to ensure appropriate constraints/controls in place.
• Identify emerging valuation risks and drive methodology enhancements to ensure valuation controls accurately capture market dynamics and opportunities to enhance control efficiency
• Partner with Quantitative Research and Model Review Groups to assess limitations in trading models and implement compensating controls and model limitation adjustments.
• Own the relationship with Front Office and key Finance, Technology and Risk partners providing value add analysis on month-end results, illiquid and concentrated valuation positions, revenue from new deals and complex transactions and new products
• Partner and participate in projects within the group and the wider Finance organization together with Front Office, QR and Technology and participate in regulatory exams and address bank’s regulators inquiries

Skills

7+ years experience

Understand complex products

Valuation concepts

Analytical aptitude

Communication skills

Task prioritization

Financial derivatives

Education

Bachelor's degree

Finance/Economics focus

Tools

Advanced Excel

PowerPoint

Python

Alteryx

Tableau

Job description

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in New York seeks a Valuation Controller for the VCG Rates team.

You will perform independent price verification, fair value adjustments, and valuation controls for North America Rates, collaborating with Front Office, Finance, QR and Technology to strengthen controls and regulatory compliance. The role emphasizes understanding complex products, evaluating valuation concepts, and driving process improvements, with interaction across Business, Risk, and Audit to ensure