Asset Wealth Management - Trade Surveillance - Associate

The EMEA Compliance Surveillance team ("Surveillance") monitors and analyses the sales, trading and banking activities conducted by the Corporate Investment Bank and Asset/Wealth Management business as well as undertaking the surveillance of electronic communications (e.g. e-mail, Bloomberg etc.) and telephone communications. Surveillance utilises and develops electronic tools and integrative techniques to detect potential and/or actual violations of firm policy and legal/regulatory requirements. Surveillance works in close partnership with various Compliance teams and groups across the Firm.

In this role you will be conducting trade surveillance through the review of risk specific exceptions reports (alerts) on products across all asset classes. You will escalate alerts as required, when potential market misconduct and other manipulative behaviors are identified.

Job responsibilities

• Daily surveillance alert reviews
• Involvement in various projects, including the development and testing of new surveillance models
• Engagement with business and business aligned compliance teams
• Training and development of other team members

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• An understanding of markets and trading
• Experience in the development and implementation of system enhancements including the documentation of business requirements
• Experience in review of alert scenario effectiveness and threshold calibration
• Ability to effectively partner with technology and experience in Agile software development
• A desire to learn and the ability to clearly communicate issues with Compliance and business colleagues
• Good working knowledge of the applicable regulatory principles and rules
• Initiative and judgement with the ability to prioritise conflicting demands, organise one's agenda and build partnerships with management and other departments

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. In accordance with applicable law, we make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as any mental health or physical disability needs.