Agency Securities Finance Analyst - Corporate Investment Bank

Job Description
Agency Securities Finance - Trading Services Analyst
At J.P. Morgan you will have the chance to be part of an amazing development journey while contributing to support our customers 'needs.
Buenos Aires is one of JP Morgan's key strategic hubs with over 3,500 employees supporting different areas like Operations, Technology, Finance, Credit Risk, Human Resources, Legal, among others, providing value-added services, products and solutions to our clients located in various countries around the world.
J.P. Morgan's Agency Securities Finance (ASF) involves transfer of securities from lenders to borrowers who are under an obligation to return the securities, on demand or at the end of an agreed term. An investment overlay strategy that enhances the intrinsic value of securities portfolio, generating income and reducing expense, within an acceptable level of risk.
ASF Settlements team is responsible for fail trade management and booking of returns and recalls of Equities, Fixed Income and Non Custody loans and loan returns transactions. Team liaises with Borrowers, Agent Banks and Trade Desk for settlement of trades.
As a Trading Services Analyst, you'll be responsible for performing control reconciliations to verify trade positions, investigating settlements, and focusing on process re-engineering and automation.
Responsibilities:

• Upload market data to different risk management systems
• Perform reconciliations against market sources
• Perform numerous control reconciliations to verify trading positions are accurate through front office to middle office reconciliations, middle office to back office reconciliations
• Investigate and provide solutions to various queries from settlements and confirmations
• Produce management statistics
• Complete operations projects and ad hoc requests to satisfy new initiatives and operations/technology enhancements (new system implementations)

This role requires a wide variety of strengths and capabilities, including:

• Strong logical/analytical mindset, with the ability to think outside the box and challenge the status quo
• Process flow understanding, including ability to understand current flows and linkage between systems and think how the process can be improved/streamlined
• Previous experience in Finance industry (operations roles) is preferred
• Availability to work from 10 am to 8 pm
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• VBA is a plus
• BA or BS degree preferred (either Economics or Industrial Engineer preferred)

If you join the company, you will be part of a diverse and inclusive team that supports each other and will empower you to do your best work.
Your wellbeing is very important to us. Below you'll find some examples of ongoing initiatives to promote it and a link to learn more about our benefits & culture:

• Generous vacation, exam and parental leave.
• Support for parents, including Family Network that provides support to parents and caregivers, Lactation room on premise, and Paid Day care for your children up to 6-years-old.
• Medical coverage for you and your family, including domestic partners.
• Employee Assistance Program which provides personal and confidential advisory on psychological, financial and legal matters.
• Wellness programs - e.g., Yoga, stretching and mindfulness classes delivered on premises.
• Language classes, mentorship programs and customized trainings.
• Platform for employee discounts in Buenos Aires.
• Many others that will be presented to you if you join the team.

More info can be found here: https://careers.jpmorgan.com/global/en/about-us
About Us
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. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.
About the Team
J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.