EDG DAG Sales GIFT CITY Associate

Job Description
Job summary:
As an EDG DAG Sales GIFT CITY Associate within J.P. Morgan's Markets Group, you will be part of a fast-growing team covering multiple asset classes across geographies. You will work closely with trading, sales, and structuring teams spread across various regions across the globe. Your key responsibilities will include pricing, generating product rationale, creating marketing material and legal documents, back testing and analysis of new proprietary strategies, and market research. This role provides an opportunity to deepen your knowledge of Equity Derivatives / Rates/FX/Alternatives/Commodities and contribute to the development of our client-focused solutions.
Job responsibilities:

• Work as part of a sales team that focuses primarily on equity derivatives and structured investment products. Devise and provide pricing on derivative structures using internal pricing models and help with post trade process like instrument creation, assist with booking, note issuance process, term sheet preparation. The role being offered is based out of GIFT City, Ahmedabad and will also involve interacting on pricing with onshore clients while supporting the onshore sales team.
• Analyzing the research reports and trade ideas from various sources and generating strategies relevant for our client base.
• Combining the product knowledge with the market research and generating pitch books / factsheets which highlight why a particular product is suited for the current environment.
• Taking responsibility for post trade lifecycle events and assist with any client queries (settlements issues, lifecycle calculations, reconciliations, legal document checks).
• Guide the process improvement and automation agenda for the sales team. Develop process automations for daily tasks. Make use of automated pricing tools from the desks, contribute to the development to meet client's needs, and help roll-out the capabilities to clients.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Basic knowledge of derivatives - indices, futures and options
• Basic knowledge of Equities businesses
• Advanced user of MS Office suite, including Word and PowerPoint
• Close attention to detail and ability to work at very high standards of precision
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills
• Good communication and team skills in a multi-location set up (working closely with sales team based across globe)
• Knowledge of VBA and any object oriented programming language (specifically Python)

About Us
JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.
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.