Job Description

CIB - Sales - FICC Market Structure - Vice President

J.P. Morgan's Corporate & Investment Bank (CIB) is a global leader across banking, markets and investor services. The world's most important corporations, governments and institutions entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries.

Description of the Role

The ideal candidate will help support J.P. Morgan's Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities market structure initiatives across the Macro and Spread businesses, focusing on issues in APAC which could shape structural change. This individual is expected to help educate the firm's clients and internal constituencies on salient market structure developments and related effects on their businesses. Candidate will identify market structural news, either related to regulatory or market developments, and help produce timely and informative market structure publications for internal and external distribution. The candidate will be expected to give engaging presentations to top asset managers, hedge funds and other institutional investors as well as internal constituencies, with a view to developing the ability to represent the firm as a thought leader at industry conferences and other public forums.

Responsibilities of the Candidate

• Monitor news and press releases from regulators and market/venue developments, formulating alerts for internal teams where appropriate.
• Analyze execution trends across asset classes, working with product teams to identify trends and shifts in trading behavior.
• Prepare regular reports that concisely summarize and thoughtfully assess regulatory & market developments for internal and external clients.
• Give highly informed presentations to clients and internal constituencies.
• Conduct probing market structure research to closely track and evaluate major market changes.
• Communicate regularly with venues/markets/service providers, academics, and other industry participants to share ideas, gather intelligence and identify opportunities for product enhancement.
• Track client activities associated with market structure services and link to commercial benefits.
• Work with internal product/sales and trading teams and Government Relations and Office of Regulatory Affairs to ensure market insights are leveraged for product enhancements and material in line with JP messaging and policy.
• Help coordinate firm positions on regulatory proposals related to FICC market structure.
• Participate in internal working groups related to regulatory reform.
• Participate in meetings and policy development with ASIFMA and other relevant trade associations.
• Must be willing to travel.

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

• Minimum of 5 years' experience in financial markets, preferably in markets structure, or experience in a related division responsible for fixed income regulatory affairs, Sales, or trading.
• Strong general knowledge of FICC markets - a solid understanding of fixed income trading preferred.
• Strong research skills, including the ability to read, evaluate & concisely summarize rule proposals, regulatory filings and policy briefs.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to identify salient issues for clients and follow up with related written content.
• Familiarity with key regulations in other regions which may have a bearing on client behavior, for example MiFID II/MiFIR, EMIR, Dodd Frank.
• An understanding of electronic trading.
• Must be a team player and collaborator, capable of working well with sales and coverage desks.
• Must be self-motivated, able to generate new content, and capable of generating client meetings
• Minimum Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

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.