at J.P. Morgan
Bulge Bracket Investment BanksPosted 8 days ago
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**Equity Derivatives Deal Review Associate** in Buenos Aires performs global deal reviews, comparing term sheets, legal confirmations, and risk management systems. This role requires understanding Equity Derivatives products, driving process efficiency, and ensuring accurate, timely reviews. Key responsibilities include escalating unissued documents, educating middle office, maintaining strong internal relationships, investigating issues, and creating control packs. An ISDA and Equity Derivatives knowledgeable graduate (1-3 years) with strong communication, numeracy, and adaptability skills is sought. Experience in fast-paced trading environments and understanding of financial risks are advantageous. Proficient computer literacy and keyboard skills are essential.
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Full Job Description
Location: Ciudad Autnoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Job Description
The focus of the Deal Review team is to act as a key control in the business, ensuring that the deal agreed with the client is correctly booked and risk-managed within the respective systems, and is also consistent with the legal documentation issued to the counterparty for their agreement.
The deal review is performed for all OTC and securitized trades globally for all desks and regions. The team is required to understand the fundamentals of the product, the underlying instruments and business strategy to continually improve control infrastructure.
Summary of Responsibilities
- Perform deal reviews within the SLA which involves:
- Review Term sheet versus Risk management system.
- Legal Confirmation versus Risk management system.
- Ensure accurate reviews and Timely escalation of unissued/unexecuted documents.
- Drive Efficiency in the current process and identifying incorrect booking practice and educate Middle office on the impact.
- Building and sustaining, strong working relationships with internal Lines of Business with Middle Office, Front Office and internal Counterparts.
- Ensuring all issues are investigated and resolved in a timely manner as per Business Standards.
- Prepare weekly MIS and monthly control packs for Senior Management
- Analyze MI and report trends and spikes.
- Participate in various testings related to system enhancement, project implementation and new business initiatives.
- Identify control gaps and suggest improvement ideas for better efficiency and effectiveness.
Skills and Qualifications
- Graduate with 1-3 years experience.
- The candidate must be a motivated individual with strong partnership abilities.
- ISDA knowledge and Equity Derivatives Product knowledge along with Equity Derivative experience is preferable
- The individual must be able to: handle a high level of complexity in their product coverage, be able to shift gears with relative ease, be flexible enough in shifting workload in accordance with changing priorities and be comfortable dealing with a stressful and fast paced trading environment.
- Good communication skills.
- Needs to be highly numerate with excellent keyboard skills and a high-level of computer literacy.
- Needs to be aware and have an understanding of the large financial risks that can be incurred through operational errors and control risks.
Deal Review is a key control in the business, ensuring that the deal agreed with the client is correctly booked and risk-managed
