Climate & Environmental Risk Analyst

JPMorgan Chase & Co.•New York, NY

About The Position

As part of Risk Management and Compliance, the Climate & Environmental Risk Analyst will be at the center of keeping JPMorgan Chase strong and resilient. This role involves anticipating new and emerging risks and using expert judgment to solve real-world challenges that impact the company, customers, and communities. The culture in Risk Management and Compliance encourages thinking outside the box, challenging the status quo, and striving to be best-in-class. The analyst will work on the development and implementation of catastrophe modelling and physical risk analytics, collaborating closely with stakeholders across risk, data, and technology teams. The role also involves working with partners across the Firm to deliver actionable insights for credit and financial loss modelling, supporting the firm’s transition to a low-carbon economy and resilience to physical climate risks. This position is suitable for candidates with experience in catastrophe modelling/climate interested in financial risk management, or existing financial risk analysts keen to apply their experience and learn about climate risk.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Finance, or related fields.
1+ years of relevant work experience in Financial Risk Analytics or Climate Risk Analytics
Excellent problem-solving, communication, and teamwork skills.
Enthusiastic about knowledge sharing, collaboration and innovation
Strong interpersonal skills – you listen and communicate in a direct, succinct manner.
Proven ability to develop collaborative relationships with key internal partners to achieve objectives and prioritizations
Strong data analytical skills and problem-solving skills
Takes initiative, has a proactive mindset, and drives results independently
Proficiency in programming languages such as R or Python, and geospatial data analysis

Responsibilities

Verify, analyze, and explain inputs and outputs of physical risk analysis across multiple internal and externally developed climate models.
Perform scenario and impact quantification analysis.
Partner with cross-functional teams to embed climate risk analysis into financial risk processes, tools, and frameworks.
Deliver multiple projects to deadline with strong organization and discipline; demonstrate strong data visualization, analytical rigor, problem solving, and resourcefulness.
Support the team’s focus on continuous improvement by leading efforts to identify and implement technology, tools, automation to reduce inefficiencies and enhance productivity.
Work closely with global climate physical risk team to develop, enhance and deploy physical risk analytics across JPMC beyond catastrophe modelling.