Alternative Fund Services - Data Analytics - Analyst

JPMorganChase • Brooklyn, NY

7d

About The Position

Role Summary You will own end‑to‑end trade lifecycle activities across multiple asset classes, serve as a primary client contact, and execute key operational controls that safeguard accuracy, timeliness, and data integrity. The role partners closely with Portfolio Management, Trading, Custodians, Brokers, and internal Control functions to ensure seamless execution, robust risk management, and a superior client experience. Key Responsibilities Administer the full trade lifecycle across equities, fixed income, derivatives, FX, and bank loans, ensuring timely affirmation, matching, and settlement. Manage core middle‑office processes, including OTC settlements, margin and collateral management, break resolution, and dispute tracking. Execute daily and month‑end controls, including trade reviews, accrued income validation, position and cash reconciliations, and valuation checks; document and remediate exceptions. Knowledge in vendor pricing systems to analyze, maintain, and optimize client portfolios, ensuring pricing accuracy and data integrity. Serve as the single point of contact for assigned clients; resolve issues promptly and proactively communicate status and outcomes to elevate the client experience. Maintain high‑quality reference/static data and accurately process corporate actions, managing downstream impacts to positions, cash, and performance. Coordinate responses to internal and external audit requests, delivering timely documentation and clear explanations of processes and controls. Lead and contribute to ad hoc client initiatives and internal projects; collaborate cross‑functionally to design and implement process improvements and control enhancements.

Requirements

• Knowledge across reconciliation, settlements, collateral management, trade support, asset servicing, and risk and control practices.
• Strong risk and control mindset with the ability to prioritize workloads, meet critical deadlines, and maintain rigor under pressure.
• Effective stakeholder engagement skills with internal partners and external clients; confident written, verbal, and virtual communicator.
• Strategic and analytical thinker with a track record of identifying, designing, and implementing process improvements.
• Solid knowledge of financial products and markets with front‑to‑back understanding of the trade and operations lifecycle.
• Proficiency in Microsoft 365 (especially Excel—lookups, pivots, basic formulas—and Outlook); familiarity with Access is a plus.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience preferred.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with vendor pricing platforms and security master/reference data management.
• Familiarity with AI‑enabled productivity tools to automate routine tasks, enhance controls, and improve workflow efficiency.
• Exposure to audits, regulatory inquiries, and documentation of operational processes and controls.

Responsibilities

• Administer the full trade lifecycle across equities, fixed income, derivatives, FX, and bank loans, ensuring timely affirmation, matching, and settlement.
• Manage core middle‑office processes, including OTC settlements, margin and collateral management, break resolution, and dispute tracking.
• Execute daily and month‑end controls, including trade reviews, accrued income validation, position and cash reconciliations, and valuation checks; document and remediate exceptions.
• Knowledge in vendor pricing systems to analyze, maintain, and optimize client portfolios, ensuring pricing accuracy and data integrity.
• Serve as the single point of contact for assigned clients; resolve issues promptly and proactively communicate status and outcomes to elevate the client experience.
• Maintain high‑quality reference/static data and accurately process corporate actions, managing downstream impacts to positions, cash, and performance.
• Coordinate responses to internal and external audit requests, delivering timely documentation and clear explanations of processes and controls.
• Lead and contribute to ad hoc client initiatives and internal projects; collaborate cross‑functionally to design and implement process improvements and control enhancements.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees