PricingDirect - Securities Valuation - Analyst

As a PricingDirect Securities Valuation Analyst on the Municipal Bond team, you will gain access to trading, research, analytics, and technology resources of JPMorgan Chase.

You will be given the opportunity to combine financial concepts you learned with your technology skills in managing large volumes of data to develop accurate pricing models and processes.

As an Analyst, you will leverage your product and market knowledge to identify growth areas and help lead projects.

If you are results oriented, intellectually curious, in pursuit of excellence, and like working in a collaborative team environment where your contributions directly impact our business, you are encouraged to apply to be considered for this role.

Job responsibilities


* Daily generation of securities valuations for multiple market closes, entailing start-to-end ownership responsibilities.

This includes market data collection and analysis, price generation, quality control, and client interaction.


* Examine and develop new areas of product growth through independent self-guided research, interactions with clients, JPMorgan trading desks, research professionals, and technology teams.


* Continuously improve product and service quality through daily market surveillance, communication with market participants, perform data and financial analysis, enhancing process controls, and ensuring data quality


* Perform in-depth analysis on an individual security or portfolio of securities and explain nuances to colleagues and clients


* Develop and maintain sophisticated statistical models


* Develop cutting-edge methodologies and infrastructure to increase accuracy and speed of valuations


* Address all client concerns daily with emphasis on providing first-class service and quality, whether it is via emails, calls or in-person meetings

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills


* Master's degree or higher in Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Economics, or similar


* Firm understanding of principles of finance, mathematical and/or statistical modeling, fixed income and data science


* Previous experience working in derivative pricing and/or fixed income securities primarily Municipal Bonds


* Strong software development skills in Python, and high aptitude for learning new technologies


* Knowledge of Machine Learning, Statistical and Artificial Intelligence techniques


* Clear, logical thinker with strong quantitative abilities


* Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment of real-time market pressures, remaining focused on client needs


* Proficiency in Excel, Machine Learning and/or practical experience working with python


* Excellent communication skills to interact with clients, portfolio managers, traders, research, and sales

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills


* Detailed oriented, creative problem solver with ability to learn quickly, multi-task, and self-manage priorit...