Global Credit Trading & Syndicate - EMEA Leveraged Finance Trading desk - Trading Assistant - Vice President
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Job Description
The EMEA Leveraged Finance Trading business is part of JPMorgan’s Corporate & Investment Bank Global Credit Trading platform. The Loan Trading desk primarily operates as an intermediary, providing liquidity in syndicated loan commitment for clients such as European banks, credit funds, CLO investors, hedge/distressed funds and private equity managers. It looks at opportunities across the credit spectrum, offering investment grade paper, special situations assets and instruments undergoing complex restructurings. The desk also serves as the distribution platform for newly issued syndicated loans by the bank and works closely with Debt Capital Markets, Acquisition and Leveraged Finance teams.
As a Vice President Trading Assistant within the EMEA Leveraged Finance Trading desk, you will provide support coverage to 5 traders, 9 sales personnel and 6 desk analysts, ensuring the smooth running of the desk. You must work well on a trading floor environment as a team player, possess a keen commercial interest, analytical inquisitiveness, and experience with loan products in stressed corporate situations. You will work under pressure, make quick decisions, and multi‑task efficiently.
Job Responsibilities
* Manage stressed risk commitments through a variety of corporate action events up to full balance sheet restructurings.
* Handle both credit specific and ad‑hoc queries from traders, sales personnel and desk analysts.
* Assist the desk’s clients with understanding the complexities of specific commercial situations.
* Work with legal and documentation teams to ensure trades and restructured lending positions are correctly documented.
* Assist with queries from documentation, settlements and operational teams, including making trade amendments within the bank’s booking systems.
* Provide reporting to senior desk management on trading volumes and client activity.
* Affirm and enter executed loan, bond and equity trades into the relevant front office platforms.
* Ensure daily risk activity is correctly reflected in the bank’s systems.
* Review and reconcile daily P&L reporting and investigate discrepancies.
* Ensure the relevant KYC and credit appetite are in place for each trade and seek approval where necessary.
Required Qualifications, Capabilities And Skills
* Experience working with the syndicated loan product, preferably in an operational capacity.
* Working knowledge of equity and bond asset classes, including clearing and settlement.
* Strong mathematical and analytical skills with methodical problem‑solving ability.
* Accomplished Excel skills with transaction modelling and presentation experience.
* Working knowledge of Loan IQ.
Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities And Skills
* Previous experience in trading support or a portfolio management assistant role.
About Us
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. 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 that 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. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute and make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices, mental health or physical disability needs.
About The Team
J.P. Morgan’s Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions worldwide entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.
Seniority level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
Finance and Sales
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