Markets Operations - Cost Optimization Strategy Manager - Vice President

Overview

Are you ready to make a real impact on trading profitability? Join a team where your expertise drives both cost savings and revenue growth. You’ll collaborate with diverse colleagues, develop specialized skills, and gain a holistic view of trading profit and loss. Be part of a culture that values your ideas and supports your success.

• Understand the landscape of trading venues and their relationship with J.P. Morgan's trading desks
• Analyze large sets of trading data, brokerage data, and rate cards across asset classes to reveal costs associated with trades and identify avenues to reduce such costs
• Present findings from data analysis to the global team, respective desks, and business managers in an objective and precise manner
• Assist with ongoing and upcoming brokerage negotiations with brokers, including drafting of rate cards
• Support the design and implementation of management information systems, including management of visualization dashboards (Tableau)
• Manage internal stakeholders (Trading Desks, Business Managers, Operations, Finance, Legal, Controls) as well as external stakeholders (Brokers/Venues)
• Provide support to the Cost and Commission Services operations team on queries related to brokers/brokerage
• Provide regional updates to the Cost and Commission Services product team on market changes
• Assist in ad hoc projects such as Cost+, Client connectivity optimization, or other initiatives as deemed necessary by the business
• Collate metrics to measure, mitigate, monitor and report risk

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Finance, Business, or related disciplines
• Minimum 8 years of work experience in the Financial Services industry
• Thorough understanding of Over-the-Counter (OTC) traded products and trading venues
• Strong understanding of trading flows and the agency business model
• Advanced analytical skills with proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Excellent communication skills
• Knowledge of Tableau and Alteryx
• Excellent negotiation skills
• Act with integrity and with the best interests of the firm in mind

• Knowledge of Structured Query Language (SQL) queries is a plus
• Prior team management experience is beneficial

We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion. We do not discriminate on the basis of protected attributes, and we provide reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees as required by law.