Be part of J.P. Morgan's industry-leading Public Finance platform, serving municipalities, non-profits, and fixed income investors. Engage in trading and remarketing short-term products, focusing on market data analytics, process improvement, and technology solutions.
The public finance short-term trading team is responsible for trading and remarketing short-term products including VRDBs, TOBs, Commercial Paper, short-term notes, and bonds. The team also provides funding solutions to investor clients through Tender Option Bond (TOB) and preferred financing. In this role, you will work across these products, engaging with both issuer and investor clients. You will also focus on market data analytics, process improvement, and technology solutions.
Job responsibilities:
• Place new issue and CP rolls, set daily and weekly VRDB rates
• Make markets in short-term products and market leverage to investors
• Manage risk, liquidity, and exposure across short-term products, conduct pre- and post-trade analysis
• Provide short-term market updates to bankers and issuer clients
• Track market dynamics and investor demand; focus on advanced data analytics to provide actionable insights
• Work with trading and technology teams to streamline and increase automation of short-term desk processes
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:
• Knowledge of fixed income products and analysis is required; experience in municipal bonds is helpful
• Bachelor’s degree in relevant coursework (Economics, Finance, Data Science, Engineering, Math, or related)
• Team player with a positive attitude, strong work ethic, and ability to multi-task
• Ability to process multiple sets of information quickly and effectively while working in a high-volume fast-paced trading floor environment
• Focus on data analysis with the ability to identify impactful optimization and technology solutions
• Some combination of experience with Bloomberg, Python, VBA, R, SQL, Excel, and Tableau
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:
• Familiarity with modern front-end technologies and cloud technologies
• Ability to create a vision and actionable roadmap with a focus on ongoing innovation
• Ability to effectively maximize delivery of business goals and returns on investment