J.P. Morgan’s Corporate & Investment Bank (CIB) is a global leader across banking, markets and investor services. The world’s most important corporations, governments and institutions entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. With over $24 trillion of assets under custody and $430 billion in deposits, the Corporate & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.

Global Trade (GT) is a division of JPM Payments. For more than 200 years, J.P. Morgan has helped clients make trade payments, access liquidity, and manage risk. We connect counterparties with market-leading Traditional Trade, Supply Chain Finance, and Export Finance solutions. Our institutional strength, practical expertise, comprehensive technology, and unparalleled network enable us to deliver powerful global solutions, when and where our clients need them. Our global product and technology platform, integrated client service model and network of operational centers enable us to deliver a consistent set of services to clients no matter where they are across the world.

Position Description: GT EMEA Export & Agency Finance Associate will be responsible for the successful implementation of Export & Agency Finance (EAF), Sales Finance (SF), Inventory Finance (IF) and Risk Participation. Reporting to the Team Lead and covering Structured Solutions Products booked into Loan IQ (EAF, IF and SF), the principal objective of this position is to primarily assist with the deal execution, day to day management of the products, to ensure the seamless implementation. It is also responsible for the Transactional Control aspects of credit related Trade products.

Key Objectives

• Work in collaboration with the Originators to structure appropriate facilities in support of aggressive revenue targets
• Manage the deal execution and client implementation process to establish facilities in an efficient manner
• Ensure deal monitoring and adherence to all transactional control conditions established to minimise operational risk and to be able to identify areas where such risks develop where transactional controls need to be developed or adjusted
• Work with external parties to manage facilities in compliance with contractual arrangements including timely and accurate reporting
• Produce all necessary metrics for external/internal reporting
• Act as the focal point for other stakeholders including Risk Management, Credit, Credit Middle Office, Sales, Product and Operations

Principal Responsibilities

Key elements of the job are:

• As required, review all associated documentation and provide input to origination team with regard to functional aspects of proposed transactions
• Oversee the implementation of the facilities within the Bank’s systems
• Undertake all liaison with respective external parties in the management of related financing structures
• Provide instruction/input to Operations in respect of drawdown and repayment schedules
• Refer to the Global product specific SOP and appropriate annex(es) in case of default, send notices of delay, demand letters consult with Legal and Sales, and submit claims to respective ECA/insurance providers
• Provide periodic reports as required in relation to audit requests, ICC and others as required
• Serve as a point of escalation to ensure timely resolution of issues
• Ensure any identified changes in policy and procedures are communicated to appropriate support areas and appropriately noted in applicable SOPs and SLAs
• As part of the Transactional Control team, diarise for receipt and arrange for collection and storage of all transaction documents. Adhering to the bank’s policies with regard storage of soft and paper copy documents
• Responsible for deal implementation, documentation management and technical implementation, to execute new deals within a robust control framework, and to perform ongoing monitoring of live deals throughout the life-cycle.
• Support projects for process improvements to deliver global consistency, scalability and minimize manual touchpoints.
• Manage dashboards and metrics to demonstrate a high quality of support with clear and consistent statistics.

Knowledge and Skill Requirements

• Verifiable experience in managing loans is absolutely essential
• A practical knowledge of the EAF, SF and IF products would be an advantage as would understanding/experience of structured transactions.
• The successful candidate should be able to work in a virtual team environment, across multiple disciplines and locations and be able to multitask within the broader scope of the TSD team
• Managing work flow to ensure timely execution of new deals is important as time to revenue is a key Performance Indicator
• The candidate must be able to demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills in English to communicate across the organisation but also with clients on a needs basis.
• A strong team player is required for this role, someone who can demonstrate time management and planning ability and the flexibility to operate across multiple functions as a member of the wider EMEA Trade team
• Ability to demonstrate relevant product and industry experience, with knowledge of corporate finance, corporate credit, regulatory and legal risk.
• Drive to engage effectively across teams, taking a proactive role, focusing on the day to day processes.
• Proficiency in customized data analytics, advanced working knowledge of Excel (macros, pivots, and graphs) and PowerPoint applications.
• Ability to demonstrate team work, risk and change management mindset.
• Ability to demonstrate organizational skills are required for support of projects.
• Ability to partner in a virtual team environment across multiple locations

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. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

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