Corporate & Investment Bank - Fixed Income Financing Sales - Associate

**JOB DESCRIPTION**
You will be based in the Sydney Office but will be part of the wider and growing fixed income financing focused team in Asia.

You will support the wider Asia based sales team who deal in all major markets including but not limited to AUD, NZD, USD, JPY, SGD, EUR and EM local currencies, as it pertains to repo and financing products. You will transact in these markets across a wide range of clients (asset managers, insurance accounts, pension funds, banks, sovereign wealth funds, hedge funds, etc). You will be someone who thrives in a role where a great deal of independent work is required given the regional team so a self-starter attitude is a must. You will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills as a large part of your role will entail frequent and ongoing dialogue between both internal stakeholders and clients. Your main client base will be onshore in Australia but you will provide backup coverage to the rest of the team in the region also.

**Job responsibilities**
- Daily execution of client trades
- Collaborate with our partners in trading and research in Sydney, Tokyo, Singapore and Hong Kong to provide comprehensive client coverage, including fulfilling client requests for market updates, execution and providing clients with market intelligence
- Work closely with the other product sales team to provide repo and financing specialist market expertise
- Take responsibility for full trade lifecycle starting from checking KYC, legal documentation, credit lines to then trade execution including trade booking, and general sales coverage
- Demonstrate proficiency in identifying market drivers and product lingo while showing a high degree of interest in broader fixed income markets

**Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills**
- Relevant experience in a front-office markets role and a solid understanding of macroeconomics
- Strong understanding of global fixed income markets products with particular emphasis on repo/reverse repo and funding tools
- Clear, logical thinker with strong qualitative abilities and creative problem solver with ability to perform well under pressure
- Strong team player that is detail oriented with a highly disciplined approach to process and quality control
- Effective communication skills to interact with internal partners and clients

**Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills**
- Knowledge of global repo/funding markets, especially in the government bond space
- Proficiency in Bloomberg, Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint
- Ability to learn quickly, multi-task and self-manage priorities

**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. 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.

We recognize that our people are our strength and 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 at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

**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 throughout the world 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.