Risk Management - Counterparty Credit Risk – Prime Brokerage Coverage Lead – Executive Director
JPMorgan Chase · New York, United States · 1mo ago
Bring your Expertise to JPMorganChase. As part of Risk Management and Compliance, you are at the center of keeping JPMorganChase strong and resilient. You help the firm grow its business in a responsible way by anticipating new and emerging risks and using your expert judgement to solve real-world challenges that impact our company, customers and communities. Our culture in Risk Management and Compliance is all about thinking outside the box, challenging the status quo and striving to be best-in-class.
As an Executive Director in the Counterparty Credit Risk team, you will play a key role in managing and mitigating counterparty credit risk across a diverse portfolio. You identify, analyze, and escalate exposures, validate risk reporting, and act as a subject matter expert on margin methodologies and processes. You partner with Credit Officers, Sales and Trading, Market Risk, and senior management to ensure robust risk governance and timely escalation. You help us strengthen risk controls, challenge assumptions, and drive improvements in exposure metrics and reporting.
Job responsibilities:
- Act as Counterparty Credit Risk coverage lead supporting Prime Brokerage
- Identify, analyze, monitor, and escalate counterparty exposures, including concentrations and stress vulnerabilities
- Validate daily risk and exposure reporting, escalating concerns to Credit Officers, senior management, and the front office
- Serve as subject matter expert on Prime Brokerage margin methodologies, processes, and supporting systems
- Review client margin requests, assess adequacy versus stress exposures, and provide recommendations for approval
- Maintain strong knowledge of Prime Brokerage clients and business activity, formulating risk appetite views and challenging risk requests
- Monitor margin adequacy and risk across top Prime Brokerage counterparties and portfolios
- Apply Counterparty Stress Analysis framework to analyze and monitor exposures
- Partner with business and risk stakeholders on exposure topics, methodology releases, model limitations, and policy enhancements
- Contribute to firmwide initiatives related to counterparty credit exposure metrics, reporting, and technical enhancements
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:
- 10 years of experience in risk management and/or counterparty credit risk, including exposure monitoring, margining, stress analysis, and risk governance
- Strong understanding of financial markets and ability to assess the impact of market moves on counterparty exposures
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with ability to synthesize complex data into clear risk conclusions and recommendations
- Proven ownership mindset with ability to operate independently in a dynamic environment
- Strong judgment and ability to challenge assumptions and escalate issues with clarity and professionalism
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience presenting to senior stakeholders
- Strong organizational and project management skills, with ability to manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines
- Proficiency in using large language model (LLM) and AI toolsets
- Experience in risk management and/or counterparty credit risk, including exposure monitoring, margining, stress analysis, and risk governance (Prime Brokerage Risk Management preferred)
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:
- Experience in risk management and/or counterparty credit risk, including exposure monitoring, margining, stress analysis, and risk governance (Prime Brokerage Risk Management preferred)