Sales Trading Assistant

Job Description

As a Sales & Trading  Assistant, you will support the day-to-day servicing of institutional clients and execution of client orders. You will engage with both domestic and international clients, collaborate with internal stakeholders (sales, trading, research, operations, and technology), and help drive business outcomes through market analysis and operational excellence. You will play a vital role in ensuring smooth pre-trade and post-trade operations, supporting product and process enhancement initiatives, and maintaining high standards of risk management and compliance. Your work directly impacts our client franchise and the firm’s reputation for excellence. This role offers on-the-job training and the opportunity to progressively build product knowledge and client responsibilities over time.

 

Job Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with regional sales teams to effectively service clients.
• Support senior sales in handling daily client requests and needs.
• Proactively learn about research, corporate access, and sales products to better serve clients.
• Communicate ideas and market intelligence to colleagues and clients frequently.
• Support client order execution through direct market access and algorithmic trading platforms
• Assist with pre-trade analysis, index constituent research, and trade processing
• Prepare and send trade recaps, termsheets, and market update summaries to clients
• Respond to client queries and macro-economic market research requests
• Collaborate with internal teams to resolve client and operational issues
• Prepare market content using news, views and JPM research
• Facilitate onboarding of clients for market products
• Support product development and IT initiatives to improve trading desk processes
• Ensure compliance with risk management, legal, and regulatory requirements
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Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent 
• Strong interest in financial markets and trading 
• Strong communication skills and the ability to interact comfortably with colleagues, clients, and management.
• Highly motivated, proactive, and able to work well both independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to multitask, prioritize, and meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Proficiency (or strong aptitude to learn) market and product terminology, transaction cycles, and trading platforms

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.