Markets Operations

**JOB DESCRIPTION**
Markets Securities Operations is responsible for settlement, clearance, and asset servicing functions across all asset classes globally. The group consists of three core teams: Broker Dealer Settlement Operations, Markets Asset Servicing, and Regulatory Operations. Each year Securities Operations processes over 1.5 billion securities settlements & exchange executions, 2 million margin related collateral moves and issues over 40 million client statements across more than 70 markets including Mexico, Chile, Brazil, Canada, Spain, Middle East, and North Africa.

**Role Description**:
As part of the Markets Securities Operations leadership team, the** Buenos Aires Head of** **Markets Securities Operations** is responsible for oversight and supervision of the monitoring, analysis, and processing of transactions in the offshored location in Buenos Aires and continuing to oversee the growth of the team in the location.

Our teams are instilled with the drive to succeed in a challenging environment and enforce the need for timely execution of deliverables. You will leverage your experience with various trading products and services to protect the firm’s global risk exposure.

This role will partner with stakeholders in Operations, Technology, and other teams.

Job responsibilities:

- Manage and oversee the markets securities operations teams in Buenos Aires consisting of around 50 employees, to ensure timely and accurate processing, actively using metrics to monitor accomplishment of goals/performance levels and operational objectives
- Coordinate closely with the functional leads in the Markets Securities Operations management team to ensure consistency of process, controls and strategy across the global teams
- Attract, develop, and retain a high performance and diverse team.
- Utilize data analytics to define and measure process performance and continuously seek opportunities to improve and mitigate risk across post trade processing.
- Manage associated resources and expenses within the targeted annual budget.
- Facilitate the adoption and usage of automation toolsets and AI-enabled solutions to create capacity opportunities and reduce manual process interventions.
- Ensuring clear integration and communication locally and dissemination of local management information and initiatives

**Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills**:

- 12+ years of relevant Operations, Risk & Controls management experience within Financial Services;
- Prior experience and strong knowledge of financial markets and products
- Analytical problem solver with excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to think strategically and to partner and influence relevant stakeholders
- Ability to lead a control focused culture that nurtures excellence and transparency
- Ability to drive a culture of risk awareness and proactive risk identification and assessment
- Must be highly disciplined, and can execute in a fast-paced, results-driven environment
- Bachelor’s degree required

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

- Post trade services

**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**

The Corporate & Investment Bank is a global leader across investment banking, wholesale payments, markets and securities services. The world’s most important corporations, governments and institutions entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. We provide strategic advice, raise capital, manage risk and extend liquidity in markets around the world.