Valuation Control Group Analyst

**JOB DESCRIPTION**
At J.P. Morgan you will have the chance to be part of an amazing development journey while contributing to support our customers ‘needs.

Buenos Aires is one of JP Morgan's key strategic hubs with over 3,100 employees supporting different areas like Operations, Technology, Finance, Credit Risk, Human Resources, Legal.. among others, providing value-added services, products and solutions to our clients located in various countries around the world.

The **Valuation Control Group (VCG)** is an independent group within Finance whose primary responsibility is to ensure that the firm’s risk portfolios are fairly valued. The group sets independent pricing and valuation adjustments policies, executes & generates results, and then works with Trading to remediate and prevent issues on an ongoing basis. VCG also works to identify and control potential valuation risk concentrations, uncertainty in pricing inputs, and valuation model uncertainty.

The group is organized along business lines such as the Investment Bank and Consumer & Community Bank and works closely with Traders, CFOs, Market Risk, Product Control, Model Governance and Quantitative Research to ensure a complete understanding of business issues and the accurate execution of valuation policy. The group plays a critical role within the Firm and has exposure to senior management, Business heads, Regulators, and both internal and external audit.

**Job responsibilities**:

- Responsible for all aspects of the valuation control framework for the Commodities desk, including independent price verification, valuation and prudent valuation adjustments, valuation adjustment stress and fair value measurement.
- Implement new tools to enhance control efficiency and contribute to methodology enhancements
- Partner with Quantitative Research and Model Review Groups to assess limitations in trading models and implement compensating controls and model limitation adjustments.
- Collaborate with Front Office and key Finance, Technology and Risk partners providing value add analysis on month-end results, illiquid and concentrated valuation positions, revenue from new/complex and new products
- Partner or participate in projects within the group and the wider Finance organization together with Front Office, QR and Technology and participate in regulatory exams and address bank’s regulators inquiries

**Required qualifications, capabilities and skills**
- Good understanding and keen interest in financial markets, combined with strong analytical abilities and willingness to contribute as part of a high performing team.
- Must have quantitative aptitude and keen interest in financial markets and products. Understanding of or training in financial products or derivatives pricing a plus.
- Critical thinker with sound judgement and ability to challenge constructively.
- Curious personality; inclusive; detail oriented; Always looking to improve.
- Basic Microsoft Office & strong Excel skills are required.

**Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills**
- Experience with Advanced Excel, PowerPoint, Visual Basic, automation and database skills a plus
- Knowledge of data science (e.g. Machine learning), analytics platform (e.g. Alteryx) and data visualization tool (e.g. Tableau) a plus
- Commodities markets and products experience is preferred.

If you join the company, you will be part of a diverse and inclusive team that supports each other and will empower you to do your best work.

Your wellbeing is very important to us. Below you´ll find some examples of ongoing initiatives to promote it and a link to learn more about our benefits & culture:

- Home office/flexible work arrangements and work tools to ensure a great experience.
- Generous vacation, exam and parental leave.
- Support for parents, including Family Network that provides support to parents and caregivers, Lactation room on premise, and Paid Day care for your children up to 6-years-old.
- Medical coverage for you and your family, including domestic partners.
- Employee Assistance Program which provides personal and confidential advisory on psychological, financial and legal matters.
- Wellness programs - e.g. Yoga, stretching and mindfulness classes delivered on premises.
- Language classes, mentorship programs and customized trainings.
- Platform for employee discounts in Buenos Aires.
- Many others that will be presented to you if you join the team.

**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 li