Counterparty Risk - Associate

JPMorgan Chase & Co. • Full Time • Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong S.A.R. • 2d ago

Counterparty Risk (CCR), part of Wholesale Credit Risk, is responsible for measuring and monitoring counterparty exposures across OTC derivatives (cleared and non-cleared), Futures and Options, Prime Brokerage, Securities Financing, CCPs and Commodities. The broader CCR organization oversees exposure measurement, risk monitoring and escalation, ad hoc risk investigations and analyses, assessment of collateral and margin arrangements, ownership of credit exposure metrics, and the development and maintenance of related exposure calculation and reporting capabilities. This is a dynamic area of risk management at the intersection of markets, Credit, and analytics, offering broad product exposure and the opportunity to contribute to high-impact risk and transformation initiatives.

As a Counterparty Risk Associate (Associate) in the Asia Pacific Counterparty Credit Risk Coverage team, you evaluate and monitor counterparty exposures across derivatives, listed products, prime brokerage, and financing activities. You’ll analyze onboarding and portfolio risk, including margin and collateral considerations, and help strengthen day-to-day risk management processes. You’ll partner closely with Sales, Trading, and Credit stakeholders to form risk views and communicate clear recommendations. You’ll contribute to investigation and escalation of emerging risks during market events. You’ll also help improve analytical tooling and reporting to make monitoring more efficient and decision-useful.

Job Responsibilities

Provide risk coverage for Prime Brokerage, Clearing, OTC Bilateral and Securities Financing Businesses, including but not limited to review client onboarding, assess margin adequacy; identify, analyze, monitor, and escalate counterparty exposures through various metrics (e.g. Stress, Peak, Portfolio Thresholds, concentrations)
Partner with Business and Credit Risk team to evaluate limit sizing for new and existing clients; form risk appetite views and provide credible challenge to business stakeholders
Deliver ad-hoc risk analyses in response to market events, business questions, or senior management requests; synthesize complex results into actionable conclusions.
Develop and maintain analytical tools and automation solutions using Python, AI/LLM-enabled techniques where relevant, and other data tooling to streamline monitoring and analysis processes and support more efficient decision-making
Partner with CCR Methodologies, Quantitative Research and Technology to improve exposure methodology changes, model limitations, overlays/compensation

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative or finance-related discipline (e.g., Financial Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Finance, Economics).
Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in counterparty risk, market risk, credit risk or data/analytics roles.
Working knowledge of counterparty credit risk products and concepts, including derivatives (bilateral and cleared), Futures and Options, Prime Brokerage, Securities Financing, and margin/collateral fundamentals.
Proficiency in Python and SQL, plus comfort with large datasets and analytical workflows; experience with data/visualization tooling (e.g., Tableau, Alteryx), large language model (LLM) and AI toolsets
Strong communication skills – able to explain technical topics to non-specialists and present clear risk conclusions.
Strong ownership mindset, sound judgment, and confidence to challenge assumptions while maintaining constructive stakeholder partnerships.
Strong execution skills: organized, control-minded, able to manage multiple priorities and deliver under time pressure.

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.

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.

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