Risk Strategy Associate

Bring your expertise to JPMorgan Chase.  As part of Credit Risk Management, you are at the center of keeping JPMorgan Chase 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 Credit Risk Management is all about thinking outside the box, challenging the status quo and striving to be best-in-class.

As a Strategic Analytics Associate within the Credit Risk Management Team, you will play a pivotal role in identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks to ensure we operate within established risk parameters and achieve long-term performance goals for our cards business. This position requires a proactive individual with passion for continuous learning and intellectual curiosity.  

Job responsibilities

• Lead comprehensive analytics to measure and challenge key business initiatives and be able to independently generate solutions

• Provide thought leadership and lead initiatives end to end, including defining problem statements, identifying risks and opportunities, securing stakeholder buy-in, and bringing ideas to life

• Work independently and with various teams to identify and assess performance trends, utilizing both statistical and data mining tools and quantitative methodologies

• Conduct root cause analysis to provide clear, actionable recommendations to senior leadership and various stakeholders

• Prepare and present detailed risk monitoring reports to senior management and stakeholders, ensuring clear communication of findings

• Support the development and maintenance of the company’s risk management framework, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements

• Monitor internal and external behavioral data along with public information on industry trends, regulatory changes, and credit risk management best practices to continuously improve risk management processes

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• A degree in a quantitative discipline (ex: Finance, Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, Operations Research, among others) 
• Minimum 1+ years of analytics experience
• Ability to logically structure and execute analyses using strong analytic, interpretive and problem solving skills
• Ability to translate complex analysis into practical solutions and create concise presentations with sound business conclusions 
• Possess the drive to succeed, be results oriented, have high attention to detail, and independently make decisions
• Previous experience with either SAS, SQL, Python, or Tableau analytic tools (other coding languages would be considered)

• Knowledge of consumer lending business