Alternative Fund Services - Product Development - Associate - Bangalore

Alternative Fund Services – Product Development – Associate – Bangalore

 About J.P. Morgan Corporate & Investment Bank 

J.P. Morgan’s Corporate & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets and investor services. The world’s most important corporations, governments and institutions entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. With $18 trillion of assets under custody and $393 billion in deposits, the Corporate & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world. 

 Securities Services

Securities Services, is a global industry leader with $18 trillion in assets under custody. J.P. Morgan provides innovative custody, fund accounting and administration and securities services to the world’s largest institutional investors, alternative asset managers and debt and equity issuers. J.P. Morgan’s Securities Services business is comprised of Custody, Accounting, Transfer Agency, Middle Office outsourcing, Foreign Exchange, and other activities related to servicing assets for traditional and alternative funds; it leverages its scale and capabilities in more than 100 markets to help clients optimize efficiency, mitigate risk and enhance revenue through a broad range of investor services as well as securities clearance, collateral management and alternative investment services.

 Function Overview 
The successful candidate will be working with the team responsible for PERES client reporting, use and deployment of platforms to achieve optimization in a controlled environment. The candidate will be expected to assist in develop a client reporting function across close ended structures, develop and deploy standardized & customized reporting, client data analytics, work with teams driving change and implement operational efficiencies in a controlled fashion through effective use of our technology stack

 Key Roles and Responsibilities 

• Work with the global product team to come up with a standard client offering 
• Work on developing client reporting solutions using crystal reporting and SSRS 
• Work on developing client dash boarding solutions using Tableau.
• Liaise with third party technology provider, FIS, to ensure optimal use of technology 
• Evaluate/document the existing reports and normalize the reports to remove redundancy
• Evaluate technology training needs of PERES staff and devise adequate training programs to ensure effective technology usage  
• Assist in managing IT direct and indirect costs for PERES platforms 
• Support Sales and Client Services for clients for pitches
• Enthusiasm & Influence: Drive and influence change within an Operations and Technology environment
• Organization & Planning: Track and monitor multiple deliverables and give clarity and direction to all stakeholders
• Controls: Ensure appropriate adherence to Risk and Control policy and put appropriate risk mitigation in place.
• Communication Skills: Adapt communication style according to audience and occasion while being clear and unambiguous in conveying the message. Ability to influence and manage stake holders is a key
• Proven verbal and written skills for updates as required to senior management including overall governance (milestone tracking and reporting, monthly and quarterly achievements) and call reports

  Required Qualifications and Characteristics:

• B Tech/MCA/ BCOM  degree and equivalent experience
• Deep techno-functional expertise of FIS Investran & DX 
• Crystal, SSRS, Tableau and VBA skills 
• Exposure to Private Equity Reporting 
• Ability to converse with fund accountants to gather their requirements and the competence to convert the requirements into a reporting solution 
• Strong financial and analytical skill set 
• Self-starter with a proven track record in private equity fund administration 
• Strong organizational and planning skills, with the ability to manage many tasks at once in a structured manner 
• An ability to work in teams distributed across the globe and travel to onshore offices 
• Specific experience supporting fund administration 
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to interact at all levels (both internal and client) 
• Self-motivated, quick learner, comfortable with responsibility
• Strong at building relationships across teams
• Proven good judgment, particularly with prioritizing your own workload – including managing multiple deliveries simultaneously
• Ability to multi-task, dynamically prioritize workloads

The role is based in Bangalore but will involve interaction with J.P. Morgan teams across the globe

Shift timing: - 2:30 Pm to 11:30 Pm IST