Corporate Strategy Associate

At J.P. Morgan Chase, Strategy shapes, accelerates and helps deliver our most important strategic priorities in close partnership with our businesses. Strategy is comprised of talented individuals who work directly with members of the Operating Committee and CEOs of our businesses on a wide variety of initiatives.

As an Associate on the the Corporate Strategy team, you will be at the forefront of shaping and delivering our most important strategic initiatives. You will support mission-critical projects to solve the firm’s most challenging strategic questions and drive innovation. In addition to working on cutting-edge topics at the frontier of financial services, as a Strategy Associate, you will help connect the dots across our businesses, ensuring that we bring the best solutions to our clients. 

Job Responsibilities

• Support initiatives/projects to resolve diverse problems identified by senior leaders at the bank, including but not limited to developing growth strategies, assessing and planning new market entry or new product development, evaluating partnerships and inorganic investments, as well as designing operating models
• Apply structured problem-solving and design thinking to address top strategic priorities
• Gather, synthesize, analyze and present project data and findings (e.g., financial modeling, valuation)
• Execute creative analyses and provide insight to identify issues and arrive at recommendations
• Perform competitor/industry research leveraging both public and non-public sources
• Develop strategic presentations for internal and external audiences
• Monitor industry trends and share insightful reports and analyses with broader team and senior executives

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Bachelor's degree
• 3+ years of diverse problem solving experience from either a premier management consulting firm, an investment banking (M&A, Coverage, Capital Markets, Equity Research) division, or another internal Strategy group
• An outstanding ability to analyze problems, apply quantitative analytical approaches, communicate effectively and confidently (oral and written), work well in cross-functional teams
• Interpersonal leadership and influencing skills
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills
• Excellent and efficient skills using MS Excel and PowerPoint tools

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience with Banking clients or Financial Institutions Group (FIG) experience