India Branch Market Operations - Trade Confirmations Associate

Job Description

Join India Branch Market Operations and take ownership of trade confirmation delivery across foreign exchange and derivatives. You will resolve complex breaks, strengthen controls, and work across teams to improve accuracy and turnaround times. This role suits an experienced operations professional who can analyse issues, influence stakeholders, and use automation and artificial intelligence tools to improve how work gets done.

As a Trade Confirmations Associate in Market Operations, you will oversee the confirmation lifecycle for corporate and interbank foreign exchange and derivatives trades. You will manage complex exceptions, ensure timely and accurate confirmations, and apply Indian regulatory requirements to daily processes. You will use data and root-cause analysis to reduce repeat issues and lead process improvements. You will also work with technology and business partners to deliver controlled automation and system changes.

Job responsibilities

• Oversee confirmation processing for corporate and interbank foreign exchange and derivatives trades, ensuring trade terms and settlement details are accurate.
• Manage complex breaks and aged or unconfirmed trades, driving investigation, resolution, escalation, and clear documentation.
• Monitor trade population completeness and confirmation timeliness, identify control gaps, and ensure corrective actions are completed.
• Apply relevant Indian regulatory requirements and internal standards to confirmation processes and records.
• Analyse volumes, ageing, break causes, and counterparty trends to identify risks and improvement opportunities.
• Lead root-cause reviews and implement sustainable changes to reduce repeat breaks, manual work, and processing delays.
• Influence front office, middle office, reference data, onboarding, legal, technology, and counterparties to resolve issues and gain support for improvements.
• Lead or contribute to product, platform, and control changes, including requirements, user acceptance testing, implementation, and procedure updates.
• Identify and assess opportunities to use automation and artificial intelligence tools to improve accuracy and efficiency, applying appropriate controls.
• Provide guidance to colleagues and share knowledge to support consistent processing and stronger team capability.
  
   

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in trade confirmations, foreign exchange or derivatives operations, or a related financial services role.
• Strong knowledge of corporate or interbank foreign exchange and derivatives confirmation processes.
• Working knowledge of Indian regulatory requirements relevant to foreign exchange and derivatives operations.
• Proven experience managing complex exceptions, reconciliations, and control issues through to resolution.
• Strong analytical skills, including the ability to use data and root-cause analysis to identify trends and lasting solutions.
• Demonstrated experience leading or delivering process improvements with measurable operational outcomes.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence, build agreement, and gain support across teams.
• Strong risk and control judgement, with experience maintaining accurate records and supporting audit or regulatory requests.
• Experience with system changes, automation, or technology-enabled process improvements.
  
   

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience with electronic trade matching platforms.
• Experience using automation, analytics, or artificial intelligence tools in operations.
• Experience supporting foreign exchange options and other swaps within the desk’s product scope.

 

About Us

JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

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.

About the Team

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.