Are you eager to develop your skills in a dynamic environment with exposure to various stakeholders, clients, and investment banking transactions? If so, this role is perfect for you.
As a Global Banking Deal Services Associate within the Global Banking Deal Services team at J.P. Morgan, you will partner with industry, product, and country banking teams to support client relationship management activities and the execution of deals across debt, equity, and mergers and acquisitions.
The ideal candidate for this role is results-oriented, has a commercial mindset, is client-centric, and fosters teamwork and inclusion. You must demonstrate the ability to work across a global organization and navigate a highly matrixed environment, with a commitment to delivering excellent client experience to bankers and their clients.
Job responsibilities
- Build and maintain strong relationships with deal teams, supporting the origination and execution phases of transactions for a portfolio of clients across various sectors in EMEA
- Ensure timely completion of client activities and transaction milestones (e.g., client negative media coverage, ESG/sustainability related assessment, sanctions due diligence, deal announcements, and deal closure)
- Join due diligence calls with deal teams to identify and coordinate necessary follow-up actions
- Manage and monitor deal pipeline
- Collaborate with compliance, legal, credit, research, finance and business management, and other teams on clients and transactions
- Attend meetings and provide end-to-end oversight of the underwriting committee approval process
- Partner with our Wholesale KYC Operations team to facilitate advisory for new and existing business, ensuring the timely and accurate completion
- Identify and implement opportunities to streamline processes, alleviating administrative workloads and improving efficiency
- Monitor deal controls closely to ensure milestones are delivered on time and issues are escalated and resolved quickly
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Previous experience and sound knowledge of investment banking products such as Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Equity Capital Markets (ECM), Leveraged Finance (LF), Debt Capital Markets (DCM), or Loans
- Comfortable interacting with clients and senior executives, on a regular basis
- Highly self-driven with the ability to work independently and take full ownership
- Flexibility to juggle multiple tasks and adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Strong decision-making skills, with the ability to identify problems and drive effective resolutions
- A proactive mindset with a track record of delivering dependable, timely, and accurate partnership to deal teams and clients
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Excellent written and communication skills
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- A background in relationship management, sales, or deal execution is advantageous