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

As the Special Credits Officer for the Special Credits Group (SCG), you will play a pivotal role in managing a portfolio of stressed and distressed credits. In SCG, you will focus on risk-managing and maximizing the recovery of JP Morgan’s credit exposure through early intervention in and financial restructuring of stressed/distressed borrowers. 

This is an exciting opportunity for you to join a dynamic, diverse team within Special Credits Group organization. We are actively looking for exceptionally talented individuals who are collaborative, confident and motivated to provide a first-class experience. You will be working alongside a team of talented colleagues from other functions and businesses to provide you with the opportunity to take your career to the next level. 

 

Job responsibilities 

Assist internal transaction teams on new originations and restructurings with material complex legal, financial, reputational, and jurisdictional issues and coordinate with payments and operations partners to mitigate potential payments or settlement risk Collaborate with internal deal teams including Corporate/Financial Institutions Group/Emerging Markets Credit Risk Management, Coverage, Global Corporate Bank, Leveraged Finance, Payments, Legal, Compliance and Secondary Loan trading; reviewing complex legal, financial and jurisdictional issues with an objective of improving credit structures on transactions Work with lenders, company management, financial advisors, and outside counsel on generating optimal solutions for the repayment of credit exposure and preserving important client relationships Assist in the credit decision-making process in live stressed/distressed situations on an advisory/managed basis Prepare quarterly Credit Surveillance, accounting and regulatory reporting on portfolio names Develope exposure management and evaluating loan sale opportunities, preparing valuations on securities/ other instruments received from previous restructurings and formulating trading and disposal strategies Provide leadership on the wholesale regulatory, accounting and risk reporting agenda as well as other SCG-specific activities including crisis management and problem credit playbooks

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills 

Significant experience of Credit Risk management and/or Leveraged Finance experience Relevant restructuring or leveraged finance structuring experience across multiple jurisdictions, as well as previous exposure to managing large lending syndicates or executing complex leveraged transactions Outstanding verbal and written communication skills Able to work well under pressure in a demanding environment