Cash Equities Operations - Analyst
JPMorgan ChaseJoin a team where your analytical skills and attention to detail directly support the smooth movement of trades across Indian equity markets. In Cash Equities Operations, you will work at the intersection of clients, exchanges, custodians, and global desks — gaining broad exposure to the full trade lifecycle.
As an Analyst in Cash Equities Operations, you will manage trade contracting, settlement, and accounting across the Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange. You will coordinate with clients, custodians, exchanges, and global desks to ensure every trade moves accurately from execution to settlement. You will also handle regulatory reporting, respond to client and regulator queries, and identify opportunities to improve how the team operates. This role suits someone who is detail-oriented, proactive, and comfortable working under pressure in a deadline-driven environment.
Job responsibilities
- Execute trade contracting and settlement functions, ensuring accuracy and timeliness across the end-to-end trade lifecycle.
- Coordinate with clients, custodians, exchanges, depositories, banks, and overseas desks to ensure smooth trade processing and settlement.
- Prepare and send trade confirmations to clients in line with regulatory and internal standards.
- Manage trade settlement and accounting processes, including bank accounting and ledger reconciliation.
- Prepare management information reporting to support business decisions and operational transparency.
- Respond to regulator and client queries within required service levels, ensuring compliance and escalating issues as necessary.
- Handle exchange reporting requirements, ensuring timely and accurate submissions to the Bombay Stock Exchange, National Stock Exchange, and other regulatory bodies.
- Perform root-cause analysis on trade exceptions to increase straight-through processing rates and reduce client inquiries.
- Identify opportunities to improve trade lifecycle processes and support their implementation.
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Commerce, or a related discipline.
- Minimum 3 years of experience in stock broking operations, including trade contracting, settlements, trade and bank accounting, reconciliations, and
- coordination with banks, custodians, exchanges, and depositories.
- Solid accounting knowledge with proficiency in financial data reconciliation and ledger management.
- Strong understanding of cash equities regulatory frameworks, including Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange regulations.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to coordinate across clients, custodians, exchanges, overseas desks, and internal teams.
- Ability to manage high volumes with discipline and focus in a deadline-driven environment.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Access, with familiarity with tools such as Tableau, Alteryx, UiPath, and OwlDQ.
- Self-starter with a strong risk and control mindset and the ability to learn quickly.
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Understanding of India cash equities exchange operations, trade lifecycle, reconciliation rules, and custody coordination.