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Typical Week
Monday
Wake up at 06:30 to catch the first shuttle bus to the campus. When I arrive at work, I get a cup of tea and something to eat from our coffee shop and be at my desk for 07:45.
After checking my e-mails, I look at the queries raised by Affirmations and Middle Office and after that start with my work load.
At 12:00 I take one hour lunch break. Some days, I get a sandwich and stay at my desk to spend my lunchtime working. I usually work until 19:00 and sleep at 24:00.
Tuesday
We have our weekly team meeting for an hour, where we discuss all the aspects of our work, any changes to be made within our team, any complaints, observations, training programmes and our social events.
Wednesday
Every Wednesday, I spend 2 hours on the internet to learn more about our market, products and our competitors. I also spend sometime doing online training. Wednesday evening I usually go to the movies with my friends.
Thursday
Thursdays are not really any different then Mondays.
Friday
I try to finish early on Fridays to go out for dinner with friends. Some Fridays, I take a bus to London to spend my weekend there.
Saturday
I wake up at 12:00. If the weather is nice I go to the beach with my friends.
Sunday
Sundays I do some house work and then usually go to the beach.
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My Background
After graduating from TED Ankara College and obtaining my Chemistry degree from Middle East Technical University, I started working for an IT company as a sales person.
To change my career direction, I decided to do an MBA at the University of Brighton after which I returned to Turkey and started working as an analyst for Demir-Halk Bank in Turkey.
After 2 months of my employment with Demirbank, we experienced a takeover by the government in the 2000 Crisis. I was sent to our head office in Ankara and then to a representative office in Istanbul where there I was working as a financial analyst of our loan customers. In June 2003, I was offered a transfer to our London branch.
After 14 months in London, the management of DHB decided to close the London branch. After an intense period of job hunting, I found a role at JPMorgan Chase in Bournemouth as an Equity Derivatives Legal Documentation Specialist.
My Job
At the operations campus in Bournemouth there are approximately 4500 people working, and in our floor we are around 200-250 people.
My usual day starts at half-seven in the morning, where I go through the queries that have been raised by the Affirmations Team the day before. My job consists of comparing the Swap Deal tickets, which have been booked by Middle Office with the system producing confirmations that are to be sent out to counter-parties. I look for any discrepancies between the bookings and the outgoing legal confirmations. If there are any amendments to be made, it is my responsibility to make them and match the confirmation to the most recent deal ticket.
We do not have too much stress in our job, but there is always too much work to be done, so I spend 11 hours at work almost everyday.
My Work Environment and Training
JPMC really value their employees and provide us with many training opportunities within the bank.For example,in my second week after joining the bank I received a three full days of training on derivative products, which was compulsory for new starters.There is always a course going on within the bank and there are opportunities for everyone to get the training courses they want. In fact all JPMorgan employees have to receive at least 40 hours of training every year on their own choices.
Worst Bits
It might get monotonous sometimes.And I do not get many chances to meet our clients, our marketers and traders.
Best Bits
Best part of my job is, although I am working for a big Investment bank, there is not much stress involved in my job. And it is always up to me to bring down the work load and keep our statistics at low figures. It all depends on my hardworking.
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