Business Analyst - 12 Month FTC

About Marex

Marex Group plc is a diversified global financial services platform, providing essential liquidity, market access and infrastructure services to clients in the energy, commodities and financial markets. It listed on Nasdaq Global Select Market in April 2024. With more than 35 offices in Europe, US and APAC, it has unique access across markets with significant share globally both on and off exchange. The depth of knowledge amongst its teams and divisions provides its customers with clear advantage, and its technology-led service provides access to all major exchanges, order-flow management via screen, voice and DMA, plus award-winning data, insights and analytics.

Marex Solutions, a division of Marex, is a specialist producer of tailored OTC derivatives and structured products. We are a highly entrepreneurial and fast growing manufacturer, trader and service provider of customised derivative solutions. We design and implement solutions to mitigate against market risks or to create investment opportunities. We leverage cutting edge technology to empower our customers and disrupt traditional investment banking practices.

For more information visit www.marex.com

Role Summary

Marex Solutions is a division of Marex providing investment banking solutions with a fintech mindset. We are looking for a senior business analyst to work very closely with our trading team, to analyse and document requirements covering pricing, trading and risk management, and to effectively feed those requirements into the technology delivery process.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with key stakeholders to obtain information on existing processes and workflows and document these
• Proactively identify enhancements to existing processes and document any business requirements, dependencies and priorities from stakeholders.
• Suggesting improvements and outlining the benefits of improvements in production processes and providing process flow documentation.
• Assist with the evaluation of third-party vendor systems and services.
• Support the development team in story creation, refinement and story pointing.
• Assist the development lead with managing project activities, processes and work packages to ensure the achievement of project deliverables.
• Help to shape future state IT architecture in terms of functional requirements.
• Support the roll out and testing of internally built or externally provided platforms for the Marex Solutions Business.
• Ensure compliance with the company’s regulatory requirements under the FCA.
• Adhere to the operational risk framework for your role ensuring that all regulatory or company determined parameters are complied with.
• Role model for demonstrating highest level standards of integrity and conduct and reflecting Company Values.
• At all times complying with the FCA’s Code of Conduct
• To ensure that you are fully aware of and adhere to internal policies that relate to you, your role or any other activities for which you have any level of responsibility
• To report any breaches of policy to Compliance and/ or your supervisor as required
• To escalate risk events immediately
• To provide input to risk management processes, as required.

Competencies

• Flexible, organized and driven attitude to work.
• Ability to balance and prioritize activities.
• Strategic collaborator with insight and agility, able to anticipate future challenges, ensuring operational effectiveness

Skills and Experience

• 3-4 years* prior experience in a business management role within financial services
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Working understanding of financial products, including derivatives.
• Proven track record in business analysis for front-office facing projects.
• Demonstrable experience with process flow and business processes.
• Experience and understanding of agile project management practices.
• Proficiency using Excel and with SQL for querying databases.
• Experience working in a regulated environment and knowledge of the risk and compliance requirements associated with this.

Conduct Rules

You must:

• Act with integrity
• Act with due skill, care and diligence
• Be open and cooperative with the FCA, the PRA and other regulators
• Pay due regard to the interests of customers and treat them fairly
• Observe proper standard of market conduct
• Act to deliver good outcomes for retail customers

Company Values

Acting as a role model for the values of the Company:

Respect - Clients are at the heart of our business, with superior execution and superb client service the foundation of the firm. We respect our clients and always treat them fairly.

Integrity
- Doing business the right way is the only way. We hold ourselves to a high ethical standard in everything we do – our clients expect this and we demand it of ourselves.

Collaborative
- We work in teams - open and direct communication and the willingness to work hard and collaboratively are the basis for effective teamwork. Working well with others is necessary for us to succeed at what we do.

Developing our People
- Our people are the basis of our competitive advantage. We look to “grow our own” and make Marex the place ambitious, hardworking, talented people choose to build their careers.

Adaptable and Nimble
- Our size and flexibility is an advantage. We are big enough to support our client’s various needs, and adaptable and nimble enough to respond quickly to changing conditions or requirements. A non-bureaucratic, but well controlled environment fosters initiative as well as employee satisfaction.

*applicants outside of the indicated range will also be considered

Marex is fully committed to the elimination of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the differences that a diverse workforce brings to the company.

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