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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.

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Marex 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.

The Risk department at Marex is a vital component of the organization, responsible for maintaining the integrity and stability of its global operations. With an extensive understanding of market dynamics and regulatory requirements, the Risk team ensures that Marex consistently navigates the complex financial landscape with prudence and foresight. Collaborating closely with other divisions and leveraging technology, the department continuously monitors and manages various forms of risk, including market, credit, operational, change, and privacy. By fostering a robust risk culture and providing crucial insights to decision-makers, the Risk department plays an indispensable role in safeguarding Marex’s reputation and ensuring the continued success of its technology-driven, customer-centric approach.

Responsibilities:

• Working closely with Risk Managers and Risk Controllers to ensure smooth delivery of complex projects and workstreams. Ensure the highest level of data quality and integrity which feeds the risk systems.
• Delivering on allocated projects and system development items as well as proactively engaging on risk or control improvement ideas with the wider team.
• Articulate and present commercial effectiveness of requirement proposals within a project or initiative.
• Face off to one or many business areas and stakeholders understanding high level requirements and challenging where necessary.
• Work independently to elicit, validate and document systems requirements act as a key point of contact for the risk system development teams.
• Participation in the design process coordinated by the Risk Management team, participate in systems functionality approval and ensure the functionality/benefits envisaged are delivered.
• Support the Testing Strategy and input into the coverage of Test scenarios and conditions ensuring all requirements in scope are tested.
• Experience of the risk system development lifecycle, the roles and responsibilities on large projects and the motivations of the various stakeholders involved.
Furthermore, you are expected to:
• Ensurr 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.
• Be a role model for demonstrating highest level standards of integrity and conduct and reflecting Company Values.
• At all times comply with the FCA’s Code of Conduct.
• 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.
• Report any breaches of policy to Compliance and/ or your supervisor as required.
• Escalate risk events immediately.
• Provide input to risk management processes, as required.

Skills and Experience:

• A good understanding of financial markets gained in a Brokerage or Banking institution from either the Risk Management or Trading sides.
• Risk domain business knowledge desirable E.g. Initial/Variation Margin, Position Limits, Probability and Loss Given Default, VaR, Stress Testing & option greeks and concepts
• Experience in financial system project development and delivery cycles, and working across financial technology departments in a complex organization.
• Strong Data science, database and data visualization skills esp SQL and PowerBI.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, high level VBA skills within Excel
• Strong ability to assimilate information and understand and use complex systems, and take a logical and constructive approach to investigating and communicating system problems
• Understanding of how projects are delivered, including project lifecycle. Ability to understand and document processes using data flow diagrams
• Experience in documenting requirements, validating functional specifications, drafting testing approach plans and user acceptance test cases
• Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships across all areas of the firm and communicate effectively across all levels.
• Experience working in a regulated environment and knowledge of the risk and compliance requirements associated with this.
• University graduate in Finance, computer science or numerate related disciplines

Competencies:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• A collaborative team player, approachable, self-efficient and influences a positive work environment
• Demonstrates curiosity
• Resilient in a challenging, fast-paced environment
• Ability to take a high level of responsibility in a fast pace and high-volume environment
• Excels at building relationships, networking and influencing others
• Strategic collaborator with insight and agility, able to anticipate future challenges, ensuring operational effectiveness

If you’re forging a career in this area and are looking for your next step, get in touch!

Marex is fully committed to being an inclusive employer and providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all. We will provide reasonable adjustments to remove any disadvantage to you being considered for this role. We value the differences that a diverse workforce brings to the company.  We welcome applications from candidates returning to the workforce.  Also, Marex is committed to avoiding circumstances in which the appearance or possibility of conflicts of interest may exist within the hiring process.

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