We are a diversified global financial services platform, connecting clients to global energy, metals, agricultural and financial markets. Across our businesses we provide critical high value-add services in Market Making, Execution and Clearing, Hedging and Investment Solutions, Price Discovery and Data & Advisory.

We have a leading franchise in many major metals, energy and agricultural products, executing around 38 million trades and clearing over 193 million contracts in 2021.

The Group provides access to the world’s major commodity markets, covering a broad range of clients that include some of the largest commodity producers, consumers and traders, banks, hedge funds and asset managers.

Marex was established in 2005 but through its subsidiaries can trace its roots in the commodity markets back almost 100 years. Headquartered in London with 29 offices worldwide, the Group has over 1,600 employees across Europe, Asia and America.

State-of-the-art electronic and voice broking services facilitate all types of trading strategies. This is backed by decades of experience, with Marex emphasising intellectual knowledge and insight, alongside access to extensive data sets and the latest analytical tools.

In addition to its core operations, Marex's scale and expertise in commodity derivatives, as well as physical products, has enabled it to respond to client demand and offer services for financial futures & options and foreign exchange.

The Business Analyst collaborates with multiple stakeholders (within the Clearing & Prime Services business lines)to design and implement the vision of world class platforms using innovative technology. They assist in the entire delivery from inception to business acceptance and remain a key contact in the areas they operate. The role assists individual business areas in defining and then realizing their Technology requirements. A key aspect of the role is delivery to each focus area while maintaining a focus on the company. The role is aligned to one of the key business streams (there are eight) and will have an eye on realizing both system and development synergies and reducing waste supports effective and scalable growth at Marex.

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 Technology Department delivers differentiation, scalability and security for the business. Reporting to the COO, Technology provides digital tools, software services and infrastructure globally to all business groups. Software development and support teams work in agile ‘streams’ aligned to specific business areas. Our other teams work enterprise-wide to provide critical services including our global service desk, network and system infrastructure, IT operations, security, enterprise architecture and design.

The Business Technology function ensures delivery of Technology services to each Marex business area. We partner with the business to optimise their technology stack, prioritise their strategic technology roadmap and drive their software delivery lifecycle. We define and agree change initiatives with the organisation’s business areas and then coordinate delivery against specific acceptance criteria. Each Business Technology team is aligned to one of Marex’s business divisions and works with a corresponding Development team and Application Support team. A global team of implementation resources coordinate and support the technology business streams with delivery.

Responsibilities

• Perform functional and technical analysis for integration projects and issues.
• Provide business analysis for projects and issues related to applications and reporting systems/processes.
• Proactively identify process improvements and gather high level specifications.
• Assist in building controls and define business processes to ensure quality of data is maintained.
• Assist with team workload including ad-hoc business under requests, user acceptance testing, and training.
• Provide strategic technological direction for the business.
• Innovate new solutions, ensuring the business is always one step ahead of the competition.
• Contribute to the technical direction of the department. Research new concepts and technologies. Evaluate third party products and tools that are (or may be) used by them.
• Create goals that capture business deliverables with an agreed set of Acceptance Criteria (the contract), and report on the priority/progress/effort/cost of these goals/projects.
• Oversee projects to ensure they are run efficiently and delivered on time and on budget.
• Prioritise and drive the business requirements giving regular status updates.
• Ensure delivered infrastructure and systems are of production quality and adequately documented for handover to the business and/or support functions.
• Ensure delivered systems are secure, reliable, and scale to meet the demands of a rapidly growing business.
• Help define best software development practices and processes ensuring they are adhered to
• Ensuring compliance with the company’s regulatory requirements under the SEC, FINRA, NFA, CFTC and other applicable exchanges.
• 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 Marex’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.

The Company may require you to carry out other duties from time to time.

Competencies

• Self-starter
• 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

Skills And Experience

• Detailed understanding of the role a Business Analyst plays and its deliverables in an Agile environment.
• Knowledge of Financial Services and the different business and support functions.
• Knowledge of Broker business – and several asset classes strongly preferred.
• Experience with project planning and coordination.
• Experience with stakeholder management and business analysis.
• Experience with Agile and Scrum development methodologies.
• Experience of accounting practices within large organizations desirable.
• Experience with product development.
• Accounting qualification preferred.
• Experience with enterprise reporting (PowerBI preferred).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience working in a regulated environment and knowledge of the risk and compliance requirements associated with this.