Business Manager - Marex Solutions COO Team - VP

About Marex

Marex Group plc (NASDAQ: MRX) is a diversified global financial services platform providing essential liquidity, market access and infrastructure services to clients across energy, commodities and financial markets. The group provides comprehensive breadth and depth of coverage across four core services: clearing, agency and execution, market making, and hedging and investment solutions. It has a leading franchise in many major metals, energy and agricultural products, with access to 60 exchanges. 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. With more than 40 offices worldwide, the group has over 2,300 employees across Europe, Asia and the Americas.

Marex Solutions is a division of Marex providing investment banking solutions with a fintech mindset. Wevaim to become the world’s leading manufacturer of cross asset, customised derivatives.

For more information visit https://www.marex.com/

Role Summary

Supporting the Solutions COO team to manage the solutions business, you will play a key role in building the operational infrastructure to support the rapid growth of this business, as well as helping to define and deliver the strategy for the Solutions business.

As a liaison between the Solutions Business and Control and Support functions of the wider group, you will be a key contact and the go to person for both divisions. Working alongside COO and Sales/Trading functions in delivering projects related to the initial creation, processing, and automation of the solutions product offering, enabling the business to keep growing sustainably and integrating expansion opportunities when they arise.

As a central player in the business, you will be responsible for the following:

• Deliver new sales initiatives, including launching new products or business lines
• Manage daily ad-hoc requests from Sales, contributing to both day-to-day operations and broader process improvements
• Support and drive change for the Marex Solutions Sales team by evaluating current processes and identifying opportunities for automation and technological advancements
• Collaborate with Front Office, Support, and Control stakeholders to implement business initiatives within a controlled and sustainable framework.
• A good understanding of structured products or exotic OTC derivatives (primarily commodities based) will be required, with experience in optimizing and driving automation.

Responsibilities

As a VP you will:

• Support the delivery of Sales projects critical to the Solutions business by: o Establishing project plans, defining scope, and ensuring successful execution from start to finish. o Effectively communicating with key stakeholders.
• Improve Management Information (MI) and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to effectively help guide business decisions.
• Ensure operational processes related to Sales are effective and efficient, identifying improvements in onboarding, credit, change management, and governance.
• Work closely with support teams and the business to complete projects on time, providing clear updates on progress.
• Provide functional support across areas including but not limited to: Finance, Regulatory Capital, Tax, Counterparty Risk, Onboarding, and Financial Crime.
• Collaborate with subject matter experts, Legal, and Compliance to support regulatory Sales initiatives and projects.
• Ensure that all Sales activities comply with local and general regulatory requirements.
• Oversee Sales Conflict Management and training to ensure compliance.
• Manage Sales Operational Risk Management and Risk Acceptances.
• Provide Sales MI for technical analysis to enhance business performance.
• Ensure clear and consistent communication with management and relevant teams.

Competencies, Skills and Experience

Competencies:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proactive and eager to learn
• A collaborative team player, approachable, self-efficient and influences a positive work environment
• Resilient in a challenging, fast-paced environment
• Excels at building relationships, networking
• Ability to work independently to drive projects

Skills and Experience

• 8-12 years'* prior experience in a Business Management/Front Office Sales or Relationship Management position within financial services is preferred although experience gained in a middle office operational function will also be considered
• An understanding of the lifecycle of either structured notes or FX OTC derivative products will be key to success in this position
• Significant problem solving and organisational skills
• A commercial approach to working with senior internal stakeholders, clients and third parties
• Very Strong Excel, MS Office skills – keen interest in using AI tools to enhance business builds
• The ability to work effectively under pressure in a busy environment.

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

Be collaborative- by working together across the organisation, we foster teamwork, can better respond to challenges and successfully deliver for our clients

Act with integrity- we pride ourselves on our honesty and high ethical standards. We apply these values when working with all our clients, colleagues and other stakeholders

Be adaptable and entrepreneurial- we embrace change as markets evolve to constantly increase our efficiency and create innovative solutions for our clients. We are interested in the world around us and inquisitive about understanding the challenges and opportunities our clients face.

Be respectful– how we treat each other, and our clients says everything about who we are. We always act respectfully and treat people fairly in everything we do.

Nurture talent – we aim to grow our own talent and make Marex the place ambitious, hardworking and talented people choose to build their career. This means giving and taking stretch opportunities, taking risks, and committing to career development and support – for ourselves, and our teams.

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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*candidates outside of this range will also be considered