JD: VN2479
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.
For more information visit https://www.marex.com/
Overview of Marex / Department description
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 Head of Technology Change, 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 Change team manages the Technology delivery and integration of acquisitions, as well as delivery of business change initiatives that are in scope of the Marex Change process.
Role Summary
The Implementation Manager role drives successful implementation of Technology change projects. Working flexibly across multiple projects / initiatives, the role both coordinates and carries out area actions to deliver project implementation and business optimisation.
The role focuses on the co-ordination of Technology integration and rationalisation as created by the acquisition book of work within Marex.
Key to success in this role will be the ownership and accountability that comes with delivery of complex books of work. To be successful will require excellent relationships to be established with the Heads of each Technology Business stream and certainly out to key stakeholders within the business itself who are decision makers on change and rationalisation. There is likely to be engagement wider technology management, Infrastructure teams, Facilities and change management
The candidate will demonstrate a can-do attitude to realise the most beneficial outcome for Marex as an organisation. Bringing with them a broad range of experience from across financial services have experienced Front, Middle and Back office and the key structures and challenges that each area brings. The ability to deliver successfully a book of work that simplifies ways of working in Marex will be a key deliverable.
The role is fully aligned to the Acquisition Integration Framework (part of the Technology Portfolio Change Delivery) and will support the creation of artifacts that demonstrate this alignment. It will be expected to contribute to the incremental enhancement of the Framework to continually challenge and improve the way we deliver change within Technology.
Overall Responsibilities
- Work with Technology and Business to define and build strategic books of work that shape integration and rationalisation direction for the business.
- Support Business Technology to successfully build books of work that correctly align to deliverable functionality and the business requirements.
- Retain alignment to the core Technology Strategy and ensure the Marex Technology footprint is understood during change. Prioritise existing vendors and systems where appropriate.
- Support the Head of Technology Change and align to the Acquisition Integration Framework helping to refine and move it forwards where possible.
- Report on the priority/progress/effort/cost of these epics/projects.
- Overseeing projects to ensure they are run efficiently and delivered on time and on budget.
- Prioritise and drive the business requirements. Give regular status updates both within Technology and out to wider changes programmes as appropriate.
- Ensure delivered systems are of production quality and adequately documented for handover to the business and/or support functions.
- Be familiar with the regulatory, audit and compliance requirements that apply to the business. Ensure that technology employed adheres to these.
- Ensure delivered systems are secure, reliable and scale to meet the demands of a rapidly growing business.
- Encourage an inclusive culture – with an appreciation of complete life cycle and consult all areas that are impacted by change.
All staff:
- Ensure compliance with the company’s regulatory requirements.
- 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 comply with the FCA’s Code of Conduct [UK only] /Marex’s Code of Conduct [non-UK].
- 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.
The Company may require you to carry out other duties from time to time
Competencies, Skills and Experience
Skills and Experience
Essential:
- Good knowledge across multiple asset classes – commodities advantageous.
- Project planning and co-ordination.
- Stakeholder management and business analysis.
- Delivery focussed, displaying entrepreneurial and leadership skills.
- Experience of large-scale technology migrations and office builds.
- Microsoft Technologies, Cloud services, hosting and deployment.
- Architecting secure, reliable and scalable infrastructure and software.
Desirable:
- Knowledge of Broker business – and several asset classes.
- Trade Lifecycle knowledge. Pre-trade, Trade, settlement/clearing, Risk. Full front to back.
- Experience of Trading Technologies, Pricing, Risk and algo trading.
- Agile and scrum development methodologies.
- Product development experience.
- Experience working in a regulated environment and knowledge of the risk and compliance requirements associated with this.
Competencies
- A collaborative team player, approachable, self-efficient and influences a positive work environment.
- Demonstrates curiosity.
- Resilient in a challenging, fast-paced environment.
- Excels at building relationships, networking and influencing others.
- Strategic collaborator with insight and agility, able to anticipate future challenges, ensuring operational effectiveness.
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 are 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.
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
