Diversified. Resilient. Dynamic.
Marex is a global financial services platform, providing essential liquidity, market access and infrastructure services to clients in the energy, commodities and financial markets.
The Group provides comprehensive breadth and depth of coverage across four core services: Market Making, Clearing, Hedging and Investment Solutions and Agency and Execution. It has a major franchise in many major metals, energy and agricultural products, executing around 50 million trades and clearing 205 million contracts in 2022. 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 35 offices around the globe, and over 2,300 dedicated people enabling access to exchanges and technology-powered services.
For more information visit www.marex.com
Purpose of Role:
The Application Support team is responsible for providing technical support for all front office and post-trade applications including trade capture, market data, settlement and clearing systems and their associated client applications, as well as overnight risk calculation systems and the business systems used by control and support departments. The team handles all support requests, incidents, problems, and business continuity activities, to ensure the highest quality delivery of services to end users and clients.
The Application Support Analyst is responsible for taking ownership of issues and providing procedural and technical support to various teams and internal/external stakeholders (Capital Markets). In addition to driving resolution of day-to-day issues, managing incidents and outages to resolution, this role requires a close partnership with the rest of the infrastructure team, the service desk, and the wider IT group.
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 Support function provides technical support for all applications. The Application Support team runs a 24/5 global front door to keep us up and running, backed up by business-aligned Support teams that specialise in maintaining their business stream's applications. Each business-aligned Application Support team works with a corresponding Business Technology and Development team.
Responsibilities:
The Company may require you to carry out other duties from time to time.
Competencies, Skills, and Experience :
Competencies
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Skills and Experience**
Bachelor's degree in a relevant field preferred.
Solid background in Windows, Linux/Unix OS, including SQL and Oracle database architecture.
Experience gained in a financial services background, ideally banking.
Experience working in a regulated environment and knowledge of the risk and compliance requirements associated with this.
Must be able to work under demanding conditions with a calm demeanour.
Ability to work as part of a team in an environment with changing expectations.
Proven ability to show a proactiveness in picking up issues and improving existing processes.
Process-driven and systematic mindset.
Experience with ITIL and change management processes
Excellent documentation, communication, and organizational skills
Ability to build strong relationships with Application Development teams and business sponsors
General front-to-back knowledge of the flow for trading/clearing/operational process in settlement of futures and OTC Energy trade
Experience in exchange and vendor management with a view to project manage exchange/system critical upgrades
Knowledge of server-side infrastructure and admin tools to include the following systems: TT, Stellar, Fidessa.
Ability to work shifts patterns (if required)
Knowledge of Fix Messaging protocol, including support experience
Knowledge of market connectivity protocols for key global derivative, commodity, cash, and equity market
Experience in technical onboarding of new APIs and system
Prior experience in a consultative sales support role, liaising directly with clients in a technical capacity
Knowledge and expertise in high frequency trading platforms
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Salary Range: $125,000 to $170,000 per year and eligible for discretionary bonus.
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.
Marex is fully committed to the elimination of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the differences that a diverse workforce brings to the company.
We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by the law.
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