Information Security Officer

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 2,000 dedicated people enabling access to exchanges and technology-powered services.

For more information visit www.marex.com

Purpose of Role:

The Information Security Officer works alongside the Head of Information Security to lead and report on security programs across Marex entities in the Americas. The primary responsibility is to ensure consistent application and adherence to the Group’s Information Security policies and local Information Systems Security Programs (ISSP).

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. The teams work enterprise-wide to provide critical services including the global service desk, network and system infrastructure, IT operations, security, enterprise architecture, and design.

The Information Security team reports to the CTO and is responsible for protecting Marex data and assets, as well as providing security advice. The team is relatively small, therefore, its member have a chance to experience various areas of security.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate and participate in external and internal audits.
• Maintain Information Systems Security Policy (ISSP) and related controls.
• Conduct risk assessments in accordance with Marex policies, regulatory requirements, and recognized security frameworks.
• Ensure effective protection of Marex data.
• Conduct security reviews of third-party vendors and suppliers.
• Provide expert security guidance and direction at both technical and managerial levels.
• Assess the security of potential acquisitions.
• Develop and document security standards and procedures.
• Respond and investigate security incidents and exceptions.
• Provide relevant KPI and KRI metrics.
• Participate in Group activities such as penetration testing, privileged access monitoring, access reviews, and Data Loss prevention.
• Provide management, leadership, and mentoring to junior officers.
• 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, Skills and Experience:

Competencies

• 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

• A minimum of five (5) years of experience in the field of Information Security.
• Experience leading and managing information security programs.
• Understanding of the US financial regulatory landscape and requirements.
• Proficiency in managing interactions with regulatory bodies and audit entities.
• Comprehensive knowledge and expertise across multiple security domains.
• Strong presentation skills, with the ability to effectively complex information and ideas to a variety of audiences, using clear and concise language, visual aids, and engaging delivery techniques.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience working in a regulated environment and knowledge of the risk and compliance requirements associated with this.
  

Marex’s goal is to build and maintain a workforce that is diverse in experience and background but uniform in reflecting our standards of integrity and excellence. Consequently, our recruiting efforts reflect our desire to attract and retain the best and brightest from all talent pools. We want to be the employer of choice for prospective candidates. We encourage applications from candidates returning to the job market.

It is the policy of Marex to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, sex stereotype, gender, gender identity or expression, transgender, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, pregnancy, veteran or military service status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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