Marex is a diversified 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 leading 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.
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 36 offices worldwide, the Group has over 1,800 employees across Europe, Asia and America.
For more information visit www.marex.com
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.
Marex recognises the disruptive nature of technology advancement in our industry, and the need to provide data-driven, digital services to offer best of breed experience for our clients and internal financial services experts. This is why the technology team plays an increasingly important role in the evolution of the firm and enabling business growth by scaling operations and accelerating new products and services. For a better insight into the technology teams at Marex, please see www.marex.com/technology. Additionally, our careers and values pages provide more general information on working at the company.
Within the Marex Technology Department the Governance Team plays a pivotal role in safeguarding the firm by supporting Risk Management, Regulatory Compliance, Operational Efficiency, Strategic Alignment and Scalability.
Focussing on regulatory requirements, such as DORA (Digital Operational Resilience Act) this role will work with the Technology Governance team to help ensure it can continue to demonstrate compliance with relevant obligations.
We are looking for a 6 month fixed term, full time resource to sit within the technology governance team to support this and other workstreams.
The successful candidate will be Associate level with experience working in a relevant central IT function, (e.g. PMO, Controls, Strategy, Change, IT Risk, Operational Resilience) being able to demonstrate working knowledge of the DORA regime in a financial services organisation.
Further, where capacity exists, the candidate will be expected to contribute to other Tech Governance workstreams by providing aligned support as required by the Head of Technology Governance
The role is hybrid with the expectation of minimum 3 days / week operating on-site within Marex office.
Laptop equipment will be provided for secure access to corporate resources where personnel operate remotely.
Responsibilities:
• Reviewing ICT Third Parties and improving documentation
• Analysis of Regulatory requirements, conducting gap analysis and continuous improvement activities
• Ensuring relevant controls and deployed and being met.
• Reporting status and taking relevant action items from Business Change Teams and Working Group
• Owning Review cycles and document refresh
• At all times complying with the FCA’s Code of Conduct
• 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.
Competencies, Skills and Experience:
• Able to Follow a procedure or instructions autonomously, to deliver a workflow
• Provide ad-hoc support to more senior colleagues
• Able to develop expertise in a subject/ product area or specific skill set
• Ability to work with support and control teams outside of technology to achieve the Firm’s goals
• Exhibit excellent communication
• Ideally, an understanding of the financial services sector, including regulatory requirements and market trends
• Microsoft Office Suite / Spreadsheet (Excel) and data analysis
• General administrative support
If you’re forging a career in this area and are looking for your next step, get in touch!
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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