Marex Overview
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 2,400 employees across Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. For more information visit www.marex.com.
Marex Graduate Programme
Embark on a transformative journey with Marex's Full-Time Graduate Programme - an experience tailored to empower and support Analysts. Dive into the 'Backpack to Briefcase' bootcamp, unveiling the intricacies of financial services, Marex's purpose, and strategic priorities. Join your team post-bootcamp, fostering connections through continuous training.
Learn, grow, and expand your network through a diverse array of sessions fast-tracking your understanding of Marex and the industry. Engage in workshops covering behavioural, cognitive skills, technical understanding, and business awareness, nurturing your professional development.
Throughout the programme, seize the opportunity to attend informal insight events and a lunch and learn series hosted by senior Marex Leaders. Gain exposure, ask questions, and gain real insights into the business from influential figures.
From day one, connect with a network of fellow graduates. Attend training and events together, creating bonds with those sharing your journey. Join Marex, where your passions align with purpose, and your strengths converge with our values.
Role Summary
The Graduate Trainee is a member of the Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) function which is part of the second line of defence. The primary objective of FCC is to ensure the Marex Financial complies with all applicable laws, regulations, and standards related to financial crime and sanctions.
A generalist role within the firm’s Financial Crime team supporting in implementing, embedding, and assuring all aspects of the financial crime framework. This role will also provide an opportunity to engage with key stakeholders across the business.
Overall Responsibilities
Supporting the Financial Crime team in implementing, embedding, and assuring all aspects of the financial crime framework including (but not limited to):
- Governance
- Establishing a credible profile as a Financial Crime representative with key stakeholders.
- Assisting in the preparation of materials for the Financial Crime Committee.
- Framework Documents
- Providing support to the Financial Crime team in the production of all applicable policies and standards.
- Risk Assessments
- Supporting the MLRO/DMLRO/Snr. Financial Crime Manager(s) in the execution of periodic Enterprise-Wide Financial Crime Risk Assessment(s).
- Monitoring & Screening
- Assisting with the Financial Crime Monitoring Programme covering processes such as Ongoing Customer Screening, Transaction Monitoring and Payment Screening.
- Advisory & Escalations
- Supporting the Financial Crime team in providing financial crime and sanctions advice to the business and senior management.
- Supporting the review and approval of new and existing high - risk relationships where required.
- Training
- Supporting the implementation of an effective group wide training programme including the delivery of face-to-face training as appropriate.
- Management Information
- Supporting the production of operational and strategic financial crime Management Information.
- Assurance
- Supporting the execution the annual financial crime assurance plan (as applicable).
- Supporting the controls operational effective testing and reviews on key controls across all applicable group entities.
- Business Change
- Supporting the assessment of all Business change initiatives by Financial Crime including New Acquisitions.
Standard Responsibilities
- Ensuring compliance with the company’s regulatory requirements under the FCA.
- Adhering to the operational risk framework for your role ensuring that all regulatory or company determined parameters are complied with.
- Being a role model for demonstrating highest level standards of integrity and conduct and reflecting Company Values.
- At all times complying with the FCA’s Code of Conduct.
- Ensuring 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.
- Reporting any breaches of policy to Compliance and/ or your supervisor as required.
- Escalating risk events immediately.
- Providing input to risk management processes, as required.
The Company may require you to carry out other duties from time to time
Competencies
- Attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy in work.
- Ability to present complex information clearly and concisely.
- Self-motivated with a proactive approach to identifying and solving problems.
- Eagerness to learn and adapt.
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively in a team-orientated environment.
- Ability to perform effectively under pressure.
- 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.
Skills and Experience
- Undergraduate degree achieved at a minimum 2:1 grade*.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Exceptional organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously.
- Excellent excel & Microsoft skills to develop and report MI.
- Detail oriented and the ability to work to tight deadlines using your own initiative and prioritise own workload.
- A willingness to undertake formal Financial Crime training/accreditation to enhance specialist financial crime knowledge.
- Basic understanding of financial markets and instruments would be an advantage.
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 Spectron 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.
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
Marex is fully committed to the elimination of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the differences that a diverse workforce brings to the company.
*Applicants outside of this range will still be considered.
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