Graduate Trainee, Business Management (Capital Markets)

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

As a Graduate Trainee in Business Management, you will gain exposure to a wide range of projects and activities that support the rapid growth of our business. You will be part of delivering new business initiatives in our COO team and drive growth through assisting in strategic projects. Working alongside product and subject matter experts across the business you will develop your business and product knowledge, and key skills for your future career with Marex.

You will also be part of the broader Marex Graduate Programme, where you will have the opportunity to expand your business knowledge, network and connect with other Graduates from across the Marex business.

Overall Responsibilities

As a Graduate Trainee in Business Management, you will start by learning the fundamentals on the job and build your experience over time so that you can take on the following responsibilities:

Our COO / Business Management team play a crucial role in supporting the delivery of new business initiatives for the Capital Markets business. This role relies on building and leveraging relationships across multiple departments to deliver projects and activities that support business growth and optimisation.

Within this role you will:

• Assist senior members of the team to deliver new business initiatives which will include generating ideas on how to improve the management of new business initiatives, establishing project plans and gathering input from departments across the business.
• Creating, reviewing and improving existing MI (Management Information) and KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) to effectively monitor and steer the business
• Take responsibility for organising and preparing for various Management meetings and Committees, including drafting materials for discussions.
• Optimise business performance through analysing costs and budgets to identify opportunities for cost rationalisation
• Driving change for the Capital Markets team by establishing new processes, reviewing existing ones and identifying enhancements
• Supporting the assessment of existing platforms and delivering the IT strategy for the Marex Solutions or Capital Markets team.
• Supporting regulatory initiatives/projects with the subject matter experts together with Legal and Compliance
• Report regularly on and assess performance to track ROI, competitor analysis
• Optimise, automate, raise efficiency where possible to increase productivity
• Work with our Client services team to assist with the onboarding of any new client relationships and maintaining of existing client relationships, assisting with support processes as required by colleagues, and engaging and updating clients.
• Perform analysis of markets and products to inform strategic discussions on how to increase P&L

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 require
• 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

Skills and Experience

• A 2:1 degree or equivalent, coupled with a strong academic track record*.
• Problem solving skills.
• Very Strong Excel, VBA or Phython skills as well as MS Office skills.
• A meticulous eye for detail.
• The ability to work effectively under pressure in a busy environment.

Competencies

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• 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.

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 also be considered.

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