Strategic Initiatives Associate (VN2415)

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 2,300 employees across Europe, Asia and the Americas.

The Strategic Initiatives Department is responsible for identifying operational inefficiencies in existing processes and recommending improvements with Marex’s business leaders and process owners. This role will be focused on supporting the Strategic Initiatives Lead and Head of Strategic Initiatives to enhance Marex’s cost efficiency and operational leverage through designing and implementing improved processes and rationalisation initiatives across the business.

Responsibilities:

• Support data collection, data analysis and problem solving work as part of the Strategic Initiatives Team’s review of business processes
• Lead process reengineering initiatives across the firm to reduce operational risk
• Apply AI and automation to drive cost efficiencies
• Act as a strategic partner working closely with the Strategic Initiatives Team and Marex business leaders to identify solutions to operational inefficiencies
• Monitor and report on the performance of reengineered processes and implemented AI solutions

Skills:

• Ability to assimilate quickly
• Strong business acumen
• Role model for demonstrating highest integrity and conduct
• Strategic collaborator with agility to anticipate future challenges
• Experience working with internal business systems, enterprise software, Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience working in a regulated environment and knowledge of the risk and compliance requirements associated with this
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Expertise in PowerPoint, Excel and analysis of business performance / modelling
• Primary focus on day-to-day deliverables with occasional firmwide representation
• A collaborative team player, approachable, self-efficient and influences a positive work environment
• 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
• Enjoys creating “order out of chaos”
• Deeply loyal and manages confidential information with a high degree of discretion
• Intellectually curious; asks probing and insightful questions

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.