Agricultural Futures and Options Sales - Junior Broker/Analyst

About Marex

Marex Group plc is a diversified global financial services platform, providing essential liquidity, market access and infrastructure services to clients in the energy, commodities and financial markets. It listed on Nasdaq Global Select Market in April 2024. With more than 35 offices in Europe, US and APAC, it 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.

Role Summary

The role sits within the Agricultural sales team who work across a range of agricultural commodities including Coffee, Cocoa and Palm Oil amongst others. The position will include providing support to senior brokers and servicing a portfolio of clients, whilst managing administrative needs on the desk. High performers in this role have the potential to move into a sales and/or analytical role depending on suitability.

Responsibilities

• Act in sales and admin capacity and act in the best interest of clients in accordance with regulatory duties
• Active interest in Agricultural products
• Perform administrative tasks for a smooth operation of the desk
• Actively interact with clients
• Enter and manage orders efficiently whilst minimizing human errors
• Support senior brokers in admin and client related tasks
• Client entertainment / travelling
• Distributing information to client base
• Computer and system skills, work on improving existing systems
• Act in accordance with company policies and procedures
• Actively seek new business for the company and/or develop analytical skills
• Ensuring compliance with the company’s regulatory requirements under the FCA and NFA

Standard Company Responsibilities

• Adhere to the operational risk framework for your role ensuring that all regulatory or company determined parameters are complied with
• Be a role model for demonstrating highest level standards of integrity and conduct and reflecting Company Values
• At all times comply with the FCA’s Code of Conduct
• 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
• Report any breaches of policy to Compliance and/or your supervisor as required
• Escalate risk events immediately
• Provide input to risk management processes, as required

Skills and Experience

• Numerically literate
• Impeccable presentation
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Problem solver, analytical skills, needs to be able to handle admin work, recaps, navigate through various back-office systems, fix spreadsheets
• Resilient in a challenging, fast-paced environment
• Excellent verbal written and communication skills
• A collaborative team player, that is approachable, self-efficient and influences a positive work environment
• Excels at building relationships, networking and influencing others
• Strategic collaborator with insight and agility, able to anticipate future challenges, ensuring operational effectiveness
• Self-starter with a proactive mindset, demonstrating curiosity and ability to quickly grasp new concepts
• Ability to work both independently and as a strong and collaborative team-player, influencing a positive work environment
• Resilient in a challenging, fast-paced environment with ability to work effectively under pressure
• Excels at building relationships and networking

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

Company Values

• 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 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.

Marex is fully committed to the elimination of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the differences that a diverse workforce brings to the company.