1st Line Clearing Risk Analyst

About Marex

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.

For more information visit https://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.

Role Summary

The 1st Line Clearing Risk Analyst will play a key role in supporting the firm’s front-line risk management function. This position is responsible for monitoring, assessing, and communicating market risks across trading portfolios, ensuring that risk-taking activities remain aligned with the firm’s risk appetite. The successful candidate will combine strong analytical ability with effective communication and collaboration skills to provide actionable insights to senior stakeholders.

Overall Responsibilities

• This position requires a flexible schedule. This role will operate on a non-traditional schedule with Team members expected to work one weekend day each week i.e. either Saturday or Sunday, holidays and after-hours shifts, as business needs dictate. Specific schedules will be communicated in advance
• Conduct ongoing review and analysis of key market risk measures, including Value-at-Risk (VaR), Greeks, and stress tests
• Evaluate portfolio and transaction-level risk exposures, influencing outcomes in line with the firm’s risk appetite
• Collaborate with Risk Engineering and other teams to develop and enhance risk measurement methodologies, models, and stress testing frameworks
• Identify and monitor emerging risks, including basis risks and concentrated positions
• Assist in the establishment and maintenance of risk limits, thresholds, and alert systems
• Assess the potential impact of macroeconomic and geopolitical events on portfolio vulnerabilities
• Communicate risk insights, findings, and recommendations to senior management and relevant stakeholders in a clear and timely manner
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of the firm’s risk culture through education, information sharing, and collaboration
• All employees are expected to understand and comply with any Sarbanes Oxley operational requirements relevant to their role
• Ensuring compliance with the company’s regulatory requirements under the SEC, FINRA, NFA, CFTC and other applicable exchanges
• Adhere to the operational risk framework for your role ensuring that all regulatory or company determined parameters are complied with
• Role model for demonstrating highest level standards of integrity and conduct and reflecting Company Values
• At all times complying with Marex’s Code of Conduct
• To 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
• 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

The Company may require you to carry out other duties from time to time.

Competencies, Skills, and Experience

Competencies

• Demonstrates curiosity
• Resilient in a challenging, fast-paced environment
• Excels at building relationships, networking and influencing others
• Strategic collaborator with insight and agility, able to anticipate future challenges, ensuring operational effectiveness
• Demonstrated problem-solving ability, analytical rigor, and a control-focused mindset.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey complex information to diverse audiences, including senior management
• Collaborative attitude with the ability to work effectively across departments and levels of seniority

Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Finance, Mathematics, Economics, or a related quantitative discipline
• 1 to 3 years' of experience in market risk management or a comparable analytical role
• Strong understanding of financial products, risk/reward dynamics, and market risk concepts, including VaR, stress testing, and Greeks
• Proficiency in Excel and familiarity with Bloomberg and TS Imagine; ability to adapt to proprietary systems
• Programming skills (e.g., Python, VBA) are advantageous
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience working in a regulated environment and knowledge of the risk and compliance requirements associated with this

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 the place ambitious, hardworking, talented people choose to build their careers.

Adaptable and Nimble - Our size and flexibility are 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

• Act with integrity
• Act with due skill, care and diligence
• Be open and cooperative with the FCA, the PRA and other regulators (where applicable)
• Pay due regard to the interests of customers and treat them fairly
• Observe proper standard of market conduct

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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