Application Support Analyst - Assistant VP - Commodities Front Office

JR United Kingdom; City Of London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading investment banking client is seeking an Application Support Analyst - Assistant VP for their Commodities Front Office in London. This 6-month contract position involves supporting and monitoring an in-house platform critical for various functionalities such as pricing and P&L reporting. Candidates must possess strong problem-solving and communication skills, with an understanding of both technical and functional aspects of the role.

Qualifications

• Strong problem-solving and communication skills required.
• Ability to quickly learn diverse product and process knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Support global commodities in-house platform for front-to-back functionality.
• Proactively monitor the system and analyze technical issues.
• Field questions from CIT personnel and log incidents.

Skills

Problem-solving

Communication

Front to back process understanding

Knowledge of commodities/PNL/Pricing

Intermediate relational database

SQL skills

Python or other programming skills

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Application Support Analyst - Assistant VP - Commodities Front Office, London (City of London)

Client: Lorien

Location: London (City of London), United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

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Posted:

16.06.2025

Expiry Date:

31.07.2025

Job Description:

6 month contract - Inside IR35

Our industry-leading investment banking client is looking for an Application Support Analyst - Assistant VP - Commodities Front Office on a 6-month contract.

Key Responsibilities

As a member of the team, support the global commodities in-house platform, critical for front-to-back functionality including pricing, risk management, market data sharing, P&L reporting, settlements, physical scheduling, trade confirmations, and regulatory reporting.

Key daily tasks include:

• Proactively monitoring the system
• Configuring the system
• Analyzing and resolving production support technical and functional issues
• Fielding questions from all CIT personnel including traders, marketers, risk managers, and middle office, and keeping them informed of system issues and changes affecting them
• Logging incidents

Key Skills

This role requires strong problem-solving and communication skills. The analyst will engage directly with many different teams within the bank including trading, sales, middle office, back office, confirmations, market risk, and accounting. Therefore, the ability to quickly learn diverse product and process knowledge is critical.

Functional skills

• Front to back process understanding
• Knowledge of commodities/PNL/Pricing is a plus

Technical skills

• Python or other programming skills
• Intermediate relational database and SQL skills