Application Support Analyst - Assistant VP - Commodities Front Office

JR United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading investment banking client seeks an Application Support Analyst - Assistant VP for their Commodities Front Office in London. This 6-month contract role involves supporting critical systems for pricing, risk management, and regulatory reporting, requiring strong problem-solving skills and technical knowledge in Python and SQL.

Qualifications

• Strong problem-solving and communication skills are essential.
• Ability to engage with diverse teams and pick up product/process knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Support the global commodities in-house platform.
• Monitor and configure the system.
• Analyze and resolve production support issues.

Skills

Problem-solving

Communication

Process knowledge

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Application Support Analyst - Assistant VP - Commodities Front Office, London

Client: Lorien

Location: London, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

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Posted:

25.05.2025

Expiry Date:

09.07.2025

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

• 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 pick up diverse product and process knowledge will be critical.

Functional skills

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

Technical skills

• Python or other programming skills
• Intermediate level relational database and SQL skills are required