Project Manager - Capital Markets

Luxoft; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology consulting firm in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Project Manager to oversee ETRM implementations in commodity trading. The ideal candidate will possess extensive capital markets knowledge, excellent analytical skills, and the ability to manage a team of 20 resources effectively. This role offers a fantastic opportunity to work on major projects in a dynamic environment. Candidates should have experience with JIRA and Agile practices.

Benefits

Professional training investment

Opportunities for career growth

Qualifications

• Proven experience in team leading.
• Extensive experience in commodity trading.
• Strong analytical skills and understanding of project lifecycles.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and execute ETRM implementations in commodity trading.
• Manage a project with 20 resources.
• Conduct requirements gathering via workshops with business teams.

Skills

Team Leading proven experience

Extensive Capital Markets experience in commodity trading

Excellent analytical skills

Proven analytical, planning, problem solving skills

Good communication with technical and business resources

Excellent organizational and time management skills

Experience in a collaborative multi-team environment

Experience in writing user stories

System Integration and User Acceptance testing

Hands-on experience with Agile SAFe practices

Tools

JIRA

Job description

Project description

Luxoft has one of the world's leading Orchestrade practices. We are a top-tier Orchestrade Partner and a market leader in implementation, integration, upgrade, and migration. We provide end-to-end project services and have delivered Orchestrade projects across all major asset classes and sectors including investment banking, asset management, corporate treasury, commodities. Whether you possess a background in finance, technology, or Mathematics, your experience in the capital markets industry or commodities industry would be of high interest to us. The project is a Trading and Position platform Implementation for Commodity products : Power, Gaz, Certs, LNG. You will be part of a Top Initiative for this commodity client. This is a brilliant opportunity to work on several type of commodity products and learn a new trading platform. You will have the ability to showcase the work directly to the End users. The team is responsible for the integration of a trading application (Orchestrade) used for: • Pre-deal origination workflow and post execution monitoring and life-cycle management. • Dedicated workflow, configuration of the platform, supporting business. • Leverage strategic standard risk systems. • Integration with Operations, Finance. • Reporting, Reconciliation. • Accounting. The application is Orchestrade: • Orchestrade is in .Net (C#): Natively connected to Excel. • Database: Microsoft SQL. • Delivered In-House or Hosted (Amazon Web Services). Also, you will join our Orchestrade Practice and become a member of our open minded, progressive and professional team. You will have a chance to grow your functional and soft skills and build a thorough expertise of the industry of our client. Luxoft will invest into your professional training, and allow you to grow your professional career.

Responsibilities

• Seeking a Project Manager to oversee and execute an ETRM implementation on commodity trading (Gaz, LNG, Power, Certs, Biomethane) and operations. The ideal candidate will manage end-to-end project lifecycles, ensuring alignment with organizational goals, regulatory compliance, and operational excellence. This role demands strong analytical, organizational, and stakeholder management skills, along with a deep understanding of commodity markets and trends. Leading an Implementation.
• Manage a project of 20 resources.
• Gather requirements by conducting workshops/one or one discussions with the business teams/SME's.
• Analyze, evaluate, and verify requirements by working closely with other team members & Business representatives.
• Document the requirement in JIRA as User stories and provide proper acceptance criteria.
• Interact with the Vendors team and align with them.
• Work and communicate in a cross-functional Global team comprised of BA, Developers, project managers and support representatives, etc.
• Testing & confirming if the development is as per the of the features requested.
• Proactively provide status, raise issues, and communicate necessary information to appropriate team members on a regular basis via daily stand-up meetings, one-on-one meetings.

SKILLS

Must have

• Team Leading proven experienceEssentials Skills and Qualifications:
• Extensive Capital Markets experience preferably in commodity trading (Gaz, LNG, Power, Certs, Biomethane) and operations
• Excellent analytical skills, understanding of project life cycles, and ability to act in an entrepreneurial manner to ensure the requirements from the business are gathered in the appropriate manner.
• Proven analytical, planning, problem solving and decision-making skills
• Comfortable with direct communication with all levels of technical and business resources
• Excellent organizational and time management skills with the ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously
• Experience with working in a highly collaborative and dynamic multi-team environment
• Experience in writing user stories and working with JIRA /similar tools.
• System Integration and User Acceptance testing
• Hands-on experience with Agile SAFe practices is a significant plus

Nice to have

• Ability to work under pressure in a fast paced environment is essential. • Have a willingness to learn new skills • Must have attention to detail; have the ability to work independently and also as part of a group;