Junior Operations Analyst

Marex; Amsterdam; Sur place; EUR 45 000 - 65 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Marex is seeking an Operations Analyst for its WEBB team in Amsterdam to support the day-to-day trading operations and controls. You will monitor processes, perform reconciliations, investigate exceptions, and work with Traders, Risk, Data Science, and Compliance to enhance workflows and data quality using Python-driven automation.

We welcome applicants with 0–2 years of experience and a degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, or Computer Science who are eager to learn about financial markets

Qualifications

• 0–2 years of experience in financial services, operations, or related environment.
• Practical experience with Python through work, studies, or personal projects.
• Degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related discipline.

Responsabilités

• Manage end-to-end trade lifecycle processes across cash equities, listed and OTC derivatives, and structured products.
• Perform daily reconciliations of trades, positions, and cash; investigate and resolve exceptions.
• Use Python and existing tools to analyse data, investigate issues, and automate repetitive tasks.
• Identify and implement process improvements and automation opportunities in collaboration with technical teams.
• Take ownership of operational processes, ensuring they are executed effectively and with controls.
• Monitor activity and systems during market hours to ensure stability and prompt issue resolution.
• Support transaction reporting processes with data completeness and timeliness.
• Partner with Trading, Technology, Risk, and Compliance to enhance workflows.

Connaissances

Analytical thinking

Attention to detail

Ownership & accountability

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Formation

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science

Outils

SQL

Python

Excel

Description du poste

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 3,000 employees across Europe, Asia and the Americas.

For more information visit https://www.marex.com/

Department Description

Marex’s Algo and Flow department, formerly WEBB Traders, brings together expertise in proprietary trading, electronic market making, and quantitative research. The department provides liquidity across global cash equity and derivatives markets, using proprietary capital, advanced technology, and automated trading strategies.

This role sits within the WEBB team, whose roots date back to 2009. Based in Amsterdam, with a significant presence in Paris, the team combines its entrepreneurial approach and specialist trading expertise with Marex’s global reach, market access, and broader financial services capabilities.

Market makers, quantitative researchers, software engineers, and business professionals work closely together to develop trading strategies, improve technology, and solve complex market challenges. Joining the team offers the opportunity to take ownership, contribute directly to the business, and grow within the wider Marex Group.

Role Summary

In this role, you will help ensure the smooth day-to-day running of our trading operations by monitoring processes, performing reconciliations and controls, investigating exceptions, and resolving issues in partnership with teams across the business.

Operations plays a critical role in supporting the firm's growth by ensuring the accurate, timely, and controlled execution of the trade lifecycle. Through robust controls, real-time oversight, and an automation-first approach, the team mitigates operational risk, maintains resilience, and continuously improves processes to enhance efficiency, data quality, and scalability.

You will work closely with traders, risk managers, data scientists, software engineers, and legal & compliance teams. As your understanding of our products and processes grows, you will take increasing ownership of operational activities and contribute to process improvement and automation initiatives, including the use of Python to analyse data, investigate issues, and streamline repetitive tasks.

Responsibilities

Role Specific:

• Manage end-to-end trade lifecycle processes across cash equities, listed and OTC derivatives, and structured products.
• Perform daily reconciliations of trades, positions, and cash, investigating and resolving exceptions in a timely manner.
• Use Python and existing tools to analyse data, investigate operational issues, and automate repetitive tasks.
• Identify and implement process improvement and automation opportunities, collaborating with technical teams on more complex solutions.
• Take ownership of operational processes, ensuring they are executed effectively, reliably, and with appropriate controls.
• Monitor trading activity and operational systems during market hours, ensuring operational stability and prompt issue resolution.
• Support transaction reporting processes, ensuring data completeness, accuracy, and timeliness.
• Partner with Trading, Technology, Risk, and Compliance teams to resolve issues and enhance operational workflows.

All Staff:

• Ensuring compliance with the company’s regulatory requirements under the FCA, NFA, AMF, AFM, MAS.
• 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 the FCA’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 elevate risk events immediately
• To provide input to risk management processes, as required.

Competencies

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Takes ownership and follows issues through to resolution, escalating appropriately when required.
• Proactive mindset with a focus on continuous improvement and operational excellence.
• Ability to understand end-to-end processes and their broader business impact.
• Comfortable combining hands-on operational responsibilities with technology-driven solutions and automation.
• Effective at managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment while maintaining accuracy and control.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to build relationships across teams.
• Curious, adaptable, and eager to learn about financial markets, products, and operational processes.

Skills & Experience

• 0-2 years of experience in financial services, operations, or a related environment; motivated graduates are encouraged to apply.
• Practical experience with Python through professional work, academic studies, or personal projects.
• Degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• Interest in financial markets and trading; knowledge of equities, derivatives, or structured products is advantageous.
• Understanding of the trade lifecycle, including clearing, settlement, and reconciliation, is beneficial.
• Familiarity with SQL is a plus.
• Experience using data and technology to solve problems, improve processes, or drive operational efficiencies is desirable.

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
• Act to deliver good outcomes for retail customers

Company Values

• Be collaborative - by working together across the organisation, we foster teamwork, can better respond to challenges and successfully deliver for our clients
• Act with integrity - we pride ourselves on our honesty and high ethical standards. We apply these values when working with all our clients, colleagues and other stakeholders
• Be adaptable and entrepreneurial - we embrace change as markets evolve to constantly increase our efficiency and create innovative solutions for our clients. We are interested in the world around us and inquisitive about understanding the challenges and opportunities our clients face.
• Be respectful – how we treat each other, and our clients says everything about who we are. We always act respectfully and treat people fairly in everything we do.
• Nurture talent – we aim to grow our own talent and make Marex the place ambitious, hardworking and talented people choose to build their career. This means giving and taking stretch opportunities, taking risks, and committing to career development and support – for ourselves, and our teams.

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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