Finance Associate

Marex; United States; Remote; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Marex is seeking a Finance professional to oversee financial accounting for the Marex Solutions division in Brazil. This role involves ensuring compliance with regulations, driving finance transformation, and collaborating with global finance teams. Ideal candidates will have strong analytical and problem-solving skills, as well as experience in finance and regulatory environments.

Qualifications

• Experience in Finance, preferably Accounts payable or receivable and SOX.
• Experience working in a regulated environment.

Responsibilities

• Drive Finance transformation and change in Brazil.
• Responsible for Finance activities for Marex Solutions Brazil.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Business partnering

Communication

Job description

About Marex

Marex Group plc is a diversified global financial services platform, providing essential liquidity, market access and infrastructure services to clients in the energy, commodities and financial markets. It listed on Nasdaq Global Select Market in April 2024. With more than 35 offices in Europe, US and APAC, it 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.

The Finance function at Marex is responsible is a control department responsible for reviewing, analysing and reporting financial information externally and to internal stakeholders. The Finance department is also responsible to ensure that the financial controls are met across the firm.

For more information visit www.marex.com

Role Summary

Ensure that financial and management accounting requirements for the Marex Solutions division in Brazil are met in a timely and accurate manner and contribute to the overall financial control environment.

This role will also be responsible to drive Finance transformation and change in Brazil and in line with the overall Marex Solutions transformation agenda.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for Finance activities for Marex Solutions Brazil and effectively work with the global Finance team.
• Transition of the finance functions currently performed by Operations team, into the Finance department
• Establish a control framework around payments, Cost accruals and other Finance functions
• Key Finance contact in Brazil for Group Legal Entity Control, UK Accounts Payable, Treasury and Product Control with regard to control environment, Financial reporting and reconciliations.
• Assist in building out the Finance function in a growing entity and region
• Responsible for feeding into global wide Finance projects (eg. SOX, Balance sheet Substantiation and monthly P&L reporting)
• Work closely with Brazil Solutions Operations and global COO’s to drive current and future initiatives.
• Ensuring compliance with the company’s regulatory requirements under the FCA, NFA, AMF, AFM, MAS and any other relevant local regulatory bodies.
• 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.

Competencies

• A collaborative team player, approachable, self-efficient and influences a positive work environment
• Demonstrates curiosity
• Resilient in a challenging, fast-paced environment
• Ability to take a high level of responsibility in a fast pace and high-volume environment
• Excels at building relationships, networking and influencing others
• Strategic collaborator with insight and agility, able to anticipate future challenges, ensuring operational effectiveness

Skills and Experience

• Good Analytical skills
• Problem solving skills
• Experience in Finance (preferably Accounts payable or receivable and SOX)
• Good business partnering skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience working in a regulated environment and knowledge of the risk and compliance requirements associated with this.

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

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 is 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.

Marex is fully committed to the elimination of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the differences that a diverse workforce brings to the company.

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