Junior Operations Analyst

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 escalate 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 advantageou