Physical Trading Accountant

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 2,300 employees across Europe, Asia and the Americas.

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We are looking for a Junior Accountant for our growing recycled metals business.

Reporting into Financial Controller, the successful candidate will be primarily responsible for day to day Finance tasks. This will involve daily cash management both internally and externally, ensuring accurate processing in the CTRM system, responsibility for the month end closing process including balance sheet substantiation and review with the Financial Controller.

In addition to operating within their core function, there will also be significant exposure to the wider finance and business departments, including the Trading, Product Control and Shipping within the wider Marex Group.

Responsibilities:

• Collating, reviewing and processing multiple daily supplier and customer payments ensuring 100% accuracy in a fast-paced and complex environment.
• Ensuring that all daily bank, cash systems and ledger controls and reconciliations are completed on time and to a high quality.
• Responsible for communications with suppliers and customers and the bank regarding payments including dealing with queries and resolving sometimes difficult issues.
• Extensive liaison with immediate colleagues, Group Treasury, and many other departments across the Marex Group.
• Exposure to the month end close processing and reporting. Includes elements of balance sheet and P&L close, cash-related journal entry / review, and balance sheet substantiation.
• Prepare monthly balance sheet substantiation ensuring all allocated accounts have the appropriate supporting information for review by the Tangent’s Financial Director or Financial Controller
• Improve/automate processes by understanding non/semi-automated processes, designing automated processes and deliver improvement working with relevant technology teams
• Build and maintain relationships with both Front Office and other control areas including Risk, Treasury, FP&A, Tax and Operations and gain commercial understanding of the relevant businesses and their operational processes
• Assist in internal and external audit activities.
• Assist with tasks in other entities within the Recycled Metals Business.

Skills & Experience:

• Part-qualified/newly qualified QBE finance professional with a background gained within a busy professional organisation. Experience within financial services or a Physical commodities business is desirable but not essential.
• Highly proficient analytical and numerical skills; able to process and analyse financial and operational data, execute banking transactions and problem solve / troubleshoot.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written. Able to deal confidently with colleagues and with external counterparties.
• Highly adaptable, curious, and possessing a keen interest in understanding all aspects of the business and in improving its processes.
• Knowledge and experience of physical and derivatives trading is desirable but not essential
• Strong hands-on systems skills encompassing intermediate-advanced MS Excel, MS Office. Knowledge of Brady/Quor Fintrade or other CTRM systems would be a benefit.
• Excellent team player
• Good attention to detail and problem-solving skills
• Experience working in a regulated environment and knowledge of the risk and compliance requirements associated with this

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

If you’re forging a career in this area and are looking for your next step, get in touch!
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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