Marex 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 Energy Operations Department provides support to our Energy Brokers & Traders and the clients who they serve. They are responsible for timely submission of trades onto exchanges and the venues we support. In addition, we provide first line support for Trayport and NEON Energy.
Key Responsibilities
1. Trade Finance Operations
- Manage issuance, amendment, and settlement of Letters of Credit (LCs), Standby LCs, and Bank Guarantees.
- Coordinate Documentary Collections (DP/DA) and ensure timely presentation of trade documents.
- Review and verify trade documentation: commercial invoices, packing lists, BL/AWB, certificates, and inspection reports.
2. Structured & Supply Chain Finance
- Support prepayment and receivables financing structures.
- Work with banks to optimize working capital, liquidity, and cost of funds.
- Participate in structuring supply chain finance (SCF) programs and onboarding suppliers.
3. Risk Management
- Assess counterparty credit, operational, and settlement risks.
- Ensure compliance with sanctions, AML, KYC, and trade regulations.
- Monitor market conditions affecting trade flows, pricing, and financing availability.
4. Bank Relationship Management
- Liaise with relationship banks on pricing, limits, and facility availability.
- Negotiate trade finance terms to optimize cost and execution efficiency.
- Support periodic reviews, facility renewals, and bank reporting requirements.
5. Internal Coordination
- Work with Trading, Operations, Finance, Treasury, and Legal teams to ensure smooth trade execution.
- Provide trade finance guidance and training to commercial teams.
- Resolve discrepancies, documentation issues, and settlement disputes.
Key Skills & Competencies
- Strong understanding of LCs, Guarantees, SCF, Trade Loans, Receivables Finance, and Incoterms.
- Familiarity with commodities or petrochemicals trading
- Detail-oriented with strong documentation and analytical skills.
- Solid understanding of banking processes, compliance, and regulatory frameworks.
- Ability to multitask in a fast-paced, deadline-driven trading environment.
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
- Excellent in excel and MTM reporting.
Competencies, Skills and Experience
Competencies
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- 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
- Ability to work effectively under pressure in a busy environment.
- Good communication skills within team & other business areas
- Punctual & enthusiastic
- Flexible & accustomed to constant changing responsibilities.
- Following a strict & disciplined regime, offering assistance to all employees
- Knowledge & experience of exchange deal entry systems
- Knowledge & experience of FinTrade/Brady platform is a desirable.
- Able to work on own initiative & be part of a team
- MS Office experience
- Problem solving abilities
- Attention to Detail
- Problem solving skills
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.
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 (where applicable)
- Pay due regard to the interests of customers and treat them fairly
- Observe proper standard of market conduct
- Act to deliver good outcomes for customers
