Enterprise Architect

Marex Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - GBP 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A diversified financial services platform in Greater London is looking for an experienced Enterprise Architect to drive technology strategy and ensure continued growth. The ideal candidate will propose future designs, oversee technology use, and lead R&D initiatives. Strong leadership and substantial experience with software engineering are essential, as is knowledge of the financial services sector. This strategic role demands collaboration across teams to deliver innovative business solutions, with the goal of positioning the firm as a market leader.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to develop and implement technology strategies aligned with business goals.
• Substantial experience with high-calibre software engineering teams.
• Deep understanding of software development methodologies.
• Experience in R&D for technological advancement.
• Experience with enterprise-wide systems.
• Experience in global payment platforms.

Responsibilities

• Propose future state designs and track progress.
• Conduct R&D for innovation in financial markets.
• Ensure correct technology deployment across the organization.
• Document technology architecture and systems.
• Arrange workshops for staff training and alignment.

Skills

Technology strategy implementation

Software engineering best practices

Security principles

Governance frameworks

Cloud-native architecture

Leadership and communication

Job description

Marex Group plc (NASDAQ: MRX) is a diversified global financial services platform providing essential liquidity, marketaccessand infrastructure services to clients across energy,commoditiesand 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,energyand 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, hedgefundsand asset managers. With more than 40 offices worldwide, the group has over 2,300 employees across Europe,Asiaand the Americas.

The Technology department plays a pivotal role in this growth trajectory. As such, Marex isseekingan experienced and technically strong Enterprise Architect. This is a strategic role that will ensure Marex Technologyremainsa key enabler for continued and sustained growth across the firm.

The right candidate would have an in-depth understanding of the technology strategy, as well as an understanding of the firm’s enterprise architecture. Using this, along with tracking our peers and market leaders in financial services, an enterprise architect would chart the course for Marex to ensure we are leading the way with our use of technology to drive our digital business and delivering on our strategy.

This would be achieved through multiple initiatives that execute on the strategy, such as expanding the use of AI services, building on our Platform Strategy to accelerate development of digital products andservicesand fostering cross-team collaboration to deliver high-quality business solutions.This role would also involve carrying out targeted research and development into the latest tech trends so that Marex can provide material value to our shareholders by delivering real innovation in our field.

Responsibilities

• Proposing future state design and charting/tracking a path to realise it over the med-long term.
• Carry our R&D to discover opportunities for innovation in financial markets.
• Engineering oversight across Technology to ensure the right technology is being deployed in
• the right way.
• Attending courses and conferences and meeting with peers to ensure that Marex is a market leader in the way it uses Technology.
• Capturing, tracking, and reporting on usage metrics across the technology estate, toassistin measuring success and decision making.
• Documenting the technology real estate and systems architecture.
• Arrange knowledge workshops and training to motivate staff and ensure teams are aligned with the firm’s strategy and tech usage plans.
• Facilitate effective collaboration to align and document decision making covering; software, services, infra, cloud, security, architecture,DevSecOpsand CI/CD, testing, etc
• Measure and refine key technology strategic initiatives to ensure achievement ofobjectivesThe Company may require you to carry out other duties from time to time
• Ensuring compliance with the company’s regulatory requirements under theFCA.
• Adhere to the operational risk framework for your role ensuring that all regulatory or company determined parameters arecomplied with.
• Role model fordemonstratinghighest level standards of integrity and conduct and reflecting Company Values.
• At all timescomplying withthe FCA’s Code of Conduct.
• To ensure that you are fully aware of and adhere to internal policies that relate to you, yourroleor 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 eventsimmediately.
• To provide input to risk management processes, asrequired.

Skills,Experienceand Competencies

• Ability to develop and implement technology strategies aligned with business goals.
• Substantial experience working with high-calibre software engineering teams, and deep
• understanding of software development methodologies and best practices.
• Knowledge of security principles and practices to ensure the protection of enterprise assets.
• Experience in research and development to discover new opportunities for technological
• advancement.
• Experience with implementing enterprise-wide systems.
• Experience working with enterprise-scale Global Payments platforms for secure and scalable
• global transaction processing.
• Experience in setting up and managing governance frameworks for technology use and
• decision making.
• Delivering cloud-native, distributed architectures.
• Exhibitstrong leadership skills, include excellent communication, ability to work collaboratively
• with different teams and executive leadership, and experience in training and mentoring
• colleagues.
• Ideally, an understanding of the financial services sector, including regulatory requirements and market trends.

Conduct Rules

You must:

• Act with integrity
• Act with due skill,careand 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

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 flexibilityisan 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 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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