Institutional Operations Analyst

Job description / Role

Institutional operations analyst

We have an exciting opportunity for an institutional operations analyst to join our team in Dubai.

Within this role you will provide technical operational support to the CMC Connect team and the institutional client base for the entire client experience, from pre-sales testing to onboarding, facilitation of ongoing trading activity, and commercial configuration management. Additionally, you will ensure connectivity with institutional clients and associated third-party support providers is established and maintained.

Key responsibilities:

• Work closely with the CMC Connect team to globally support the technical onboarding of new clients, user acceptance testing, and the launch of new processes, technology, and products.
• Understand institutional requirements from internal and external stakeholders.
• Liaise with IT and other relevant departments as required to test and rollout through the development lifecycle.
• Ongoing maintenance and monitoring of all relevant system configurations and back-office elements of the institutional application stack.
• Develop internal and external relationships with key business stakeholders, including all aspects of the end-to-end process of clients connecting to the CMC Connect technology stack, from the client through to CMC's internal networks team and any third-party technology intermediaries such as MT4/5 bridges as well as ECNs.
• Contribute to institutional IT and product strategy, planning, development, and delivery pipeline.
• Develop a good knowledge of the activities, revenue types, and turnover remuneration of institutional clients to support decision making and prioritisation.
• Assist with the implementation of business controls around client setup and management.
• Work closely with the business operations team whilst carrying out daily institutional tasks.
• Maintain personal and professional development to meet the changing demands of the role, including all relevant regulatory and legislative training.
• When dealing with all customers, clients, or colleagues, ensure that we provide a clear, fair, and consistent high-quality service that presents a professional and positive image of CMC Markets.
• Take all reasonable steps to ensure appropriate confidentiality.
• Undertake such other duties, training, and/or hours of work as may be reasonably required, and which are consistent with the general level of responsibility of this role.

Key skills and experience

• Experience managing business process change and technology implementation projects.
• Knowledge of the institutional derivatives business area is preferable.
• Relevant experience supporting institutional electronic trading business.
• Experience in web services / APIs platform.
• An excellent understanding of FIX is desirable.
• Established interest and awareness of financial markets.
• Ability to build solid working relationships with key stakeholders internally and externally.
• Commercially and strategically minded with a strong focus on client service.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills as well as interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work and deliver on own initiative and to deadlines.
• Strong analytical and reporting skills.
• Excellent attention to detail.

CMC Markets is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability, or age.