Business Analyst - Commodities Technology
We are looking for a multi-talented, self-driven business and technology-minded individual to help realize our ambitious growth mandate. Our Commodities Technology team is responsible for the development and support of the data, research and trading platform and tools for our Commodities portfolio managers. This is a unique opportunity to drive significant value creation across a range of key functional areas for one of the world’s leading investment managers.
Principal Responsibilities
- Develop trusted partnerships with world-class investment, technology, business and operations professionals
- Evaluate, synthesize and recommend new opportunities to expand technology platform capabilities and value proposition for PMs
- Develop, manage and report on key business metrics, providing management transparency and directly informing our strategic roadmap and prioritization
- Manage cross-functional execution and reporting across diverse set of initiatives and domains
- Design and manage key processes, with a keen focus on automation to scale core functions
Qualifications/Skills Required
- Deep knowledge of commodities markets and trading instruments, ideally gained in a front office trading/risk role
- Analytical rigor, with an understanding of linear and non-linear risk, exposure, and PnL calculations and visualization
- Familiarity of the trading lifecycle, from pre-trade analytics to post-trade settlement
- Strong project management skills, with proven ability to collaborate effectively across broad set of domains and stakeholder groups
- Skilled multi-tasker and detail oriented, with high degree of organizational skills
- Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
- Proven track record of excellence, delivering outcomes with urgency, integrity and efficiency
- Working knowledge of Python, SQL and databases
- Working knowledge of Commodities fundamental data and models
