Business Manager - Equities Prime Financing (Front Office)

Location

London (or other major global financial hub)

Division

Global Corporate & Investment Banking
Equities - Prime Financing / Prime Brokerage (Front Office)

Role Overview

We are seeking a Front Office Business Manager to support the Equities Prime Financing business within a leading Global Corporate & Investment Bank. This role sits alongside senior trading and Prime Financing leadership and plays a critical role in business strategy, market risk oversight, infrastructure transformation, and operational delivery across Prime Brokerage and Prime Financing.

The role has specific responsibility for front-office infrastructure migration initiatives affecting Prime Finance, requiring close coordination across trading, technology, operations, risk, and change teams.

The successful candidate will combine business management expertise, hands-on market risk experience, and strong exposure to Equities, Prime Financing, and Prime Brokerage platforms.

Key Responsibilities

Business & Strategic Management

• Act as a trusted business partner to Equities Prime Financing and Prime Brokerage leadership
• Drive strategic planning, execution, and performance management across the Prime business
• Support balance sheet optimisation, growth initiatives, and new product onboarding
• Prepare and deliver senior-level governance, strategy, and performance materials

Infrastructure Migration & Change Delivery (Prime Finance)

• Own and lead front-office infrastructure migration projects within Prime Financing
• Coordinate migrations of:
  • Trading, financing, and risk platforms
  • Booking models, data flows, and downstream reporting
• Act as the front-office representative for technology-led transformation initiatives
• Ensure migrations are delivered with:
  • Zero disruption to trading and client activity
  • Full alignment with risk, control, and regulatory expectations
• Manage dependencies across Technology, Operations, Risk, Finance, and external vendors
• Oversee testing, parallel runs, cutover planning, and post-implementation stability

Market Risk & Front Office Risk Oversight

• Partner closely with Market Risk to monitor:
  • Exposure, sensitivities, stress scenarios, and limit utilisation
• Ensure infrastructure changes correctly reflect market risk measurement and reporting
• Translate risk metrics into commercial and strategic insights for front-office leadership
• Challenge risk outcomes in the context of Prime Financing activity and platform changes

Financial Oversight & Controls

• Monitor front-office financial KPIs, revenues, and cost drivers
• Assess impacts of platform migrations on:
  • Funding, balance sheet usage, and capital efficiency
• Support budgeting, forecasting, and cost-management initiatives

Governance, Regulatory & Control Framework

• Ensure Prime Finance activities and migrations comply with internal governance and regulatory requirements
• Own front-office controls related to infrastructure change, issue remediation, and audit interaction
• Coordinate responses to internal and external regulatory inquiries impacting Prime Brokerage

Stakeholder Management

• Act as a central coordination point between:
  • Prime Financing and trading desks
  • Technology and change teams
  • Market Risk, Credit Risk, Finance, Legal, Compliance, and Operations
• Influence senior stakeholders across front office and control functions globally

Required Experience & Skills

Essential Experience

• Proven experience as a Front Office Business Manager
• Hands-on market risk experience, ideally within Equities or Prime Financing
• Strong exposure to:
  • Equities products
  • Prime Financing
  • Prime Brokerage
• Demonstrated ownership of front-office infrastructure or platform migration projects

Technical & Product Expertise

• Strong understanding of:
  • Equity derivatives, margining, and financing structures
  • Prime Brokerage operating and booking models
  • Market risk frameworks (VaR, stress testing, sensitivities)
• Ability to assess how technology and infrastructure changes impact:
  • Risk, P&L, balance sheet, and controls

Professional Skills

• Excellent stakeholder and change-management capability
• Strong analytical skills with attention to detail
• Commercial mindset with a strong control orientation
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced front-office environment

Education & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, or a related field
• CFA, FRM, or MBA beneficial but not required

Key Attributes for Success

• Credible front-office presence with senior stakeholders
• Strong ownership mindset and delivery focus
• Ability to balance business growth with risk and control discipline
• Structured, resilient, and calm under delivery pressure