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