Application Support Analyst - Assistant VP - Commodities Front Office

6 month contract - Inside IR35 Our industry leading investment banking client is looking for an Application Support Analyst - Assistant VP - Commodities Front Office on a 6 month contract. Key Responsibilities As a member of the team, support the global commodities in house platform, critical for front-to-back functionality including pricing, risk management, market data sharing, p&l reporting, settlements, physical scheduling, trade confirmations and regulatory reporting. Key daily tasks include: • Proactively monitoring the system • Configuring the system • Analysing and resolving production support technical and functional issues • Fielding questions from all CIT personnel including traders, marketers, risk managers, and middle office and keeping them informed of system issues and changes affecting them • Logging incidents Key Skills This role requires strong problem-solving and communication skills. The analyst will engage directly with many different teams within the bank including trading, sales, middle office, back office, confirmations, market risk and accounting. Therefore, the ability to pick up diverse product and process knowledge will be critical. Functional skills • Front to back process. • Knowledge on commodities/PNL/Pricing is a plus. Technical skills • Python or other programming skills • Intermediate level relational database and SQL skills are required.