Front Office Stream Lead - Endur/Orchestrade

Luxoft has one of the world's leading Orchestrade practices. We are a top-tier Orchestrade Partner and a market leader in implementation, integration, upgrade, and migration.
We provide end-to-end project services and have delivered Orchestrade projects across all major asset classes and sectors including investment banking, asset management, corporate treasury, commodities.

Whether you possess a background in finance, technology, or Mathematics, your experience in the capital markets industry or commodities industry would be of high interest to us.

The project is a Trading and Position platform Implementation for Commodity products.

You will be part of a Top Initiative for this commodity client.
This is a brilliant opportunity to work on several type of commodity products and learn a new trading platform.
You will have the ability to showcase the work directly to the End users.

The team is responsible for the integration of a trading application (Orchestrade) used for:
• Pre-deal origination workflow and post execution monitoring and life-cycle management.
• Dedicated workflow, configuration of the platform, supporting business
• Leverage strategic standard risk systems
• Integration with Operations, Finance
• Reporting, Reconciliation
• Accounting

The application is Orchestrade:
- Orchestrade is in .Net (C#): Natively connected to Excel
- Database: Microsoft SQL
- Delivered In-House or Hosted (Amazon Web Services)

You will be part of the development team responsible for the migration of the new trading platform.
You will act as a senior .NET developer.
This is a brilliant opportunity to work on a new trading platform written in C#

Also, you will join our Orchestrade Practice and become a member of our open minded, progressive and professional team.
You will have a chance to grow your functional and soft skills and build a thorough expertise of the industry of our client.
Location: Flexible / Hybrid
Contract: Permanent or Contract
Industry: Energy Trading & Risk Management
Role Purpose
The Front Office Stream Lead will be responsible for leading the Front Office workstream as part of a strategic transformation to replace Endur with Orchestrade. The role will ensure that Front Office business requirements, trading workflows, and risk functionality are correctly designed, implemented, and adopted for Power, Certificates, Gas, and Biomethane products.
The Front Office Stream Lead will act as the primary interface between Trading, Risk, IT, and the Orchestrade implementation partner, ensuring the solution supports current and future Front Office operating needs.

Responsibilities

Front Office Delivery Leadership

Lead the Front Office workstream for the Orchestrade implementation

Act as the Front Office subject-matter expert for the replacement of Endur

Own Front Office scope, priorities, roadmap, and dependencies within the wider program

Ensure Front Office requirements are accurately translated into Orchestrade configurations and solutions

Business Requirements & Design

Gather, challenge, and document Front Office business requirements across:

Trading workflows and deal entry

Product modelling for Power, Gas, Biomethane, and Certificates

Risk metrics, exposures, and reporting

Trade lifecycle events and position management

Drive Front Office solution design, ensuring alignment with best practices and Orchestrade capabilities

Validate functional design documents and configuration choices

Implementation & Configuration Oversight

Oversee configuration of Orchestrade Front Office components, including:

Products, deals, pricing, and lifecycle events

Exposure, risk, and P&L views

Trade booking and validation rules

Provide hands-on Front Office expertise to resolve design and implementation challenges

Ensure consistency between Front Office, Risk, and downstream processes

Testing & Readiness

Lead Front Office testing activities, including:

System Integration Testing (SIT)

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

Define Front Office test scenarios and success criteria

Support trader and Front Office user readiness for go live

Stakeholder Management

Act as the primary Front Office point of contact for:

Traders and Front Office management

Risk and Middle Office teams

IT and data teams

Orchestrade vendor and implementation partners

Provide regular status updates, risk visibility, and decision support to program governance

Skills

Must have

Mandatory Skills Description

Front Office & ETRM Systems

Strong Front Office experience within Energy Trading & Risk Management

Proven experience implementing Orchestrade or Endur in a Front Office capacity

Deep understanding of Front Office trading processes and system usage

Experience across Power, Gas, Environmental Products / Certificates, including physical and financial contracts

Product & Market Knowledge

Solid understanding of:

Physical and financial Power and Gas trading

Biomethane contracts and lifecycle considerations

Environmental products (e.g. Guarantees of Origin, Certificates)

Understanding of Front Office risk metrics and exposure management

Management

Strong leadership of functional workstreams within large transformation programs

Ability to bridge business and technology effectively

Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills

Structured, delivery-focused mindset with attention to detail

Ability to challenge requirements and drive pragmatic solutions

Nice to have

Degree in Finance, Engineering, Economics, or a related discipline

ETRM system certifications or energy trading qualifications are advantageous

Other

Languages

English: C1 Advanced

Seniority

Regular