Murex Front Office Support Consultant

About the role

The Murex FO support analyst will be part of the GM IT FO Squad responsible for providing IT services to the Global Markets team. This squad is accountable for support, change requests, and projects related to Global Markets. Key responsibilities include providing level 1 and level 2 trading floor support to traders and control groups.

Responsibilities

• Support traders and middle office users with daily issues including P&L/position mismatches, market data, and market operations.
• Configure curves (rate, rate hedge, credit) and static data, including securities, generators, indices, currencies, volatility surfaces, portfolios, user groups, and access rights in Murex.
• Write new pre-trade rules and create/amend lookup tables, simulation views, e-tradepad strategies, and Live Book views.
• Participate in patch and version upgrades testing to reconcile any P&L/Greeks issues and avoid regressions.
• Report on progress regarding issues and showstoppers to managers and other stakeholders.
• Assist in developing business and operational processes and participate in creating system training artifacts when required.

Skills
Must have

• Minimum 7-10 years of experience as a Murex Front Office support analyst.
• Extensive experience in setting up and validating Interest Rate curves, including for Alternative Reference Rates (ARRs).
• Expertise in at least two asset classes, such as FX Derivatives, IR vanilla and exotic derivatives, Equity Derivatives, Commodity Derivatives, Structured Products, and Credit Derivatives, with one of the two being Exotics.
• Comprehensive knowledge in pricing, valuation, risk management, and sensitivities, including for exotic products.
• Strong exposure to Front Office Modules of Murex.
• Familiarity with E-Tradepad, Simulation, Livebook, RTPM, Pre-Trade Workflow, Market Data, Dynamic Tables, P&L Notepad, FDI Templates, Blotters, Risk Matrices, etc.
• Experience in implementing and supporting Murex v3.1 in terms of front office capabilities.
• Excellent understanding of Capital Markets products and processes from front to back.
• Experience in implementing both linear and non-linear products in Murex.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with excellent communication abilities.
• Profound understanding of financial markets, trading, and banking solutions.
• Good knowledge of Global Markets products and practices, including pricing, limit checks, booking, risk management, accounting generation, settlements, and confirmation generation.
• Technically astute with relevant exposure and experience with banking systems and processes.
• Proven track record of liaising with stakeholders for business requirements, specification documents, testing processes, and other pertinent information.
• Strong numerical skills with the ability to perform well under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of Python, SQL, or other scripting languages for pricing validation and reconciliation.

Languages:

• English: C1 Advanced.