Murex Front Office Consultant - Structured Products

at  Luxoft

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The Murex FO Consultant will be responsible for product implementation.

QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS:

The candidate should possess either a postgraduate degree or qualification in Information Systems / Engineering / Business Administration.
The candidate should carry a minimum relevant work experience in a Bank or I.T. Company for a minimum of 5-7 years.
Strong record of stakeholder management and leadership skills
Strong understanding of the financial markets, trading and banking solutions
Strong knowledge of the Global Markets products and practices, front-to-end: pricing, limit checks, booking, risk management, accounting generation, settlements and confirmation generation
Candidate must be technically astute and have had relevant exposure and experience with bank systems and processes
Strong proven track record of liaising with stakeholders for business requirements, specification documents, testing processes and other relevant information.
Strong numerical skills coupled with the ability to deliver well under pressure and tight deadlines.
Candidate must display strong verbal and written communication skills
WORK CONTACTS (Inside and outside the Bank)
Contacts (inside and outside the bank) How Often Method of Contact
IT Teams Daily In Person
Project Manager and Project Team Daily In Person/Phone/Email
Business Stakeholders/Users Daily In Person/Phone/Email
Internal/external solution providers Need Basis In Person/Phone/Email

SKILLS

Must have
Minimum 5 years of experience in Murex Front office.
Expertise in multiple asset classes (atleast 2 of the following) such as IR vanilla and exotic derivatives, Equity Derivatives, Commodity Derivatives , FX Derivatives, Structured Derivatives.
Experience in leading and delivering projects
Experience in implementation and supporting Murex v3.1 with regards to front office capabilities
Experience on implementation of both linear and non-linear products in Murex
Strong analytical and problem solving skills accompanied with excellent communication.
Strong exposure to FO Modules of Murex
E-Tradepad, Simulation, Livebook, RTPM, Pre-Trade Workflow, Market Data, Dynamic Tables, P&L Notepad, FDI Templates, Blotters, Risk Matrices etc.
Excellent knowledge of Capital Markets products and processes, front to back.
Nice to have
NA

Analysis & Documentation of user requirements and transpose into Functional Specifications
Act as key liaison with Global Markets teams (business and their supporting functions), IT teams as well as with the vendors
Participate actively in discussions with business, understand their needs and transform them into change or project initiatives
Define the systems and data requirements and validate the systems design and processes from functional and technical aspects
Develop and refine the various business/functional/testing requirements in support of the project and systems involved, working alongside the vendor if needed
Configuration of the solution as per requirements
Act as the subject matter expert for Murex suite of tools used within Front Office and ensuring that all functionality of the product are installed and leveraged to its best capability within the group
Creation of test plan, test cases, execution of system testing
Contribute to the User Training activities, through one-to-one discussion, preparation of user training guides & presentations
Follow up with vendor support as and when necessary to resolve bugs/issues
Ensure technical and functional hand over of the project and changes to the relevant teams
Assist in developing business and operational processes and to participate in developing system training artefacts when required