Murex Front Office Consultant

This is a remote position.

Upskills provides expert financial software consulting to investment banks and leading financial institutions in Asia Pacific, Middle East and Europe. With a strong, Front to Back expertise in the cash and derivatives markets, coupled by an in-depth knowledge of financial markets technologies, we provide smart and efficient solutions.

We are seeking highly motivated Murex Front Office Consultant with good knowledge & experience in Murex Front Office to service our client. 

• Analyse business processes and functional requirements, perform gap analysis between existing and required solution to drive the delivery of relevant user requirements documentation.
  
• Work hands on with Murex Front Office to configure and test to ensure business requirements are met. 
  
• Liaise with customers to scope, gather, review, and implement their Front Office business / functional requirements. 
  
• Work with the users to test, achieve signoff (UAT), and move the system toward go-live. 
  
• Closely work with the Stream Lead to manage customer expectations on timelines
  
• Support clients with the development of their own internal project plan, including the identification of key setup and configuration tasks, scope considerations, timeline, etc.
  
• Responsible for training users on basic use of the system, new functionality, etc.
  
• Assist in system integration, data migration and implementation. 
  

• Master's or Bachelor's Degree, preferably from Quantitative Finance, Financial Engineering, Applied Finance, Business or relevant discipline
  
• Minimum 2-3 years of experience working within the capital markets industry.
  
• Expertise in Trade/Order Booking and Pricing included structured notes issuances, with advanced knowledge of Murex Scripting Language (Pricing/Booking Sequence, Pretrades)
  
• Expertise in Position Monitoring including the design and implementation of customized simulation views and on-demand reports including bond analytics, IR and Cross-asset sensitivities, Effective duration, etc. 
  
• Expertise and hands-on experience in Performance Attribution and Benchmarking, NAV calculations.
  
• Asset classes: Rates, Fixed Income, ABS, FX, Inflation, Equity derivatives as well as commodities.
  
• Able to work in a team environment, focused on providing high quality of service to the client.
  
• Excellent interpersonal skills, able to handle priorities and manage business expectations
  
• Strong and demonstrable problem solving/analytical skills.