Senior Murex Front Office Consultant

DXC Luxoft has one of the world's leading Murex practices. We are a top-tier Murex Alliance Partner and a market leader in implementation, integration, upgrade, and migration. We provide end-to-end project services and have delivered over 200 successful Murex projects across all major asset classes and sectors including investment banking, asset management, corporate treasury, and insurance.
This is a contractor position.
Whether you possess a background in finance, technology, or Mathematics, your experience in the capital markets industry would be of high interest to us.

Responsibilities

Part of an embedment team, candidates will learn Murex application while performing the following responsibilities:

Resolve daily FO issues on both functional, valuation, and pricing

Validate pricing and valuation of financial products being implemented on Finastra Fusion Invest (including sensitivities and VaR)

Liaise with the technical team(s) -

when needed -

to resolve FO related issues and necessary enhancements

Develop FO Business requirements per given stream and according to Project needs as they come along

Yield Curve management and validation; curve assignments; new curve creation

Products (IRD, CRD, EQD) management and validation

Manage day-to-day assigned project tasks to complete various FO deliverables

Contribute and assist existing support group(s) in resolving requests or issues with P&L, Market Data, and booking issues

Analyze, formulate, propose, develop and/or contribute to overall solutions as per project deliverables

Continuous follow-up of new Market regulations/practices globally

Perform various levels of testing for assigned deliverables as well as participate in formal release cycles (SIT/UAT)

Skills

Must have

Very Strong product knowledge in IRD, EQD, CRD

Equity derivatives knowledge. Few key instruments: Portfolio Swaps, Bond Swaps (knowledge will be a huge plus!)

-Product implementation experience

Very Strong understanding of the P&L concept overall and its components

Very Strong understanding and hands-on experience in Market Data, Curve structure, Simulations, and Trade Life Cycle

Strong analytical, pricing, and conceptual skills

Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail

Strong presentation skills

Strong relationship building skills both internally and externally

Strong experience in supporting FO users and resolving their daily issues

Must:

5+ years experience on Murex with FO functionalities/module

experience in financial markets

Must have a strong personality, logical and analytical skills

Be detailed-oriented, a quick learner, and a self-starter

Possess good verbal and written communication skills

Nice to have

BS or higher degree in Finance, Mathematics or equivalent

Implementations and upgrades

Test management

Trade life cycle management

Market Data management

Knowledge in SQL (Oracle and/or Sybase) and Unix commands is a plus

Good understanding of Market Risk Management (including VaR, stress-tests, back-testing)

Client focus: understands clients' businesses; identifies and understands the needs and objectives of clients, both on an individual and corporate basis; builds strong relationships to aid Luxoft aim of being a trusted partner to the clients.

Communication skills: expresses ideas effectively, both verbally and in writing; adjusts language, terminology and non-verbal communication as appropriate.

Teamwork: works effectively with others; helps to build strong teams and networks.

Personal leadership: realistically identifies own skills, experience, knowledge and other personal attributes; displays confidence and resilience.

Planning and organizing: identifies and meets milestones; understands and articulates deliverables; assesses and mitigates risks; sticks to the scope of work and manages any changes.

Analytical decision-making: identifies and solves problems using insight and experience to make good decisions; gathers relevant information, identifying important issues and drawing conclusions.

Other

Languages

English: C2 Proficient

Seniority

Regular