Specialist Murex Business Analyst – Leading Investment Bank recruitment

My client, a leading investment bank are looking for a Senior Murex Business Analyst to work closely with the vendor to fix bugs, troubleshoot and therefore need to be a strong communicator, good team player and have the ability to work to strict deadlines. The successful candidate must have fluent understanding of Murex and EQD will help analyse PL/Risk/Greek and other problems. Strong relationship and understanding of Murex will also be a great asset. A key contact for the business is and therefore needs too have strong and fluent understanding of the Murex platform. They will be involved in a mixture of projects involving development of new Murex reports, amendment of existing ones as well as second level production support.
Essential:
Expert in investment banking front-office Murex environment. More than 4 years of BA experience at Murex or 7 years of generic Murex experience. Able to mentor less experienced analysts. Equity derivative specific knowledge is essential and this individual should have over 3 years. Front facing Murex skills and understanding.

The successful candidate may not possess all of these skills initially, and where necessary targeted, and on the job training would be provided.

Simulation
Typology/Instrument/Event understanding
Greeks / Dynamic Greeks.
PL analysis
Experience of FO environment and dealings with the latter.
Experienced in full lifecycle software development in a front office environment
Basic SQL or other scripting
Understanding of table structure. / Sybase
Familiarity with derivative products, ideally equity derivatives, FX and Securities Finance, full trade lifecycle and market events.
Strong Murex background, preferably Mx3.1 and knowledge of Murex 3.1 database schema.
Keen advocate of standards, guidelines and best practice
Confident and effective in working within a team and in dealing with the business, and in working closely with the vendor to fix bugs and troubleshoot.

Desirable:
Understanding of the Murex Reporting solution – Datamart Dynamic Table

For more information contact Lee Pittaway on 0207 621 5500 or apply now for immediate consideration!!