Murex Market Risk Consultant

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

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Murex Market Risk Consultant based in Paris, France to work in a client-servicing role to drive one of our client's global system implementations, with responsibilities:

• Design solution according to Market Risk business requirements.
  
• Definition, execution & validation of validation test cases & deliverable package according to project methodology.
  
• Support the client on SIT, and UAT test through case investigation and resolution.
  
• Manage user requirements workshops and formulation of an overall solution design. 
  
• Modelling transactions and validation to ensure that the business requirements are met. 
  
• Work hands-on on Murex VAR/ MRA Configuration and help to troubleshoot issues. 
  
• Conduct analysis and propose solutions for business issues, process changes and functional requirements. 
  
• Assist in system integration, data migration and implementation. 
  
• Work with different teams and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver system solutions for the business.
  
• Build a strong relationship and manage expectations with users and stake holders.
  

Requirements

• Master's or Bachelor's Degree, preferably from Financial Engineering, Applied Finance, Business or Computer Science or related discipline.
  
• Experience of either Murex VAR, MRA or MRE configuration.
  
• Possess market risk knowledge of VaR/ES, Back Test, Stress VaR.
  
• Understanding of Market Data and Rate curve assignment methods in Murex.
  
• Strong knowledge and functional experience on related Murex risk modules. E.g. MRA, MRE, MLC
  
• Pricing and Model assignment configuration in Murex.
  
• Familiar with SQL &, XML, Unix commands. 
  
• Understanding of Greeks/Sensitivities.
  
• Experience in managing and delivery of trading platforms for Treasury products
  
• Exposure to Financial Markets and Derivative products. 
  
• Outstanding communication with the maturity to interact across senior people from the customer.