Murex Front Office Support Consultant

Luxoft Germany; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

Luxoft Germany is seeking an experienced Murex FO support analyst to join the GM IT FO Squad in Abu Dhabi. You will provide level 1/2 trading floor support to traders and controllers, handle incidents, and participate in change requests and projects for Global Markets.

The role requires deep knowledge of Murex front-office modules, curve calibration, and multi-asset class pricing, with strong communication and stakeholder management.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of experience in Murex Front Office support.
• Extensive experience configuring curves and static data in Murex.
• Expertise across multiple asset classes, including exotics.
• Strong pricing, valuation and risk management knowledge.
• Experience with front-office Murex modules and upgrades.
• Excellent communication and ability to liaise with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide level 1/2 trading floor support to traders and control groups.
• Support daily issues: PL, position mismatches, market data, operations.
• Configure curves, static data, securities, and portfolios in Murex.
• Write and test pre-trade rules, lookup tables, and live book views.
• Assist in patch and version upgrades and regression testing.
• Report progress to management and stakeholders; support process improvements.

Skills

Murex Front Office support

FO modules expertise

Trading floor support

Problem solving & communication

Financial markets knowledge

Stakeholder liaison

Python/SQL scripting (nice-to-have)

Tools

Murex v3.1

Job description

Project description

The Murex FO support analyst will be required to be part of GM IT FO Squad responsible to provide IT services to Global Markets team. The squad is responsible for support, change request and projects pertaining to Global Markets. Key responsibilities of the role include providing level 1 / level 2 trading floor support to traders and control groups

Responsibilities

• Support traders, middle office users on daily issues including PL / position mismatches / market data, mkt operations, etc.
• Configure curves (rate, rate hedge, credit) and static data including securities, generators, indices, currencies, vol surface, portfolios, user groups, access rights etc., in Murex.
• Write new pre trade rules, create / amend lookup tables / simulation views / e-tradepad strategies / Live Book views.
• Work on Patch upgrades / version upgrades testing to reconcile any PL / Greeks issue & avoid any regressions.
• Reporting on progress on issues / showstoppers to manager and other stakeholders
• Assist in developing business and operational processes and to participate in developing system training artefacts when required

SKILLS

Must have

• Minimum 7-10 years of experience as Murex Front office support
• Extensive experience in setting up and validating Interest rate curves including for ARRs.
• Expertise in multiple asset classes (at least 2 of the following) such as IR vanilla and exotic derivatives, Equity Derivatives, Commodity Derivatives, FX Derivatives, Structured Products Credit Derivatives, FIMM (Fixed Income, / Money Market). One of the two must be Exotics
• Expertise in terms of pricing, valuation, risk management and sensitivities including for exotic products.
• 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.
• Experience in implementation and supporting Murex v3.1 with regards to front office capabilities
• Excellent knowledge of Capital Markets products and processes, front to back.
• Experience on implementation of both linear and non-linear products in Murex
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills accompanied with excellent communication.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

Nice to have

Knowledge of Python, SQL, or scripting languages used for pricing validation and reconciliation