Murex Front Office Support Consultant or willing to relocate

Luxoft; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 400,000 - 680,000; Full time

Job summary

Luxoft in Abu Dhabi seeks a Senior Murex Front Office Support Analyst to join the GM IT FO Squad, delivering level 1/2 trading floor support and handling changes and projects for Global Markets. You will configure curves and static data in Murex, write pre-trade rules, and support patch upgrades while liaising with traders and control groups.

Ideal candidates bring 7–10+ years of Murex FO experience, strong communication, and deep knowledge of capital markets, pricing, risk, and exotic products.

Qualifications

• Extensive front office Murex experience (7–10+ years).
• Deep knowledge of interest rate curves and ARRs.
• Expertise across multiple asset classes with exotic products exposure.
• Strong pricing, valuation, risk management and sensitivities.
• Hands-on with Murex FO modules and related tools.
• Experience in Murex v3.1 front office capabilities and patches.

Responsibilities

• Provide level 1/2 trading floor support to traders and control groups.
• Support daily issues: PL, position mismatches, market data, etc.
• Configure curves, static data, securities, indices, currencies, vol surfaces in Murex.
• Create/modify pre-trade rules, lookup tables, simulation views, Live Book views.
• Participate in patch/version upgrades testing to avoid regressions.
• Report progress on issues to managers and stakeholders.
• Assist in developing business processes and system training artefacts.

Skills

Murex Front Office support

Interest rate curves setup/validation

FO modules of Murex

Pricing, valuation, risk management

Exotic derivatives experience

Python/SQL scripting

Stakeholder communication

Analytical problem solving

Murex v3.1 implementation/support

Capital markets knowledge

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

Languages

English: C1 Advanced

Seniority

Senior

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates or willing to relocate

Req. VR-125064