Senior Application Consultant(Murex Mx3)

DA SOFTWARE PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology solutions provider in Singapore is seeking an experienced professional for a Murex Datamart project. The role involves understanding the Murex system setup, analyzing data structures, and developing Datamart objects. Candidates should have at least 12 years of experience in Murex Datamart, excellent SQL programming skills, and familiarity with financial markets. The position offers a comprehensive responsibilities package, including tracking testing progress and providing status reports.

Qualifications

• At least 12+ years of experience on MX3.1 Datamart.
• Good understanding of capital market products.
• Excellent SQL programming skills.
• Unix experience necessary; shell programming experience highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Understand the Murex system setup and support team organization.
• Analyze Datamart setup and table structures.
• Develop a generic data model and create Datamart objects as required.
• Provide status reports and track testing progress.

Skills

Murex Datamart

SQL programming

Unix experience

Knowledge of financial markets

Tools

Oracle

Sybase

Actuate eRD Pro

Job description

Project Description

Mx.3 change request project covering data mart and back office related changes. Be a part of change squad.

Responsibilities

• Understand the Murex system setup at the client, organization of the support teams, end of day procedures and the report delivery process
• Collect and provide detailed technical specifications / business requirement specifications
• Participates in peer review of requirements, technical and/or testing documentation and assists mentors junior members with same
• Analyze Datamart setup and the table structures for the purpose of identifying redundant objects, to minimize execution time of batches, and to seek possibility of reuse of objects
• Segregate reports by users, products, creation classes, fields needed, complexity and frequency of execution
• Develop a generic data model and then create Datamart objects as required for the reports
• Execute processing scripts and batches manually or through the use of a scheduling tool like Control‑M
• Reconcile report extraction output with the onscreen / mreport output
• Analyze differences caused by adding or removing some filter conditions / dynamic table flags / launcher flags
• Create and suggest processes, templates and tools to streamline the development, testing and implementation phases
• Analyses issues during planning and test execution phases
• Provide relevant and accurate information about defects and help the business reproduce errors
• Prepare and send effective periodic and timely status reports
• Track the testing progress and elevate the issue well in advance
• Assists in the preparation and execution of test plans
• Identifies the conditions that create errors to occur and escalates outstanding issues for clarification and resolution
• Escalates identified issues/risks in a timely fashion to the team lead.
• Assist team lead with effort estimation related to the development and UAT
• Ensures test documentation and deliverables are consistent with defined standards

Mandatory Skills

• Murex Datamart

Mandatory Skills Description

• At least 12+ years of experience on MX3.1 Datamart
• Understanding of the Murex system as a whole
• Good understanding of capital market products
• In-depth understanding of MX reporting architecture, MX datamodel, and MX Datamart configuration
• Familiarity with mxres configuration files, and launcher flags
• Thorough knowledge of Datamart objects – dynamic tables, feeders, batch of feeders, scanner templates etc.
• Exposed to Mreports; Mreport to Datamart migration experience is desirable
• Experience with Simulation and Risk Matrices
• Experience with Market risk and credit risk report development
• Experience with RDBMS, e.g. Oracle, Sybase
• Excellent SQL programming skills
• Unix experience necessary; shell programming experience highly desirable; awk, sed, and Perl scripting experience would be a bonus
• Experience with at least one reporting tool, preferably Actuate eRD Pro
• Other programming experience a plus, esp MS Excel VBA

Product knowledge (Any one or more, FX mandatory) – FX, IRD, FI, EQD, CRD

Technical skills – Very good knowledge of SQL (Sybase and Oracle), Atleast one reporting tool (Actuate, Crystal reports, Micro Strategy), Basic unix commands

Understanding of Trade Life Cycle

Should possess an understanding of financial markets

Basic knowledge on financial instruments such as Interest Rate Derivatives