Senior Application Consultant(Murex Mx3)

DA SOFTWARE PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software firm in Singapore seeks a senior professional with extensive experience in Murex Datamart. The role involves understanding system setups and providing technical specifications, alongside responsibilities for reporting and testing. The ideal candidate will have over 12 years of experience in Murex, excellent SQL programming skills, and a solid understanding of capital market products. Strong knowledge of Unix and at least one reporting tool is also essential for success in this challenging position.

Qualifications

• At least 12+ years of experience on MX3.1 Datamart.
• Thorough knowledge of Datamart objects – dynamic tables, feeders.
• Familiarity with mxres configuration files, and launcher flags.

Responsibilities

• Understand the Murex system setup at the client.
• Collect and provide detailed technical specifications.
• Analyze Datamart setup for redundancy.

Skills

Murex Datamart

Excellent SQL programming skills

Unix experience

Experience with at least one reporting tool

Good understanding of capital market products

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