Senior Consultant (Capital Markets)

upskills pte. ltd.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

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, we provide smart, business-wise and efficient solutions.

Senior Consultant opportunity involved in Capital Market projects, Murex implementations and upgrades, gathering requirements from Traders and Quants, and driving delivery across multiple workstreams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor or Master degree in Business Management, Finance or Financial Engineering.
• At least 4-8 years Murex Experience in Capital Market projects or treasury support.
• Exposure to Financial Markets and Derivative products.
• Knowledge of Financial Business and Processes.
• Ability to lead and manage the delivery of tasks to schedule.
• Good analytical skills.
• Highly committed and motivated to learn in the Financial Market.
• Proactive with high organization skills.
• Outstanding communication with the maturity to interact across senior people from the customer.
• Proven track of records and references.

Responsibilities

• Lead requirements gathering from Users (Traders, Quants, Dealers, Product Controllers and related teams).
• Coordinate unit testing and Users Acceptance tests.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues with supporting units.
• Write and maintain programmable code outlined in technical instructions and specifications for software applications and operating systems.

Skills

Murex experience

Capital Markets

Project delivery

Team leadership

Education

Finance or Financial Engineering degree

Job description

Company Description

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 to an in-deep knowledge of financial markets technologies, we provide smart, business-wise and efficient solutions.

Responsibilities

As a Senior Consultant, you will be working on various projects in the Capital Market, implementation and upgrade of new Trading System, Business expertise and support. You will be assigned multiple projects to manage and widen your exposure to the Financial Products and Domains.
You will work as a Business Analyst or Project Manager, gathering the requirements from Users (Traders, Quants, Dealers, Product Controllers, and other related team members), conducting the Unit testing and Users Acceptance tests, Troubleshooting and resolving issues with supporting units. Write and maintain programmable code outlined in technical instructions and specifications for software applications and operating systems.

Possible project assignments

• Back-Office and Processing: Implementing the Deal Life Cycle in a BO system, Validation of Confirmation and Settlement Documents


• Finance and Product Control: Accounting, PL computation and reconciliation, Valuation Models settings, Yield curve construction, Off-Markets Checks


• Middle-Office: Risk Management, Market Risk, Credit Risk, VaR, Stress-tests and backtesting


• Front-Office: Pricing Models Validation, Deal Capture Tools configuration, Risk Monitoring/ Control workflows, Streamlining processes for new products.

Requirements

• Bachelor or Master Degree in Business Management, Finance or Financial Engineering


• At least 4-8 years Murex Experience in Capital Market projects or treasury support


• Exposure to Financial Markets and Derivative products


• Knowledge of Financial Business and Processes
  
• Ability to lead and manage the delivery of tasks to schedule


• Good analytical skills


• Highly committed and motivated to learn in the Financial Market


• Proactive with high organization skills


• Outstanding communication with the maturity to interact across senior people from the customer


• Proven track of records and references