Fixed Income IT Trading Implementation Lead

Mizuho Financial Group Inc.; City of Niagara Falls (NY); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Hybrid work program

Travel flexibility

Job summary

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. is seeking an experienced Fixed Income IT Trading Implementation Lead in New York to drive a multi-year Murex transformation across front office and risk functions.

You will lead architecture, delivery, and governance for complex capital markets initiatives with cross-functional stakeholders in North America, Europe, and vendor organizations. The role requires deep fixed income and derivatives experience, strong leadership, and a track record delivering large-scale

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in finance, computer science, or related field.
• 10+ years in capital markets or financial services with deep fixed income/derivatives knowledge.
• 5+ years delivering Murex implementations, upgrades, or major enhancements.
• Strong understanding of Fixed Income and OTC derivatives processing.
• Experience delivering XVA, risk, or valuation platform initiatives.
• Proven track record leading global technology teams and strategic transformation programs.
• Ability to elicit complex requirements and translate into practical Murex designs and technical specs.
• Excellent delivery management including risk and dependency management, and executive communication.

Responsibilities

• Serve as functional lead and solution architect to extend Murex to onboard a new European booking entity (Project Delta).
• Manage a geographically distributed team across North America, EMEA, and vendor organizations.
• Define scalable, maintainable solutions aligned with business requirements and Murex capabilities.
• Collaborate with Murex, infrastructure, and application teams, and with traders, analysts, operations, risk and finance stakeholders.
• Lead requirements, design, and solution-validation workshops; translate processes into specs, configurations, interfaces, and delivery plans.
• Drive cross-functional execution, manage dependencies/risks, and report status with PMO support.
• Establish target operating model for European entity and retain ownership post-implementation.
• Lead analysis/delivery of new Murex functionality and platform enhancements.
• Identify opportunities to streamline processes, reduce debt, and improve controls and resilience.
• Support end-to-end testing, migration, go-live, and stabilization for business readiness.

Skills

Fixed income expertise

Derivatives knowledge

Murex implementation

Platform transformation

Global team leadership

Solution design & architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Murex platform

Enterprise architecture

Job description

Join Mizuho as a Fixed Income IT Trading Implementation Lead! We are seeking an experienced technology manager to lead a strategic transformation program for the Mizuho European Entity. The role will be accountable for end-to-end delivery of complex front office and risk technology initiatives centered around the Murex platform, operating model transformation, application architecture, and cross-functional integration. The successful candidate will act as the technology lead across Business, Risk, Operations, Finance, and Infrastructure stakeholders, driving solution design, execution, governance, vendor management, and production readiness for a multi-year strategic program.

The position requires deep experience in capital markets technology, derivatives processing, Murex, XVA, and large-scale transformation delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the functional lead and solution architect for extending the New York Murex platform to onboard and support a new European booking entity. (Project Delta)
• Manage a geographically distributed team across North America, EMEA, and vendor organizations in front to back organizations
• Define scalable, maintainable solutions that align business requirements with Murex capabilities, enterprise architecture standards, and the broader technology landscape.
• Partner closely with New York and London Murex, infrastructure, and application teams, as well as traders, quantitative analysts, operations, risk, and finance stakeholders.
• Facilitate requirements, design, and solution-validation workshops; translate complex business processes into clear functional specifications, configurations, interfaces, and delivery plans.
• Drive cross-functional execution, manage dependencies and risks, and provide transparent status reporting in partnership with subject-matter experts and the program management office.
• Establish the target support and operating model for the European entity and retain functional ownership of the solution following implementation.
• Lead analysis and delivery of new Murex functionality, product enablement, platform enhancements, and business-as-usual change initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to streamline processes, reduce functional and technical debt, improve controls and resilience, and influence the evolution of Murex and connected applications.
• Support end-to-end testing, migration, go-live, and stabilization activities, ensuring business readiness and effective issue resolution.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, computer science, engineering, mathematics, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years of experience in capital markets or financial services, with deep knowledge of fixed income and derivatives products.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience delivering Murex implementations, upgrades, extensions, or major platform enhancements.
• Strong understanding of Fixed Income and OTC derivatives processing.
• Experience delivering XVA, risk, or valuation platform initiatives.
• Demonstrated success leading global technology teams and strategic transformation programs.
• Demonstrated ability to elicit complex business requirements and translate them into practical Murex functional designs and technical requirements.
• Strong delivery management skills, including dependency management, risk identification, prioritization, testing coordination, and executive-level status communication.
• Excellent written, verbal, facilitation, and presentation skills, with the ability to engage effectively with traders, quantitative analysts, senior business leaders, and technical teams.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment, manage competing priorities, and resolve complex issues in a fast-paced trading environment.
• Strong ownership mindset and a demonstrated record of delivering resilient, scalable solutions from concept through production support.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting Murex across multiple legal entities, regions, or booking models.
• Experience with European market, regulatory, or operational requirements.
• Knowledge of Murex integration patterns, data flows, migration strategies, and nonfunctional considerations such as scalability, supportability, and resilience.

Success Measures (First 12 Months)

• Deliver approved target operating model for MBE and Project Delta.
• Establish execution plan for XVA 2.0 implementation.
• Complete architecture and integration design milestones.
• Achieve successful onboarding of required business capabilities into the target platform environment.
• Reduce technology delivery risk through formal governance, dependency management, and production readiness processes.
• Build a sustainable support and operating model for post-implementation ownership.

Please note that the role will involve some traveling to London. The expected base salary ranges from $200k-$300k. Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including relevant skills, training, experience, education, and, where applicable, certifications and licenses obtained. Market and organizational factors are also considered.

In addition to salary and a generous employee benefits package, successful candidates are eligible to receive a discretionary bonus.

#LI-Hybrid Other requirements Mizuho has in place a hybrid working program, with varying opportunities for remote work depending on the nature of the role, needs of your department, as well as local laws and regulatory obligations. Roles in some of our departments have greater in-office requirements that will be communicated to you as part of the recruitment process.

Company Overview

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. is the 15th largest bank in the world as measured by total assets of ~$2 trillion. Mizuho's 60,000 employees worldwide offer comprehensive financial services to clients in 35 countries and 800 offices throughout the Americas, EMEA and Asia.

Mizuho Americas is a leading provider of corporate and investment banking services to clients in the US, Canada, and Latin America. Through its acquisition of Greenhill, Mizuho provides M&A, restructuring and private capital advisory capabilities across Americas, Europe and Asia. Mizuho Americas employs approximately 3,500 professionals, and its capabilities span corporate and investment banking, capital markets, equity and fixed income sales & trading, derivatives, FX, custody and research. Visit www.mizuhoamericas.com.

Mizuho Americas offers a competitive total rewards package. We are an EEO/AA Employer - M/F/Disability/Veteran. We participate in the E-Verify program. We maintain a drug-free workplace and reserve the right to require pre- and post-hire drug testing as permitted by applicable law.

#LI-MIZUHO Why Mizuho Mizuho is in growth mode as we are climbing the league tables, disrupting the status quo, and attracting top talent. Positions are available across our corporate functions, and on our corporate and investment banking, capital markets, advisory, research, sales & trading, derivatives, and financing teams. We are looking for candidates who want to contribute to our entrepreneurial culture where people at all levels are inspired to share ideas. Our creativity sets us apart, and our perseverance drives results in creating bespoke, client-focused solutions. If you are interested in advancing your career working for a firm with a growth mindset and the resources of a global financial services team, we would like to hear from you. For more information, please view our Recruiting Brochure