Murex Specialist for Treasury Middle-Office (ET)

The World Bank Group; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

The World Bank Group in Washington, DC seeks an ET Consultant to join the Quantitative Solutions and Analytics (TREQA) team within Treasury. The role focuses on applying Murex expertise across risk analytics, post-trade compliance, and performance measurement for investment portfolios and Treasury operations.

The successful candidate will collaborate with portfolio management, risk, operations, accounting, and technology teams to design, implement, validate, and support robust analytics,

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in finance, mathematics, financial engineering, statistics, computer science, engineering, or a related quantitative discipline.
• At least five years of relevant professional experience in capital markets, investment management, quantitative analytics, risk management, valuation, performance, compliance, or financial systems.
• Strong hands-on Murex expertise and ability to translate requirements into configurations and reports.
• Experience with Python, SQL, Power BI, VBA, MATLAB, or R is desirable.
• CFA, FRM, PRM, or similar professional certification is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead or contribute to Murex enhancements and implementations, including business requirements, system configuration, testing, reconciliation, production implementation, and issue resolution.
• Design, develop, implement, and enhance Murex-based quantitative analytics, controls, and reporting solutions to support investment portfolios and Treasury activities.
• Support market, credit, and counterparty risk analytics, including development, validation, reconciliation, and reporting of risk measures.
• Develop and maintain post-trade compliance capabilities, including translation of investment guidelines into system rules, investigation of exceptions, and enhancement of compliance monitoring.
• Support investment performance measurement, attribution, portfolio reporting, and reconciliation of performance results across transactions, positions, benchmarks, and market data.
• Perform and support valuation and pricing for fixed-income securities, derivatives, and other financial instruments; investigate valuation differences and work with model validation, accounting, and other teams to resolve issues.
• Partner other Treasury teams and teams across other VPUs to identify opportunities to improve analytics, automation, controls, data quality, and reporting, and provide quantitative support for new products and business initiatives.
• Develop and maintain appropriate documentation, controls, and procedures, and provide training and guidance to junior staff.
• Keep abreast of the industry’s best practice and technology improvements pertaining to the team’s functions.
• Maintaining close contacts and liaising with internal and external counterparts including Treasury colleagues in the investment, pension and funding departments; commercial and investment banks, asset managers and central banks.
• Prepare materials for professional collaborations, advisory engagements and workshops with central banks and other official sector institutions.
• Communicate any regulatory requirements and industry best practice changes to the Department; and
• Assist in additional projects as needed within QSA.

Skills

Murex expertise

Risk analytics

Post-trade compliance

Performance attribution

Valuation and pricing

Investment reporting

Python

SQL

Power BI

VBA

MATLAB

R

Education

Advanced degree in finance, mathematics, financial engineering, statistics, computer science, engineering, or quantitative discipline

CFA/FRM/PRM or similar certification preferred

Tools

SQL

Power BI

VBA

MATLAB

R

Job description

The World Bank Group in Washington, DC seeks an ET Consultant to join the Quantitative Solutions and Analytics (TREQA) team within Treasury. The role focuses on applying Murex expertise across risk analytics, post-trade compliance, and performance measurement for investment portfolios and Treasury operations.

The successful candidate will collaborate with portfolio management, risk, operations, accounting, and technology teams to design, implement, validate, and support robust analytics,