Murex Specialist (Market Risk)

Firstrand Bank Limited; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 500 000 - 800 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services provider in South Africa is seeking a Murex Risk Specialist. This role involves managing the full lifecycle of trades from Pricing to Settlement, focusing on Market Risk and requiring strong analytical and technical skills. Ideal candidates will have a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and experience with Murex and Control-M. The position offers opportunities to collaborate and innovate within a dynamic team environment.

Benefits

Opportunities to network and collaborate

Challenging working opportunities

Qualifications

• In-depth understanding of Control-M functionality.
• Familiarity with Market Risk business concepts.
• Technical understanding of Market Risk runs (FRTB, VAR, Sensitivities, Stress).

Responsibilities

• Analyze existing processes and facilitate improvements with stakeholders.
• Configure/Develop Solutions in the Murex Platform to meet business needs.
• Manage relationships with stakeholders to track progress and manage expectations.

Skills

Job dependencies and scheduling

Proficiency in debugging job failures

Proficiency in Unix

Technical ability to troubleshoot within Murex

SQL query troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or related discipline

Tools

Control-M

Murex

Job description

Description RMB is a place where exceptional people create their own opportunities by challenging the conventional and driving sustainable impact.

United by our proud heritage, strong ethics and philosophy of Traditional values.

Innovative ideas, it's the magic of our people and culture that sets us apart.

Now, is the time to imagine your next move with South Africa's number one employer in Financial Services for , where you can embrace the power of collective thinking to unlock unique opportunities for our clients and society.

The Murex Risk Specialist will be responsible for understanding the full lifecycle of a trade from Pricing to Settlement and the impact on Market Risk, Finance, Credit, Risk and Collateral.

Continuous development of Murex platform will be done by enhancing current functionality and building out for new business requirements.

The Murex Risk Specialist will perform across the Markets, Banking and Treasury business units.

Are you someone who can do the following:

• Analysis and solution development Analyse existing processes and facilitate improvements with stakeholders.
• Work with traders, market risk managers and other stakeholders to gather and document requirements Conduct impact analysis, understand trader's and market risk manager's pain points and propose solutions Coordinate and participate in the test effort to ensure that the delivered solution meets agreed business requirements and functional / process specifications.
• Configure / Develop Solutions in the Murex Platform to meet business needs Participate in analytical queries such as Risk, PnL and Pricing as well as technical queries linked to Workflows, Integrations and Reporting Service Excellence Compile training material and provide end-user training to stakeholders where relevant.
• Collaborate with internal technical team / users in the resolution of critical production incidents Collaborate with Murex Vendor on suitable short- and long-term solutions for incidents and new requirements Suggest changes in executing work processes to better drive value and benefits for the business.
• Document business as usual solutions on the team wiki.
• Keep all JIRA, SNOW and Change administrative tasks up to date.

Effective stakeholder relationship management

• Build and maintain professional working relationships with all stakeholders, displaying excellent abilities to initiate dialogue, listen, advise, influence and negotiate to achieve win-win outcomes.
• Initiate meetings with key stakeholders to track progress, manage expectations and ensure stakeholders' requirements are delivered Build relationships despite arising conflicting views and seeks mutual gains when addressing conflicts Anticipates consequences and adapts problem solving based on continuous feedback.

You will be an ideal candidate if you have the following :

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or related discipline is required Contr o l-M : In-depth understanding of Control-M functionality.
• Proficiency in debugging job failures.
• Knowledge of job dependencies and scheduling.
• Ability to swiftly resolve overnight failures that impact service level agreements (SLAs).
• MX Market Risk Modules : Familiarity with the business concepts of Market Risk.
• A technical understanding of Market Risk runs (FRTB, VAR, Sensitivities, Stress).
• A technical understanding of the Enterprise Market Risk Monitor (MRA).
• A technical understanding of the Scenario Generation Engine.
• A technical understanding of the Simulation Viewer.
• Technical ability to troubleshoot within Murex Proficiency in troubleshooting using SQL queries.
• Proficiency in Unix (basic query and execution).

You will have access to :

• Opportunities to network and collaborate
• Challenging working Opportunities to innovate

We can be a match if you are : Curious