Financial Services

Our client are an award winning consultancy that are key business service providers to the financial sector. They now have a permanent career opening for a Murex business analyst to join them in the beautiful city of Paris.

Job Description:

Our client are one of the most respected consultancies in the world and are key business service providers to the financial industry. They pride themselves on being at the forefront of the digitalisation drive and innovative thinking, as such they need capable consultants that are as passionate about client delivery and service as they are. They are looking for team leaders and members for support, development and application maintenance willing to bring pragmatic organization solutions, be involved in strategic and innovative projects while leveraging battle tested
methodologies.

As a Murex BA, you will be part of a team comprising ten Murex specialists, for support and maintenance, on both functional and technical aspects, and covering the front to back evolutions of the trading platform.

Project context

Their clients’ platform is using Murex V3 solution for its Front Office fix income and credit derivative activity and Murex V2 for Credit Derivative Back Office.

Murex is the key element to ensure real-time control of PnL and sensitivities, produce EOD Risk indicators, feed the Back office systems, and generate confirmations, accounting and regulatory reporting on credit derivatives perimeter. As part of the team maintaining this central piece of IT architecture, you will deal with a scope particularly wide and rich in terms of functional coverage, Murex modules implemented and interlocutors you will have to interact with.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Provide consulting services throughout the application development and support life cycle.
• Coordinate projects related to Credit, Government bonds and Repos activities stemming from Business (FO to BO) requirements, development follow up, testing and user assistance in validating and using new or enhanced features.

o Collate business requirements.

o Write specifications.

o Unit test developments, new configuration.

o Accompany end users in the validation and usage of existing and new
features.

• Work with developers to deliver solutions to complex Production problems and deliver new features to business.
• Provide assistance to end users on complex topics.
  Write and update documentation covering features of Murex and its ecosystem.
• Share knowledge and coach newcomers, leverage his expertise through a continuous training program.

You have the following key competences and responsibilities:

• At least 4 years of relevant experience.
• Solid understanding of Capital Market activities
• Solid understanding of financial products, specifically Credit Derivatives, Fixed income, Repos and Interest Rate Derivatives.
• Experience on similar projects for / have worked for the end client before
• Experience on Murex MX.III software.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Personal skills:

• Client orientation is a must.
• Stakeholder management skills (contact with stakeholders).
• Strong sense of cross group collaborative work and team spirit.
• Fluent in English.
• Fluent in French is a plus.

 Additional information:

• Based in Paris so open to either an English or French speaker
• The client is willing to accept either a contractor or permament employee
• Remote work possible but not 100% remote 
• Salary range: €55,000- €65,000 pa + bonus: Max 18% +PEE €3k
• Contractor rates: €470- €570 per day 

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