Murex Finance Accounting Consultant

9 Months ago • 5-7 Years

Finance

Job Description

The Accounting Business Analyst will be part of the GM IT Finance Squad, providing IT services to Global Markets Finance. Responsibilities include analyzing user requirements, creating functional specifications, liaising with teams and vendors, defining system and data requirements, validating designs, developing business/functional/testing requirements, configuring Murex solutions, acting as a Murex SME, creating test plans, executing system testing, contributing to user training, resolving bugs/issues, and ensuring technical/functional handover. The role requires strong knowledge of Capital Markets products, Murex (v3.1), static data, finance processes, accounting, and liquidation modules, along with experience in Murex datamart and various asset classes (Credit Derivatives, Interest Rate Derivatives, Equity Derivatives, Fixed Income, FX Cash, FX Derivatives, Commodities, Structured Derivatives).

Good To Have:

Experience in Murex Hedge Accounting module

Must Have:

Postgraduate degree in IS/Engineering/Business Admin
5+ years' relevant experience in Bank/IT Company
5+ years Murex Finance consultant experience
SME in Murex accounting module
Murex v3.1 implementation & support
Knowledge of Capital Markets products & processes
Murex Static Data expertise
Finance processes in Murex knowledge
Functional accounting & liquidation module knowledge
Murex datamart module expertise
Strong knowledge of Global Markets products
Technical skills and bank systems experience
Stakeholder liaison for requirements gathering & testing

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Project description

The Accounting Business Analyst will be required to be part of GM IT Finance Squad responsible to provide IT services to Global Markets Finance team. The squad is responsible for support, change request and projects pertaining to Global Markets Finance.

Responsibilities

Analysis & Documentation of user requirements and transpose into Functional Specifications

Act as key liaison with Global Markets Finance teams (business and their supporting functions), IT teams as well as with the vendors

Participate actively in discussions with business, understand their needs and transform them into change or project initiatives

Define the systems and data requirements and validate the systems design and processes from functional and technical aspects

Develop and refine the various business/functional/testing requirements in support of the project and systems involved, working alongside the vendor if needed

Configuration of the solution as per requirements

Act as the subject matter expert for Murex suite of tools used within Finance (Functional & Technical) and ensuring that all functionality of the products are installed and leveraged to its best capability within the group

Creation of test plan, test cases, execution of system testing

Contribute to the User Training activities, through one-to-one discussion, preparation of user training guides & presentations

Follow up with vendor support as and when necessary to resolve bugs/issues

Ensure technical and functional hand over of the project and changes to the relevant teams

Assist in developing business and operational processes and to participate in developing system training artefacts when required

Skills

Must have

The candidate should possess either a postgraduate degree or qualification in Information Systems / Engineering / Business Administration.

The candidate should carry minimum 5-7 years of relevant work experience in a Bank or IT Company.

Minimum 5 years of experience as Murex Finance consultant with SME in murex accounting module (accounting for trades, accounting for flows, accounting for liquidation, accounting for business events)

Experience in implementation and supporting Murex v3.1 with regards to Finance capabilities

Excellent knowledge of Capital Markets products and processes, front to back.

Good exposure to Murex

Static data (Counterparts, securities, historical data, indices, Fx conversion factors, Fx spot...)

Excellent exposure to Finance processes in Murex (accounting rule configuration process, GL file generation)

Excellent knowledge about Functional accounting knowledge and liquidation module.

Excellent experience in Murex datamart module.

Finance functional knowledge

should encompass most or all of the following asset classes: Credit Derivatives, Interest Rate Derivatives, Equity Derivatives, Fixed Income, FX Cash, FX Derivatives, Commodities, Structured Derivatives

Strong knowledge of the Global Markets products and practices, front-to-end: pricing, limit checks, booking, risk management, accounting generation, settlements and confirmation generation

Candidate must be technically astute and have had relevant exposure and experience with bank systems and processes

Strong proven track record of liaising with stakeholders for business requirements, specification documents, testing processes and other relevant information.

Nice to have

Experience in Murex Hedge Accounting module is a big advantage