| Counterparty Risk Business Analyst | |
| Halian Abu Dhabi, UAE Ref: KP410-02 |
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The RoleThe RoleA leading investment bank in the Middle East has kicked off a Greenfield Murex 3.1 / MLC Project across FX, MM, FI and Interest Rate Derivatives with a plan to cover all asset classes in the foreseeable future. This initiative is a full front to back implementation, with Murex/MLC being the chosen enterprise solution for all trading activity. There is a need to build up the project team in-house, with an immediate requirement for a Senior Counterparty business analyst with extensive Murex and MLC experience and in-depth financial knowledge. Ideally the candidate must have one of the core Treasury asset classes as their key skill group. Alternative asset classes may be considered depending on experience with Murex. The candidate will work within the Risk Management Division group but will form part of a project team consisting of workstream leaders and business analysts, developers and consultants through the full lifecycle of the project. Key Skills: Bachelor's Degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, or an equivalent combination of experience, education and training in Credit. Individuals with a Master’s in Finance may also be considered 6+ years experience working in support of either a Capital markets or Treasury business Experience of having worked for a top 10 global Investment bank working both in North America or Europe as well as having worked in Emerging Markets Detailed understanding of Counterparty Credit Risk within all Wholesale banking assets classes particularly FX, MM, Fixed Income and IR Derivatives. |
RequirementsRequirementsSpecific experience working as a: Credit Risk Analyst working in support of a major Sales & Trading business in counterparty risk management, and acting as a lead role in the design, testing and implementation of a Counterparty Credit Risk system In either case the candidate will have had experience working on: A major trading and transaction process system e.g. Murex/MLC, Summit or Calypso (Murex preferred) or have been involved the implementation of a new counterparty credit risk engine in support of capital markets or Treasury. Proven project leadership and management skills in a highly global and diverse environment. Knowledge of the cash vanilla derivatives as well as the more structure products is required across the above asset classes. Responsibilities: Analysis and Documentation of user requirements and transpose into Functional Specifications to hand off to Technology teams and vendors. Definition of the limits structure for the range of products specified above. Key coordination and liaison with FO, MO and Operations. Validation of functional requirements and designs with the Technology Team and Vendors. Assist with the creation of test plans, test cases and test scripts for all test phases of a project. Perform system acceptance testing and assist with UAT. Assist with data migration exercises from existing application to Murex/MLC during initial project phases. Maintain and configure the limit structures, hierarchies, etc. as part of production Change Requests from the FMD business. Draft revisions to policy, Process and Procedures and secure certification from the Central PPPD control department. Training existing staff and transfer all necessary knowledge acquired during the life of the project. The candidate should have a strong understanding of the phases involved in a project life cycle and strong interpersonal, numeracy and computer literacy skills. |
About the CompanyAbout the CompanyHalian is a specialist Information Technology Services Company with an envious track record of reducing IT costs and delivering business results fast for our clients worldwide. Our strength is not only in our peoples’ information technology skills, but also through our extensive, knowledge, and experience of Oracle, Sun and Microsoft technology. Founded in 1996, Halian is an IT services company with a strong delivery track record, and our clients include large enterprises in financial services, telecommunications, and media sectors operating in the UK, Europe and USA. The experience we have gained means that we can help you to reduce your information technology costs, increase IT systems performance, and free up your internal IT resource to focus on your core business activities. Our management team has many years experience and industry knowledge of providing professional IT services. |
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