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OVERVIEW

Join the New Product Onboarding team within the bank, provide the business (Global Market Commodities) with flexible, scalable, and tailored solutions to onboard new Commodities underlyings. Front to back implementation including post trade workflows. Murex will be the source system for Oil, Precious Metals, Base Metals, EU / UK and US Power and Gas (Financials and Physicals – EU), additionally we are looking to buildout the carbon business capabilities in Murex. Work in close proximity with teams in Paris and Porto to ensure core processes are leveraged. The team contributes in designing and implementing a resilient, efficient and scalable Information System for GMC, in close cooperation with other relevant IT, business and operational teams in London and worldwide.

As part of the GMC IT department, the team follows its governance.

Main responsibilities and duties of the role

Provide the business with software applications:

• Make recommendations regarding booking models, product onboarding and modelling into Murex
• Analysis, problem solving and escalation
• Work closely with GMC Quants, MOA, MOE and other relevant teams
• Carry out training and skills assessments at regular intervals for peers
• Follow the branch compliance rules

Propose new projects to the business, take lead of dev prox topic, covering notably:

• Innovative solutions
• New business, activities and products
• Opportunities for efficiency improvements
• Operational risk reduction

Reporting:

• Timely progress updates to direct management as deemed necessary

Responsible for producing

Booking Model documents including DOI’s for the desk and support teams to follow. Create and maintain a Wikipedia for flows and product setup and basic system architecture.

Responsible for reviewing

• Regular liaison with the squad (Product Owner / Value Stream Owner)
• Manage and assist in the backlog refinement

JOB REQUIREMENTS - KEY SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Key skills, experience and personal attributes required (include problem solving aspects):

• Experience working with Murex as a BA/Dev
• Ability to navigate through Murex, booking models and setting up new products
• Good understanding of the Murex architecture to be able to propose interim and strategic solutions
• Good understanding of Curve setup and static data setup in MXG
• Good understanding of risk and valuations within Murex

Skills and knowledge – required:

Personal skills:

• Strong interest in the global markets business
• Fast learner and proactive approach
• Good communication skills (business oriented
• and technical oriented)
• Face off to senior stakeholders in Front Office and control functions – Market Risk, Credit Risk, Operations etc.

Specialist /technical or professional qualifications, including any registrations (FCA or other) required:

• Experience within Financial Markets, Commodities experience preferred e.g. oil, nat gas, power
• Good understanding of derivatives and various instruments both listed and OTC
• Past experience of onboarding commodities products in Murex, especially Gas and Power UK, EU and/or US financial and physicals

WHO WE ARE

Quanteam Group is a Consulting firm specialised in the Capital Markets industry, in Paris, London, Brussels, New York and North Africa.

Since 2007, our 800 consultants provide major clients (Corporate & Investment Banks, Asset Managers, Hedge Funds, Brokers and Insurance Companies) with expertise in several projects such as Financial Engineering, Quantitative Research, Regulatory Implementation, IT Transformation & Innovation.

The firm mainly takes part in:

• Business consulting: Quantitative research, Risk management (e.g. Market risk, credit risk, counterparty risk), Banking regulations (e.g. Basel III, Solvency II, FATCA, EMIR, MiFID), Pricing & Valuation, Organisational Transformation & Process Improvement.
• IT & Information systems consulting: Business Analysis, Project Management, Change management, Front Office Support (functional and technical), Development (e.g C++, Python, C#, Java, VBA), Financial Softwares (e.g. Sophis, Murex, Summit, Calypso), IT Transformation & Innovation.

As part of Quanteam Group, Quanteam UK (incorporated in 2010) has today more than 100 consultants, working for major Capital Markets institutions in London.