Business Analyst (Capital Markets/MUREX)

Position Overview:

The World Bank Group's Treasury Information Technology group seeks a Front Office Business Analyst to focus on modernizing its trading platform across the Capital Markets and Asset Management business lines. The position requires a quality-focused and detail-oriented Business Analyst with a demonstrated track record of providing solutions for Front Office Asset Management solutions. The incumbent must be conversant with all stages of the software development life cycle, including agile methodologies, and be able to deliver results within tight timelines.

Essential Job Functions:

• Lead the execution of test cases for application development and implementation projects, including unit testing, system testing, SIT, and QA testing. Manage testing, and track defects, enhancements, and questions through the end of UAT and into Production deployment.
• Continuously collaborate with front office staff and Project Manager with the identification and escalation of issues and impediments found during the test case executions
• Collaborate with other business analysts and development teams to capture system requirements across different stages of the trade life cycle driving the design of quality implementations.
• Proactively reach out to Project Management and vendor resources to work on the bug fixes and the ability to judge the delivery quality according to system best-practices.
• Strong work ethic with focus on meeting deadlines, objectives, and ability to learn new products and systems in a timely manner.

Educational Qualifications and Professional Experience

• Minimum 5 years hands-on experience in Murex support or project implementation as a front-office business analyst
• Proven track record of working closely with traders/portfolio managers in previous experiences

Role Specific Experienceand Abilities

• Knowledge of financial products such as Bonds (including MBS and ABS), Repos/Reverse Repos, Futures, Options, Forwards, Swaps, FX, and similar products including understanding of trade life cycle events.
• Have a fair understanding on portfolio performance calculations as well as fixed-income mathematics, structured products fundamentals and hedging strategies
• Extensive knowledge on Murex pricing screen, market data and curve setup for fixed-income and rate derivatives
• Extensive knowledge on Murex security configurations and global operating model
• Extensive knowledge on Murex portfolio management and performance management screens with ability to analyze, create and edit reports/views upon portfolio manager's request
• Preferred to have previous experiences with Bloomberg and MarkitWire system integrations
• Strong verbal and written communication skills. Ability to communicate effectively and confidently with users and team members.