Murex FO Trading Consultant – EQD / Commodities

Language: English

Location: Toronto, Canada

Employment: Permanent

Hybrid: 3 days per week on-site

We are seeking a Murex Front Office Trading Consultant with specific experience across Equity Derivatives and/or Commodities to support Murex implementation, upgrade and Front Office trading projects.

The consultant will work closely with Front Office users, business analysts, developers, testing teams and project stakeholders to support the build, validation and troubleshooting of Murex functionality across trading workflows. The role requires hands-on experience using Murex within the trading domain, including market data management, pricing, structuring and validation of complex financial products.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in financial markets, IT business analysis or capital markets technology delivery.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience working with the Murex product across Trading, Front Office support or Front Office project delivery.
• Specific experience across Equity Derivatives and/or Commodities within a Murex trading environment.
• Experience supporting Murex implementation, upgrade or enhancement projects through build, validation, testing and defect resolution phases.
• Good understanding of Front Office trading workflows, trade lifecycle, pricing, market data and product setup.
• Experience supporting Murex users across market data management, pricing, structuring and validation of financial products.
• Ability to support complex product areas such as Equity Derivatives, Commodities, FX derivatives, Interest Rate Derivatives or Fixed Income, with preference for EQD / Commodities.
• Experience developing and executing test cases to validate system behaviour and troubleshoot issues.
• Ability to document defective use cases clearly for developer investigation and resolution.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work with traders, business users, developers, testers and project teams.
• Ability to analyse issues, reproduce defects, document findings and support fixes through testing and release.

Key Responsibilities

• Support Murex Front Office / Trading projects across Equity Derivatives and Commodities.
• Participate in implementation, upgrade and enhancement projects through build, validation and testing phases.
• Use Front Office product knowledge and Murex experience to validate trading workflows, pricing behaviour, product setup and market data usage.
• Provide day-to-day support to business users on Murex trading functionality, including pricing, structuring and market data management.
• Work with project teams to understand business requirements and validate Murex configuration against expected trading outcomes.
• Develop and execute test cases for Murex functionality across trading workflows, pricing, market data, product setup and lifecycle events.
• Troubleshoot system issues, reproduce defects and document defective use cases for developer review.
• Support developers by providing clear functional context, expected behaviour, actual behaviour and test evidence.
• Assist with SIT, UAT, regression testing and upgrade validation activity.
• Work with Front Office users to confirm whether system outputs are accurate and fit for trading use.
• Support validation of complex financial products, with focus on Equity Derivatives and Commodities.
• Coordinate with business analysts, technical teams, QA teams and stakeholders to track issues through to resolution.
• Document functional issues, test results, open defects, fixes and validation outcomes.
• Support go-live preparation, user testing and post-release stabilisation where required.