Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc. (SGA) is searching for a Murex Business Analyst - Commodities Back Office / Accounting & Settlements for a CONTRACT assignment with one of our premier Banking clients in Midtown Manhattan, New York City .
Work Arrangement: Hybrid - approximately 2 days onsite per week, with flexibility in scheduling.
Our client is embarking on a major, multi-year transformation initiative to migrate its Commodities Trading and Risk Management operations onto the Murex platform. We are seeking an experienced Business Analyst with strong knowledge of commodities trading, particularly back-office accounting, settlements, and related post-trade processes.
The ideal candidate will combine hands-on Murex experience with deep functional expertise in commodities accounting and settlements. Candidates with exceptional commodities back-office domain expertise who have worked with other trading and risk management platforms will also be considered.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a Business Analyst supporting the implementation and migration of commodities trading and risk management operations onto the Murex platform.
- Gather, analyze, and document business and functional requirements for commodities back-office processes.
- Work closely with Accounting, Settlements, Operations, Technology, and other stakeholders to support the migration.
- Analyze existing business processes, system functionality, and data flows to identify requirements for the target-state Murex solution.
- Support accounting workflows, settlement processes, and post-trade functionality across commodities products.
- Collaborate with business and technology teams to define and validate accounting and settlement requirements.
- Support functional design, system integration, testing, and migration activities.
- Identify business process gaps and assist in developing solutions aligned with the new Murex environment.
- Provide functional expertise across physical and financial commodities products, including precious metals, base metals, and energy.
Required Skills and Qualifications
- Strong Business Analysis experience within banking, capital markets, or commodities trading environments.
- Deep functional knowledge of commodities back-office operations, particularly accounting and settlements.
- Experience supporting commodities trading and risk management systems.
- Understanding of the trade lifecycle, including post-trade processing, accounting, and settlement activities.
- Knowledge of physical and financial commodities products and their associated operational processes.
- Experience gathering business requirements, documenting functional specifications, and working with business and technology stakeholders.
- Ability to analyze complex accounting and settlement workflows and translate business requirements into system functionality.
- Strong communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Hands-on functional experience with Murex (MX.3) , particularly back-office accounting and settlements.
- Experience with Murex implementation, migration, or transformation initiatives.
- Knowledge of commodities products, including precious metals, base metals, and energy.
- Experience supporting commodities accounting configuration, accounting rules, or related functional design.
- Previous experience at a major investment bank or financial institution with a commodities trading business.
- Experience working on large-scale trading platform migrations involving front-to-back business processes.
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