Company Description

Standard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group, and an innovative player on the global stage, that offers a variety of career-enhancing opportunities – plus the chance to work alongside some of the sector’s most talented, motivated professionals. Our clients range from individuals, to businesses of all sizes, high net worth families and large multinational corporates and institutions. We’re passionate about creating growth in Africa. Bringing true, meaningful value to our clients and the communities we serve and creating a real sense of purpose for you.

Job Description

The role entails technical delivery, support, and advisory to business stakeholder demand and Murex programme initiatives, with expected expertise across asset classes and end-to-end solution phases (scope, analyse, plan, design, dev, test, operate). In addition to the hands-on delivery responsibilities, the role requires developing standards, best practice, and ensuring optimal technical performance of the Murex Risk platform, as well as upskilling and coaching the team to improve overall expertise.

Provide domain and technical leadership, guidance & expertise to the team on design, delivery, and operational matters, serving as a trusted point of escalation for the team and stakeholders, helping manage and mitigate risks.

Provide required levels of production support in accordance with established service assurance protocols and frameworks (ITIL, SRE etc.)

Participate in agile ceremonies (Stand-ups, Sprint planning, reviews, retros) and co-create agile artifacts (refined work backlogs, sprint backlog, etc.) with the goal of creating predictability in our delivery whilst being flexible and responsive to changing demand without compromising quality of our solutions.

The services and solution offerings of the Murex Risk team are built atop multiple capabilities that combine Murex and non-Murex functional and technical components forming the overall Murex Risk Solution Platform. To ensure high quality consistent delivery and overall service excellence, each capability and encompassing platform need to be continuous evolved and optimized and the following responsibilities speak to that:

Qualifications

First Degree (Advanced Math of Finance, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Systems - MIn

ACI Dealing Certificate, ARP, FRT, TOGAF - MIn.

Additional Information

Experience Required - Software Engineering
5-7 years: Broad experience in translating business and functional requirements into technical specifications and developing the programming code to create the solutions

5-7 years: Experience in foundational Murex components and deeper expertise in the ERM modules such as Market Risk Reports (VaR), MRB, MRA, MLC, Reporting-Datamart, Reporting-Ant Scripts, Mx Data Model, Mx Test/Onyx

5-7 years: Broad experience in translating business and functional requirements into technical specifications and developing delivery roadmaps. Experience in working with cross-functional business stakeholder groups to facilitate ideation and solution design, ensuring that initiatives have client and business relevance and are technically feasible.

3-4 years: Business & Regulatory Domain Knowledge

Behavioural Competencies:

Adopting Practical ApproachesArticulating InformationChecking DetailsDeveloping Expertise

Technical Competencies:

Agile EngineeringAPI EngineeringAutomationCloud Computing