Enterprise Risk Consultant

About the role

Murex, a global fintech leader in trading, risk management and processing solutions for capital markets, is looking for an Enterprise Risk Consultant to join its Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) team in Tokyo. You will support and implement Murex risk management solutions for clients, covering credit risk and xVA, market risk and VaR, and risk control and operations including limits management.

Key responsibilities

• Build trusted client relationships and provide ongoing support.
• Manage production support and enhancement requests from analysis and configuration through validation testing and deployment.
• Contribute to or lead communication with client IT support teams and risk end users.
• Coordinate with product and release management teams to schedule client deliveries.
• Partner with the Client Manager to prepare activity dashboards, risk management presentations and project documentation.
• Organize and deliver training for end users and IT teams.
• Take part in or lead implementation activities such as configuration, validation testing and deployment.
• Maintain an ongoing dialogue with Murex development teams, sharing client feedback and helping shape continuous product improvements.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, or a Master's degree in Finance, Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics or a related field.
• 3 to 7 years of experience in a relevant position.
• Business-level Japanese (at least JLPT N2 or equivalent); confidence communicating with clients in Japanese, including meetings and stakeholder discussions.
• Willingness and ability to travel within the APAC/SEA region.

Required skills

• Working knowledge of SQL (Oracle/Sybase), XML and Unix scripting.
• Analytical mindset, structured problem solving and attention to detail.
• Clear communication and presentation skills.
• Advantageous: quantitative background for Trading or ERM, accounting background for Finance.

Career growth

• Within 3 months: understand core solution areas and client operating model, shadow production support and deliver the first support ticket.
• 3-6 months: take ownership of a functional workstream, support client validation during SIT/UAT and document test scenarios.
• 6-12 months: independently own production support, drive a small client feature and contribute to internal quality initiatives.
• Possible paths include Solution Lead, Domain Specialist, Project Manager, Pre-Sales Consultant and Product Owner across Trading, Operations and Risk.