Mark Bennett has over 15 years of experience working with Murex across various roles including spreadsheet developer, bond trader, systems analyst, and business analyst. He has extensive experience with Murex installations, upgrades, migrations, reconciliations, reporting, performance analysis, and technical support across asset classes like FX, rates, commodities, credit, and more. His technical skills include Transact-SQL, PL-SQL, Unix shell scripts, and Microsoft applications. Recent projects include a replatforming project for RBS and upgrades/reconciliations for Sberbank.

1. Mark Bennett
Experience
I have worked with Murex for over 15 years on many different client sites across the world. Having started
as a spreadsheet developer, spent time as a bond trader, and latterly a systems/business analyst, I now
consider myself a Murex generalist who is able to fit into either a technical or business analysis role.
Murex:
MXG2000 2.11 and 3.1; installation, upgrade, and migration. P&L and risk reconciliations, FO, technical
and EOD support. Datamart, building extracts, feeders, batches and reporting. Processing scripts,
warehouse/consolidation. Performance and usage analysis.
Investment Banking:
FX, Rates and Fixed Income. Also exposure to Commodities, Credit Derivatives, EQD
Technical Skills:
Sybase (Transact-SQL), Oracle (PL-SQL), Unix shell scripts, MS suite of applications incl. VBA
Engagements
CGI/RBS (London)
Murex SME - September 2015 to present
Replatforming project for RBS to reduce overall costs and reduce system complexity
Gathering and recording requirements from Front and Back Office to feed into scoping document
Requirements gathering and design of GOM (global operating model)
Translating scoping requirements to user stories in JIRA
Greenfield MX implementation using Agile methodology
Murex and Sberbank (Paris and Moscow)
Reconciliations and technical upgrade expert – September 2013 – May 2015

2. • Upgrade from 3.1.24 to 3.1.32
• Scripting to automate the installation process
• Core reconciliations for PL and risk covering FX, IRD, EQD, Commodities and Credit asset classes
• Implement new MPC procedures/launchers
• Full cycle problem/bug management in liaison with vendor
• Development environment management.
Millennium Partners (London)
Technical analyst - July 2013 – August 2013
• Analyse and reduce database size in advance of upgrade
• Shell scripting, SQL
Standard Chartered Bank (London)
Support analyst - January 2013 – June 2013
• FO support covering FX and commodities traders
Excelian Limited
Senior Consultant - April 2007 – December 2012
Excelian is a specialist Murex Consultancy engaged in many implementation and upgrade projects around
the world for Investment Banks, Treasuries, Hedge Funds and Energy Traders.
ANZ (London) - July 11 – September 12
• Technical support
• EOD batch monitoring and fixing
• Business analysis
Mitsubishi UFJ (London) - October 10 – May 11
• Clean-up of aged tickets
• Business and technical analysis
• Wide range of business areas including FO, risk, PL and reporting
Standard Bank (London) - October 09 – October 10
• Upgrade project from 3.1.9 to 3.1.20
• Front office stream lead
• P&L and risk reconciliations
• Simulation viewer development
• Regression and UAT testing
Mitsubishi UFJ (London) - April - October 09
• Trade floor support for equity and convertible bond traders.
Hypo Vereinsbank/Unicredit (Munich) - November 08 – March 09
• Feasibility study for migration of IR products from Summit and Atlas into Murex 3.1

3. Standard Bank (London) - July – September 08
• 2nd
line support
• Specific project to flip numerator and denominator on specific currency pairs that had been
incorrectly configured
ANZ (Melbourne) - May – June 2008
• Market data and risk matrix reconciliation for upgrade project from 2.11.25 to 2.11.36.
• RTI, MDCS
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Previous Employment
Standard Chartered Bank
Senior Murex Analyst - August 2007 – April 2008
• Business analysis & technical support of Murex 2.11 for FX, Rates, Commodities and Credit
• EOD batch monitoring, maintenance and development
• Control-M, shell scripting SQL
JP Morgan Chase
Murex FX Options & Commodities Consultant - May 2005 – July 2007
• Implementation of precious metals into FX system
• Resolution of problem tickets from all areas FO, BO, P&L, reporting, trade feeds etc
• Day to day housekeeping, i.e SUPERVISOR, rights management, licensing
• Business and technical support
Brevan Howard Asset Management
Murex Systems Manager - July 2003 – May 2005
• Upgrade from version MxG2000 2.9 to 2.10 for wide range of asset classes
• On-going development and implementation work for new products
• Business and technical support
• Reporting, datamart, P&L queries, liaison vendor, management and other third parties
• Manage team for both support and development areas
Landesbank Hessen Thuringen (HELABA)
Murex Consultant - January 2002 - September 2002
• FX/MM, Interest Rate and Fixed Income analysis and support
• Reporting, datamart, SQL, scripting
• Developed EOD process
HSBC
Murex Support Manager - September 2000 - January 2002
• Led small support team
• Hands on development and support. SQL, shell scripts, Murex processes
Barclays Capital
Systems Support Analyst - February 2000 - September 2000
• Murex support (bond options) and also Sophis
• VB, Access and Excel

4. City Practitioners
Consultant - June 1999 - October 1999
• Murex support
• VBA, SQL, UNIX, Access, Excel
Credit Suisse Group
Eurobond Trader (CSFB) and spreadsheet developer - March 1994 - January 1999
• Spreadsheet development for FO and MO
• Trader in USD corporate bonds.