I have an interview for a position for maintenance/technical support of Murex financial systems. I have no previous background in this or finance but I heard that a lot of companies use the system for derivatives, FX trading, etc. Does anyone else work with it or has heard about it…I have a few questions 1) Is it worth it to leave a well-paying engineering job to this, for either less or about the same salary ? 2) Is there a future in doing this ? In either murex systems or IT (sql,unix) from the skills I would learn doing this 3) Do you think the knowledge gained would help in cominbation with a CFA to move to a finacial analyst role ?
I’d guess that if you frequent this forum it 1) might be worth it and 2) might be 3) quite likely - if you’re in an engineering job now that is
Hi MehdiOchre, thanks for the reply…but do you have any more insights and reasons behind the maybes…or maybe some anecdotes.
Some SQL/programming stuff might get you into some of the more technical/quantitative high-frequency type investment stuff, assuming you’re doing other things (CFA, maybe a Masters of something financial and difficult or something).
I am derivatives dealer in a bank using Murex as fo system. I know there were guys that moved from IT support position closer to front office, but I personally dont think that understanding Murex from administrator side would help you with carreer change (FA role). gl
^- agreed
^- agreed You seldom see anyone making a career change from engineering to financial analyst.
Yeah I know…but its something I am interested in… I think it will be even harder to go: engineering -> IT -> finance