Shulman Fleming & Partners · 5 hours ago
Executive Director Murex Governance & Controls Manager
Shulman Fleming & Partners is seeking an Executive Director Murex Governance & Controls Manager to oversee the governance and operational framework of the Murex COE. This role involves ensuring that the Murex platform operates under a well-governed model, providing central coordination, controls, reporting, and governance discipline while maintaining alignment with business priorities.
Responsibilities
Establish, maintain, and enforce SOPs, governance standards, RACI frameworks, and documentation requirements across all COE functions
Co-chair the Murex Change Advisory Board (MCAB) with Delivery Assurance, ensuring releases are fully risk-assessed, tested, and auditable
Define and then operate the Release Risk Assessment Framework, ensuring objective evaluation of each change request and release
Ensure full traceability between incidents and changes through control matrices and automated evidence collection
Oversee audit readiness and regulatory alignment, ensuring controls are robust, documented, and consistently executed
Track and publish governance and compliance KPIs, including RCA closure, documentation currency, CAB adherence, control execution, and change success ratios
Lead control attestations, ensuring evidence completeness for SOX, ITIL, operational risk, and technology risk standards
Maintains the Integrated Murex Program Plan, covering stabilization, releases, infrastructure work, projects and transformation initiatives
Run the weekly management cadence across Run, Change, and Control pillars — ensuring alignment, escalation, and priority clarity
Own the Murex KPI framework, covering incidents, RCA closure, stability metrics, MTTR, batch performance, automation coverage, release success rate, and delivery velocity
Produce executive dashboards and narrative reporting for senior management, governance committees, regulators, and audit functions
Maintain the Stability Tracker and long-term trend analytics, demonstrating measurable improvement over time
Identify blockers, cross-stream conflicts, and delivery risks, drive escalation and resolution
Provide structured communication, transparency, and consistent messaging across Technology, Business, and Risk stakeholders
Act as the operations manager for the COE — ensuring consistent and coordinated execution across Production Support, Delivery Assurance, Infrastructure, Architecture, Stabilization, and Design Authorities
Provide the Head of Murex COE with a unified operational view of progress, risks, metrics, capacity, and budget
Ensure the Murex COE operates under a predictable, controlled, and metrics-driven framework, with high confidence from senior stakeholders
Qualification
Required
MUST be local to New York City, Hybrid Schedule
No Sponsorship Available
Establish, maintain, and enforce SOPs, governance standards, RACI frameworks, and documentation requirements across all COE functions
Co-chair the Murex Change Advisory Board (MCAB) with Delivery Assurance, ensuring releases are fully risk-assessed, tested, and auditable
Define and then operate the Release Risk Assessment Framework, ensuring objective evaluation of each change request and release
Ensure full traceability between incidents and changes through control matrices and automated evidence collection
Oversee audit readiness and regulatory alignment, ensuring controls are robust, documented, and consistently executed
Track and publish governance and compliance KPIs, including RCA closure, documentation currency, CAB adherence, control execution, and change success ratios
Lead control attestations, ensuring evidence completeness for SOX, ITIL, operational risk, and technology risk standards
Maintains the Integrated Murex Program Plan, covering stabilization, releases, infrastructure work, projects and transformation initiatives
Run the weekly management cadence across Run, Change, and Control pillars — ensuring alignment, escalation, and priority clarity
Own the Murex KPI framework, covering incidents, RCA closure, stability metrics, MTTR, batch performance, automation coverage, release success rate, and delivery velocity
Produce executive dashboards and narrative reporting for senior management, governance committees, regulators, and audit functions
Maintain the Stability Tracker and long-term trend analytics, demonstrating measurable improvement over time
Identify blockers, cross-stream conflicts, and delivery risks, drive escalation and resolution
Provide structured communication, transparency, and consistent messaging across Technology, Business, and Risk stakeholders
Act as the operations manager for the COE — ensuring consistent and coordinated execution across Production Support, Delivery Assurance, Infrastructure, Architecture, Stabilization, and Design Authorities
Provide the Head of Murex COE with a unified operational view of progress, risks, metrics, capacity, and budget
Ensure the Murex COE operates under a predictable, controlled, and metrics-driven framework, with high confidence from senior stakeholders
Deep experience running program governance and operational control functions in a complex technology environment
Strong command of ITIL, technology risk, SOX/ITGC, and change management frameworks
Proven ability to design and enforce governance structures and control processes
Demonstrated experience owning KPIs, dashboards, executive reporting, and data modeling for large-scale technology programs
Ability to transform data into insight and insight into clear, actionable communication
Exceptional communication skills with the ability to articulate technology stability, risk, and progress to senior executives
Skilled at managing conflicting priorities and driving alignment across diverse technology and business teams
Preferred
Understanding of capital markets, derivatives products, and front-to-back trade flows
Exposure to Murex or similar trading/risk platforms is a significant advantage