Commerce
Describe your job – what do you do?
Rosymary Mudzanani Job history 2021 July–Present Murex Specialist: Equity Derivatives Analyst, Rand Merchant Bank 2018–2021 Consultant, FIS Global
Academic history 2017 MCom in Risk Management of Financial Markets University of Cape Town 2016 BCom Honours in Financial Analysis and Portfolio Management University of Cape Town 2013-2015 BCom Economics and Finance University of Cape Town
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I spent about 3,5 years at FIS Global as a Consultant – mostly on Cross-Asset Trading and Risk Platform (formerly Front Arena). This is a combined order and portfolio management system that encompasses the full trade life cycle for the buy side and delivers real-time cross-asset trading, risk management, position keeping, general ledger and more. Most of my time here was spent at the three banks where we implemented the FRTB Regulations. I was the analyst responsible, and the team and I implemented the solution and did a lot of validation – the FRTB has a lot of mathematics, so I quite enjoyed that. In July 2021 I left my Consulting role and joined RMB as an EQD (Equity Derivatives) Analyst in the Murex Team. Murex is a trading and risk management platform that enables capital market firms to deploy a robust risk management system. My current role pretty much entails me understanding the full lifecycle of a trade from Pricing to Settlement and the impact on Market Risk and
Finance. It also includes supporting the EQD Desk; working with traders and various stakeholders to deliver their requirements. My favourite part about this role is the fact that things are always changing – there is always a new variable introduced, e.g. new products that you have never heard of. My other favourite part about my role is my team – we all come from diverse backgrounds and they have welcomed me on board as I embark on this new role.
How have your degrees helped you to get where you are? The degrees played a very important role. The master’s degree definitely opened up doors for me and it played an important role on where I am today. A lot of employers in banking are looking for a well-rounded graduate, i.e. someone with both financial markets backgrounds and technical skills – these I learnt mostly in my MCom class.
