Murex Governance & Controls Manager

Mizuho•New York, NY

22h•$200,000 - $300,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Join Mizuho as a Murex Governance & Controls Manager! Murex Governance & Controls establishes and runs the governance and operational backbone of the Murex COE. The role provides central coordination, controls, reporting, and governance discipline to ensure that the Murex platform operates under a data-driven, transparent, and well-governed operating model. This function ensures that all stabilization, change, release, and architectural initiatives are executed predictably, auditable, and aligned with business priorities — while giving senior management factual, timely visibility into platform performance, risks, and progress.

Requirements

Operational & Governance Expertise 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.
Data & Reporting Leadership 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.
Stakeholder & Communication Skills 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.

Nice To Haves

Domain Expertise (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.

Responsibilities

Governance, Process & Controls 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.
Program, Reporting & Operations 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.
Cross-Functional Stewardship 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.