Lead or Principal Business Consultant, Accounting & Operations (IBOR) - Q1 2026 hiring

Join SimCorp, a FinTech leader, as a Lead or Principal Business Consultant in Accounting & Operations (IBOR). This role is crucial for streamlining investment decisions, accounting, and operations for global financial institutions. You will enhance implementation expertise, work full-time on projects, provide specialized advice, and deliver functional solutions using SimCorp Dimension®. Responsibilities include overseeing workstreams, facilitating workshops, documenting requirements, providing training, and mentoring colleagues, all while contributing to best practices.

Must Have

• Oversee business-related workstreams in implementation projects
• Act as project leader for small and mid-sized SimCorp Dimension® projects
• Facilitate requirements gathering workshops and trainings
• Document client requirements and map to SimCorp Dimension® functions
• Provide configuration and end-user training
• Serve as key contact for customers regarding SimCorp Dimension®
• Instruct and mentor less experienced colleagues
• Identify opportunities for tailored services
• Contribute to improving best practices for implementation processes
• Degree/master's in Finance, Economics, or Accounting
• Very good know-how in at least four of: Trade processing, Swift messages, Corporate action processing, Collateral processing, Reconciliation, Valuation, Data Import and Export
• Broad asset classes coverage (listed, derivatives, credits/mortgages, illiquid)
• Proficiency in English
• SimCorp Dimension® experience or familiarity with implementing and configuring financial software
• Highly developed sense of ownership and accountability
• Flexible for travel across APAC

Perks & Benefits

• Attractive salary
• Bonus scheme
• Pension
• Good work and life balance
• Flexible working hours
• Hybrid workplace model (work from office two days each week, remote on other days)

WHAT MAKES US, US

Join some of the most innovative thinkers in FinTech as we lead the evolution of financial technology. If you are an innovative, curious, collaborative person who embraces challenges and wants to grow, learn and pursue outcomes with our prestigious financial clients, say Hello to SimCorp!

At its foundation, SimCorp is guided by our values — caring, customer success-driven, collaborative, curious, and courageous. Our people-centered organization focuses on skills development, relationship building, and client success. We take pride in cultivating an an environment where all team members can grow, feel heard, valued, and empowered.

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WHY THIS ROLE IS IMPORTANT TO US

Why is the role important to us:

At SimCorp, we facilitate the streamlining of investment decisions, accounting, and operations for major global financial institutions. As a Lead Business Consultant, you will be responsible for improving implementation expertise and enhancing the knowledge of IBOR consultants in our market unit and beyond.

You will normally be working full-time on implementation projects, which require your expertise in the IBOR area. Lead Business Consultants are highly skilled professionals who form part of our Professional Services team, working within Consulting Services and based within the market units. The main purpose of the role is to provide specialized advice and functional delivery in the successful deployment of SimCorp Dimension® within a client’s environment.

What you will be responsible for

Your responsibilities include but will not be limited to:

• Oversee one or more business-related workstreams in the implementation project, ensuring all necessary tasks, dependencies, and resource/time evaluations are identified, and providing status updates to the Project Manager for integration into the overall project plan
• Can act as project leader for small and mid-sized SimCorp Dimension® projects
• Facilitate requirements gathering workshop and trainings at new or existing clients in business-related areas and domains
• Document client requirements and map to SimCorp Dimension® functions and processes, identifying improvements and efficiencies where possible. Possess understanding of basic project planning
• Responsible for providing configuration and end-user training, allowing the client to maintain SimCorp Dimension® and optimize its usage
• Key contact for our customers for questions in connection with SimCorp Dimension®
• Instruct and mentor less experienced colleagues on the job
• Identify opportunities to offer tailored services beyond the project scope to our customers in your role as a trusted advisor
• Contribute to improving best practices for implementation processes and promote topics across projects

What we value

Above all, your ability to thrive in and contribute to this role is paramount. Your skills' origins are less critical; however, we expect proficiency in several of the following areas, with a willingness to expand understanding:

As our preferred candidate, you will have:

• Degree/master's within Finance, Economics, Accounting.
• Very good know-how in at least four of the following areas:
• Trade processing (incl. settlement),
• Swift messages
• Corporate action processing
• Collateral processing
• Reconciliation
• Valuation
• Data Import and Export (SimCorp Dimension® Data Format Setup & Data Extractor)
• Broad asset classes coverage (listed, derivatives, credits/mortgages, illiquid)
• Constantly willing to expand your knowledge of SimCorp Dimension® and the clients’ businesses in order to ensure that clients get the optimal configuration and workflow.
• Demonstrate a commitment to results, creativity, and a broad worldview.
• Have effective communication skills and proficiency in English.
• You have SimCorp Dimension® experience or are familiar with implementing and configuring financial software
• Highly developed sense of ownership and accountability
• Flexible for travel as we operate as an APAC organization.

BENEFITS:

Attractive salary, bonus scheme, and pension are essential for any work agreement. However, in SimCorp, we believe we can offer more. Therefore, in addition to the traditional benefit scheme, we provide a good work and life balance: flexible working hours and a hybrid workplace model. Simcorp follows a global hybrid policy, asking employees to work from the office two days each week while allowing remote work on other days.

NEXT STEP:

Please send us your application in English via our career site as soon as possible, we process incoming applications continually. Please note that only applications sent through our system will be processed. At SimCorp, we recognize that bias can unintentionally occur in the recruitment process. To uphold fairness and equal opportunities for all applicants, we kindly ask you to exclude personal data such as photo, age, or any non-professional information from your application. Thank you for aiding us in our endeavor to mitigate biases in our recruitment process.

If you are interested in being a part of SimCorp but are not sure this role is suitable, submit your CV anyway. SimCorp is on an exciting growth journey, and our Talent Acquisition Team is ready to assist you discover the right role for you. The approximate time to consider your CV is three weeks.

We are eager to continually improve our talent acquisition process and make everyone’s experience positive and valuable. Therefore, during the process we will ask you to provide your feedback, which is highly appreciated.

WHO WE ARE:

For over 50 years, we have worked closely with investment and asset managers to become the world’s leading provider of integrated investment management solutions. We are 3,000+ colleagues with a broad range of nationalities, educations, professional experiences, ages, and backgrounds in general.

SimCorp is an independent subsidiary of the Deutsche Börse Group. Following the recent merger with Axioma, we leverage the combined strength of our brands to provide an industry-leading, full, front-to-back offering for our clients.

SimCorp is an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants from all backgrounds, without regard to race, gender, age, disability, or any other protected status under applicable law. We are committed to building a culture where diverse perspectives and expertise are integrated into our everyday work. We believe in the continual growth and development of our employees, so that we can provide best-in-class solutions to our clients.

We are also honored to have been voted as a WealthTech100 company for three consecutive years. The new WealthTech100 list aims to highlight tech innovation leaders in the investment management industry.