Principal Business Consultant - Front Office

1 Year ago • All levels • Business Analysis • $160,000 PA - $210,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

SimCorp is seeking a Principal Business Consultant specializing in Front Office for its FinTech evolution. This role is crucial for streamlining investment decisions, accounting, and operations for global financial institutions through IT systems and financial knowledge. The consultant will lead SimCorp Dimension® implementation projects, focusing on portfolio construction, compliance checks, and trading. Responsibilities include working on implementation projects, engaging with client end-users, monitoring and escalating project issues, and contributing to the development of best practices. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record as a consultant in the buy-side industry with expertise in areas like portfolio management, trading, compliance, performance measurement, risk management, and regulatory topics.
Must have:
  • Lead SimCorp Dimension® implementation projects
  • Understand buy-side industry requirements
  • Cooperate with project managers
  • Build stakeholder networks
  • Mentor junior colleagues
  • Prepare requirement specifications
  • Identify opportunities for tailored services
  • Contribute to implementation best practices
  • Participate in international know-how exchange
Good to have:
  • Proven track record as a consultant
  • Expertise in portfolio management
  • Expertise in trading and order management
  • Expertise in compliance and regulations
  • Expertise in performance measurement
  • Expertise in risk management
  • Knowledge of regulatory topics (e.g., Solvency II)
  • Instrument valuation and analytics knowledge
  • CFA, CIPM, FRM or other certifications
  • SimCorp Dimension® experience
  • Independent and analytical working style
  • Strong communication and consulting skills
  • Commercial awareness and customer orientation
  • Team spirit and knowledge sharing desire
  • Readiness to travel
Perks:
  • Attractive salary and bonus scheme
  • Good work and life balance
  • Flexible working hours
  • Hybrid model (two days in office)
  • Opportunities for professional development

Job Details

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 environment where all team members can grow, feel heard, valued, and empowered.

If you like what we’re saying, keep reading! 

Why this role is important to us

At SimCorp, we facilitate the streamlining of investment decisions, accounting, and operations for major global financial institutions. We do this through IT systems, processes, and financial knowledge. Implementing our software by way of high-quality projects is at the core of what we do. To introduce our software to our clients, and deliver the outcomes they will adopt, business consultants are essential to us.   

In the role of Principal Business Consultant specializing in Front Office (Portfolio construction, Compliance checks, Trading), your participation will be instrumental in the expansion of our market unit in a strategic vertical, for SimCorp. We are outcomes based driven with the objective to deliver deliveries with high quality to our customers.   

You will normally be working full-time on implementation projects, which require your special expertise in the Front Office area. You will own specific work streams of the project plan, with direct engagement with our clients end users (portfolio managers, traders, compliance and performance team members) from designing solutions, to delivering outcomes for their final adoption.

You will act as an important sparring partner for SimCorp clients and effectively monitor, coordinate, and escalate issues as needed with projects stakeholders.  

What you will be responsible for  

  • Lleading SimCorp Dimension® implementation projects: You know the customers‘ requirements and processes related to the buy-side industry specifically asset managers, asset owners, insurers and outline solutions for optimal use of SimCorp Dimension®  

  • Close cooperation with the project manager and key role in developing projects to success  

  • Build network with internal and external stakeholders  

  • Instruct and mentor less experienced colleagues on the job  

  • Prepare requirement specifications for enhancements to our product management  

  • 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  

  • Actively participate in know-how exchange with colleagues on an international level  

What we value  

Most importantly, you can see yourself contributing and thriving in the position described above. How you gained the skills needed for doing that is less important. We expect you to be good at several of the following and be able to - and interested in - learning the rest.  

  • Proven track record as an (Implementation) Consultant for asset managers, asset owners, banks or consulting firms  

  • Excellent know-how in at least two of the following areas: 

  • Portfolio management (analyze, and optimize for investment decision-making) 

  • Trading and order management 

  • Compliance, regulatory and internal restrictions 

  • Performance measurement and attribution 

  • Risk management (market and liquidity) 

  • Regulatory topics, such as Solvency II (incl. ORSA) 

  • Instrument valuation and analytics (theoretical pricing)

  • CFA, CIPM, FRM or other relevant certifications/designations are desirable 

  • Ideally, you have SimCorp Dimension® experience or you are familiar with implementing and configuring financial software  

  • Independent and analytical way of working 

  • Strong communication and consulting skills 

  • High degree of commercial awareness, customer orientation and quality consciousness 

  • Team spirit and a desire to share your knowledge 

  • Readiness to travel  

Benefits 

Attractive salary and bonus scheme 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 model - working from SimCorp’s office two days a week. And opportunities for professional development: there is never only one route - we offer a personal approach to professional development to support the direction you want to take. Visit our career pages to learn more about working at SimCorp

For New York City only: The salary range for this position is $160,000 - $210,000. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, and benefits including health care, leave, and retirement plans. Your total compensation may vary based on role, location, department and individual performance.

Next steps  

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.  

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. 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.

SimCorp Canada welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

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About The Company

SimCorp is a provider of industry-leading integrated investment management solutions for the global buy side. Founded in 1971, with more than 3,000 employees across five continents, SimCorp is a truly global technology leader that empowers more than half of the world’s top 100 financial companies through its integrated platform, services, and partner ecosystem. SimCorp is a subsidiary of Deutsche Börse Group. As of 2024, SimCorp includes Axioma, the leading provider of risk and management and portfolio optimization solutions for the global buy side.

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