Presales Consultant in Fintech – Front Office

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.

WHY THIS ROLE IS IMPORANT TO US

You will be part of a team of more than 20 consultants across EMEA. In the role as Presales Consultant, you will work closely with the Sales and Customer Success Management teams to understand the needs and requirements of prospective clients. You will provide high quality demos, workshops and PoCs (proof of concept) in the Portfolio Management and Trading domain and convey the power of our solutions and services. You will be reporting to the Vice President - Value Advisory (Presales) in SimCorp EMEA.

WHAT YOU WILL BE REPONSIBLE FOR

• Analyzing the workflows and business requirements of prospective clients and translating these into SimCorp solutions 
• Mapping requests from prospective clients with the product and services offered by SimCorp
• Providing high quality responses to RFIs (request for information) and RFPs (request for proposal) in the presales process
• Contributing to and delivering SimCorp Dimension presentations, demos, workshops, and PoCs
• Effectively communicating the benefits and value of SimCorp's solutions 
• Obtaining a thorough understanding of SimCorp's sales model and relevant processes 
• Gaining and maintaining knowledge of SimCorp's product and service portfolio 
• Sharing expertise in overall functionalities of the solution 

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. 

• Experience in a role as Analyst, Consultant, Presales or similar role in the financial services industry, financial industry, consulting firm or solution provider
• Domain expertise in two of the following areas: Financial instruments incl. derivatives, Trading/Execution, Portfolio Management, Fund Management, Asset Allocation, Performance, Risk Management
• Good presentation skills and experience in preparing presentations for external or internal clients
• Very good communication skills (both written and oral)
• Methodical and analytical approach
• Fluency in English (spoken and written) 
• Flexibility to travel within EMEA from time to time (approx. 5 days/month)

BENEFITS

• Flexible working hours - possibility to work from home
• Private medical care (Medicover)
• Sharing the costs of sports activities (Multisport Card)
• Life insurance
• Possibility to develop your career in an international environment
• Professional training and courses (starting from the 3 weeks’ SimCorp Dimension® Academy)
• Integration events and charity projects

In addition, we provide a good work and life balance and opportunities for professional development: there is never just only one route - we offer an individual approach to professional development to support the direction you want to take. Visit our career pages to learn more about working at SimCorp.

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.

For any questions you are welcome to contact Azeta Guiti, Senior Talent Acquisition Partner, at [email protected]. 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.

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