Lead Business Consultant (Data and Communications)

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.

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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 Consultants in our market unit and beyond.

What You Will Do:

WHY THIS ROLE IS IMPORTANT TO US 

SimCorp is one of the world's leading investment management software providers globally to international financial institutions. SimCorp continuously enhances the portfolio of offerings to keep up-to-date with industry technology and trends 

We are looking for a Lead Business consultant to join our APAC Consulting Services team, which seeks consulting expertise, efficiency in configuration and standardisation, knowledge sharing and collaboration across divisions and market units. You will be part of the Data Management Service Line. This Service Line is responsible for the implementation of Data Management solutions which covers 3 main areas: 

• Integration – how SimCorp Dimension® connects to and interacts with external systems and solutions 

• Data Warehouse and Reporting - how information is retrieved from SimCorp Dimension® 

• System Operations - the services required to access and process data inside SimCorp Dimension®. 

In your role you will also be exposed to the whole SimCorp value chain from Front Office to Back Office, including Reporting. 

As part of your induction, you will be ‘hands-on’ in our software system and attend the three-weeks SimCorp Dimension Academy.  

WHAT YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR 

• You will take over a range of tasks in a project team: Your main mission consists in advising and assisting clients with the use of SimCorp Dimension in their daily operational work. You act as a facilitator between the end-users of financial institutions and their new financial system dealing with their specific business requirements and covering the complete value chain of asset management.  

• You conduct workshops to explore client requirements working with clients and SimCorp’s team to help capture, define and suggest the most adapted solution; 

• You build, deliver and test configuration work in aspects of SimCorp Dimension based on client requirements 

• You advise on process improvements through better use of Simcorp Dimension and you contribute to improve and document best practices for implementations. 

• You constantly expand your knowledge of SimCorp Dimension and the clients’ business in order to ensure that clients get the optimal value/ outcome out of their Simcorp Dimension usage 

• You contribute to the knowledge sharing within service line projects and tasks 

• You contribute to improving best practices for implementation processes and promote topics across projects 

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

WHAT WE VALUE  

You like to deep dive into business processes in investment management and enjoy modelling them in our software. You have in-depth knowledge about the business at asset managers, fund managers, insurers or banks. In addition you bring with you: 

• Experience implementing or configuring investment management systems similar to SimCorp Dimension®, or work experience as Business Analyst or Consultant for asset managers, asset servicers, insurance or consulting firms (2 years minimum) 

• Degree in Computer Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, Economics or similar qualification 

• You are familiar with the processes at asset managers, insurance companies and banks 

• Knowledge in some of the following areas: SQL, relational data bases, data warehouse, reports and XSLT (XML)  

• High organizational skills and the ability to work both individually and as part of a team 

• Good communication and consulting skills and a high degree of commercial awareness, customer orientation and quality consciousness 

• Team spirit and a willingness to share your knowledge 

• Fluency in English

• Readiness to travel  

• Others:

• Knowledge on APIs

• Experience working with Comm Server

• Experience in integrating solutions

• Solution oriented mindset

• Customer focused attitude

Others:

• Hybrid working arrangement

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.**

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