Business Consultant Principal

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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 this role is important to us 

SimCorp is recruiting a Principal Business Consultant to implement SimCorp One at asset managers, fund managers, banks and pension plans across the US and Canada. Our consulting teams work with both client technology teams and their business lines, to configure SimCorp One and to evolve and shape underlying business processes to fit the application.  

The consultant will be responsible for all aspects of the implementation process, with primary focus on the Operations functionalities. At this time, we are specifically looking for a candidate who has experience with alternative investments. 

Besides alternative investments, consulting teams will be exposed to a spectrum of financial instruments, equity and fixed income as well as complex OTC derivatives. 

What you will be responsible for 

Project Delivery 

• Lead our implementation projects throughout the project life-cycle including gathering and understanding client requirements, configuration, documentation, and presentation of solutions
• Lead presentations to clients and prepare project artifacts such as project scope and solution documents 
• Build network with internal and external stakeholders  

Standardization 

• Gain understanding of Simcorp’s Global Standard Solutions and utilize them for project delivery 
• Support maintenance of Global Standard Solutions and make contributions to its improvements and refinements 

Knowledge Management 

• Lead knowledge sharing within the organization 
• Participate in improving project best practice based on the global delivery model

What we value (our requirements) 

• Our candidates will have experience in the following fields: Asset Management, Mid-Back Office, Financial Reporting, Consulting, Professional Services or Software Implementation within the Asset Management sector.
• Asset Management candidates should have 10+ years of experience working with the operations functions for investments and the enterprise applications that enable them 
• Consultants should have experience with enterprise implementations involving operations functions on the buy side, and experience with applications similar to Simcorp One
• Working experience with alternative investments (CAIA Certification is considered an asset)
• Understanding of investment process, analytics, and related accounting for alternative investments 
• Experience with SimCorp One is an asset
• Ability to travel to client’s site as needed
• Can attend the SimCorp office 2x/week as per our hybrid policy 

For San Francisco Only: The annual base salary range for this position is $160,000-210,000 USD. 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

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