Principal Risk Partner

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.

Why this role is important to us

This position is part of a newly-established Risk Management Office (RMO) in SimCorp, which oversees SimCorp’s risk management practices, as well as process excellence and internal control systems. You will report to the Head of Risk Management however, your daily activities will be performed in alignment with Risk Partner Office Team Lead.

The RMO is divided into 3 teams: Risk Partners Office (4 risk partners, including the Team Lead), Risk Methodology and Reporting Office, Process & Internal Controls Team.

As a Risk Partner you will support establishing and maturing our enterprise risk management, and enabling integration of risk management into our business functions, with the main focus on our Finance Function and Advisory Function (Procurement Team and Legal Team).

Risk partnering is a new concept and the basis for our Risk Management Target Operating Model. The Risk Partner is to be an expert, ally and educator in the area of risk management towards assigned business functions – in your case, Finance Function and Advisory Function (assignment may change due to any possible operational changes).

What you will be responsible for

• Establishing yourself as a SPOC in the area of risk management and controls for the assigned functions, building rapport with assigned functions to be a trusted partner

• Facilitating risk discussions, coordinating the risk cycle (risk identification, assessment, mitigation, monitoring, reporting) within assigned functions

• Ensuring timely input for quarterly risk assessment and reporting, coordinate with Risk Methodology and Reporting Office (part of Risk Management Team) and other risk partners

• Monitoring effectiveness of risk response and control effectiveness

• Conducting risk workshop

• Providing relevant data and trends, benchmarks to facilitate risk discussions

• Coordinating risk acceptance process for assigned functions

• Supporting the functions in incident reporting

• Supporting risk-based process discovery and coordinate with Process Excellence & Internal Controls

• Supporting the functions in monitoring and addressing audit findings

• Participating in Group-driven activities in the area of risk and internal controls

• Providing risk advice

• Coordinating with other risk partners, share experience and best practices, contribute to the team’s development and maturity of SimCorp’s risk management

What we value (our requirements)

• 8+ years of professional experience in risk management

• Comprehensive knowledge of ERM methodology

• Experience from related fields to software development, IT in the area of processes-risks-controls

• High analytical skills, methodical know-how and quick conceptual understanding of complex matters

• Great stakeholder management skills

• Ability to work with limited supervision, proactiveness

• Being a collaborator, advanced interpersonal skills

• A willingness to take on the journey of building risk management, without having all the answers available

• Fluent English

Next steps 

Please send us your application in English via our career site as soon as possible, we process incoming applications continually. To make sure you receive our emails please check your junk/spam folder and add SimCorp to the safe list of your e-mail contacts. 

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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 would like to know more about the job, please contact Alina Wiejak, Talent Acquisition Manager at [email protected]

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