Principal Business Consultant

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Why this role is important to us  

Simcorp is seeking an experienced Principal Business Consultant to join our Technology Solutions team. This is a full-time role to be based in London supporting our growing EMEA client base. 

The ideal candidate will bring a solid technical foundation, along with financial services knowledge and domain expertise in risk, valuation, and performance. You will be responsible for coordinating and delivering risk and performance attribution implementation projects, with demonstrated experience managing stakeholder relationships across both internal and external teams. We are looking for an experienced professional with solid project delivery credentials who can translate complex technical requirements into business outcomes while working alongside investment professionals and internal stakeholders to drive implementation success

This role offers the opportunity to work on diverse, important projects within a growing organization, combining your technical expertise with strategic business consulting to support our clients' evolving needs

What you will be responsible for:  

• Lead implementation and client onboarding projects from design through delivery, while mentoring and supporting junior team members 
• Design and build out ETL processes to support client data integration and analytics delivery 
• Lead solution design engagements with partners and across client projects, translating business requirements into technical architecture 
• Work with product, engineering, and operations teams to drive client success and support smooth solution rollout
• Partner with sales and pre-sales teams to validate delivery timelines, identify functional gaps during scoping, and ensure realistic project estimates 
• Develop and maintain comprehensive project documentation, and identify process improvement opportunities to enhance delivery efficiency and team effectiveness 
• Provide valuable input into the analytics integration strategy for Simcorp's IMS platform (SimcorpOne), helping improve functionality and implementation approach 

What we value:  

Essential: 

• Degree in a quantitative or technical field such as Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Finance, Computer Science, Engineering, Econometrics, or related discipline 
• 5+ years of experience delivering SaaS solutions
• Solid technical foundation with practical programming experience in Python, Java, or C#
• Demonstrated skill in designing and integrating solutions with REST APIs and web services
• Ability to solve complex problems on their own and articulate technical concepts clearly to end users with varying levels of experience
• Effective verbal and written communication skills in English

Desirable: 

• Professional risk qualifications such as CFA, FRM, CAIA 
• Professional project management qualifications such as PMP, PRINCE2, or relevant Agile certifications 
• Experience with granular and factor-based risk models 
• Solid financial services knowledge and domain expertise (risk, valuation and performance) 
• Experience mentoring and developing junior team members 
• Familiarity with frontier LLM technologies and applications 
• Fluency in additional languages 

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 4,000+ 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.

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