Senior Principal Solutions Engineer (Pre-Sales), Accounting (ABOR)

Senior Principal Solutions Engineer (Pre-Sales), Accounting (ABOR) 

What makes Us, Us

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. If you like what we’re saying, keep reading!
 
Why this role is important to us 
The Senior Principal Solutions Engineer is crucial to shaping go-to-market , sales, and marketing efforts to meet license revenue targets and the expansion of SimCorp’s profile across the Americas specifically focusing on Middle and Back Office workflows with a focus on Accounting and Operations. The Senior Principal coordinates the functional RFI/RFP process and presentations/demonstrations of SimCorp One to prospective and existing clients in partnership with our Sales and Customer Success teams. 
 
What you will be responsible for 
•    Act as a subject matter expert on all areas as it relates to Accounting in the Americas markets across all asset classes (including public and private markets).  
•    Hold regular meetings with prospects and clients to understand how they currently use technology and systems and how they might take advantage of some of the available functionality not already licensed. 
•    Responses to prospective client RFIs (request for information) and RFPs (request for proposal). 
•    Prepare and deliver detailed SimCorp One software demonstrations, presentations and workshops to clients and prospects.  
•    Work with the Sales team to manage and moderate SimCorp One workshops.
•    Ensure detailed information transfer from the sales process to the implementation team after a contract has been signed.  
•    Contribute to build out of local and global demonstration databases to reflect how the system should be used by clients in the various verticals; Pension Funds, Asset Managers, Insurance Companies, Central Banks.   
•    Provide inputs to product team on market trends and evolving requirements. 
•    Attend relevant client and industry events as well as relevant industry training.
 
What we value 
•    University degree in business or technology. 
•    7+ years experience in investment management within the FSI. Total of no less than 10 years FSI experience. 
•    Domain knowledge within Middle and Back Office (Investment Accounting (ABOR) and Investment Book of Record(IBOR) covering fixed income, equities and derivatives).  
•    Expertise on the relevant North American Accounting standards (e.g.,  IFRS, US GAAP, US STAT, US TAX)
•    Presentation and communication (both written and oral) skills are essential. 
•    Problem-solving skills and a solution-focused attitude, with a commitment to delivering outcomes.  
•    Methodical, motivated and the ability to work well during high-demand projects. 
•    Relationship builder with good interpersonal effectiveness- both with customer consultation and cross-functionally.
•    A critical thinker and a continuous learner. 
•    Willingness to travel as required. 
•    Flexibility to attend SimCorp office 2x/week as per our hybrid policy. 3x/week for NYC Office

Who we are 
For over 50 years, we have worked closely with investment and asset managers to become the world’s global 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, with SimCorp as the overarching company brand and Axioma as a key product brand. 

SimCorp is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a culture where diverse perspectives and expertise are integrated in 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. While seeking to deliver client value, we believe it is vital to consider our people and our planet in every business decision we make. Acting responsibly is not optional. It is essential. 

Next Step

Please send us your application in English via our career site as soon as possible, we process incoming applications continually. 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 Magdalena Nowakowska [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.

SimCorp Canada welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

 
For New York City only: The salary range for this position is 145,000.00 - 210,000.00 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.