Technical Implementation Lead

Sim; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial technology company in the City of London seeks a subject matter expert for the Axioma Risk platform. You will document client requirements, design API solutions, and provide technical support throughout client onboarding. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and 5-7 years of experience in a quantitative financial technology firm, with strong knowledge of risk management. Attractive salary and benefits offered.

Benefits

Attractive salary

Bonus scheme

Pension

Work-life balance

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of implementation experience with a quantitative financial technology firm.
• Experience of Simcorp Dimension or other IBOR is a plus.
• Experience of IT project management is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Be a subject matter expert on all technical aspects of the Axioma Risk platform.
• Document Client requirements and translate these into specifications documents.
• Design and implement API based solutions for data integration.

Skills

Expertise with Rest-APIs

Programming experience in Python

Programming experience in C#

Strong knowledge of financial risk

Strong problem-solving skills

Strong communication skills

Education

Bachelors degree in Computational Finance or related subject

Job description

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. 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.

What you will be responsible for

• Be a subject matter expert on all technical aspects of the Axioma Risk platform, including data integration, security and permissions, system configurations and best practice, across both the UI and the API.
• Able to understand the business and operational requirements of Clients, ranging from asset managers and banks, to hedge funds and family offices, and implement these within the capabilities of the Risk platform.
• Document Client requirements and translate these into specifications documents for Product Management.
• Design and implement API based solutions to overcome technical challenges around data integration and generation of risk analytics, in order to meet customer requirements.
• Work with Engineering, DevOps and Content to overcome issues around scalability and coverage.
• Provide technical support across all phases of Client onboarding (Pre-Sales, Implementation, BAU), answering enquiries from Clients and establish credibility with Client senior management and business sponsors.

What we value

• Bachelors degree or higher (US or foreign equivalent) in Computational Finance, Financial Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or related subject.
• 5-7 years of implementation experience with a quantitative financial technology firm, on enterprise size projects.
• Expertise with Rest-APIs is an important requirement, along with programming experience in either Python or C#.
• Strong knowledge of financial risk and risk management.
• Strong in person and written communication skills.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Experience of Simcorp Dimension or other IBOR is a plus.
• Experience of IT project management is a plus.

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 an extensive work-life balance and opportunities for professional development: there is never just only one route - we offer an individual approach to professional development to support the direction you want to take.

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.

For any questions you are welcome to contact Azeta GUITI, Lead Talent Acquisition Partner. 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.