Lead Data Advisor

SimCorp; Dadri; Hybrid; INR 1,800,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work policy

Growth & innovation

Self-direction

Inclusive culture

Work-life balance

Empowerment

Job summary

SimCorp is seeking a Senior Data Advisor to manage client onboarding, monitor vendor changes, and maintain the standard data model and data ontologies. You will liaison with IT and Operations, report to the Data Advisory head, and ensure data quality across engagements.

You will build expertise on industry and regulatory changes in data management, support governance and testing, and guide clients on data usage for evolving requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in finance
• Experience in Change Management with data vendor feeds (Bloomberg, IDC, Reuters)
• Knowledge of financial products and markets including derivatives

Responsibilities

• Look after client onboarding and monitor vendor changes
• Maintain the standard data model and data ontologies
• Coordinate change management activities with IT and Operations
• Report to the head of Data Advisory team
• Govern data integrations and quality through tests and validation
• Support data test concepts and ongoing process improvements
• Advise clients on data needs and usage for new requirements
• Engage with multiple departments to ensure client success

Skills

Change management

Data modelling

Data standards

SDLC

Requirements engineering

Stakeholder management

Data governance

Client onboarding

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance

Job description

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.

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WHY THIS ROLE IS IMPORTANT TO US

SimCorp DMS is a complete data management solution for pricing and reference data, provided as a Managed Service. The SimCorp DMS Advisory and change management service is a team of industry and data management experts who consistently monitor for any industry, regulatory and vendor feed changes that may affect our client’s business operations. The Advisory Service regularly informs clients of these changes, and how best to adapt.

As a Senior Data Advisor, you will be responsible to look after the client onboarding, monitoring vendor changes, maintaining the standard data model and orchestrating change management activities for the SimCorp DMS clients by liaising with internal service teams from IT and Operations. You will be directly reporting to the head of Data Advisory team.

What You Will Be Responsible For

• Create and maintain data standards (lookups, mappings, conventions, and rules), data models and data ontologies (how are data objects related to each other)
• Maintain meta data information documentation regarding data models, data interpretation, data lineage and utilization along the key processes and make it available to internal and external stakeholders.
• Monitor, track and conduct assessment of all vendors related changes that impacts SimCorp DMS and Enterprise Data Manager clients.
• Facilitate Change & Control Board (CCB) governance with internal service teams to prioritize and deliver the standard and client change requests.
• Design and implement a robust client onboarding framework for a seamless DMS client onboarding
• Serve as the advisor and quality gateway regarding data and change integrations related to data.
• Support design and maintenance of an overall data test concepts and conduct regular data tests to assure data and service quality.
• Support DMS Operations on various process improvement initiatives.
• Advise clients on data needs and data usage for new requirements.
• Build and maintain in-depth know-how on industry and regulatory changes within data management.
• This is a client-centric role that involves regular interaction with our valued customers
• Continuously develop a comprehensive understanding of the latest industry and regulatory trends in the data management space and promote best practices within the SimCorp community to benefit our clients.

What We Value

Most importantly, you can see yourself contributing and thriving in the position described above. How you gained the skills needed for doing that is less important. We expect you to be good at several of the following and be able to - and interested in - learning the rest.

• Have a relevant bachelor’s degree or equivalent in finance
• Relevant experience in areas of Change Management with data vendor feeds (Bloomberg, IDC, Reuters, etc.)
• Have good knowledge of financial products and markets including derivatives, structured instruments etc.
• Have experience in requirements engineering, data modelling and full SDLC approach.
• Have a structured approach, attention to detail, service mindset, and solid organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Process management, control and design experience are beneficial skills but not mandatory.
• Have relevant experience in Data Management and Business Analysis
• Possess strong knowledge of various investment/trade lifecycle activities
• Show the ability to collaborate easily with various departments to ensure client success.
• Exhibit clear verbal and written communication to engage and inform various stakeholders

Benefits

• Global hybrid work policy - We ask you to work 2 days a week from the office. If you choose you can work remotely the other days. Of course you are welcome at the office if that is your preference.
• Growth and innovation - Every 6th sprint is reserved for planning and innovation. So, with regular intervals you have a chance to explore and learn new skills or improve something that you believe will be beneficial to you, your team or the application.
• Self-Direction - High degree of self-organization. Each team and developer have a high degree of freedom to plan, organize and design their work.
• Inclusive and diverse company culture
• Work-life balance – We believe that an equilibrium between professional responsibilities makes us all the best version of ourselves, both in private life and as colleagues in the workplace
• Empowerment – We believe that all voices are valuable and must be heard. You will be involved in shaping our work processes

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 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.