Senior Principal Product Specialist, Risk & Performance

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 FOR US

SimCorp is currently seeking a qualified experienced professional to join our Product Specialist team as a full-time employee, based in our Singapore / Hong Kong office to support our expansion in the region. The ideal candidate for this role is a highly motivated quantitative professional looking for an exciting and diverse role working with investment professionals.

WHAT YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

• Lead the design and implementation of tailored Simcorp Risk and Performance Attribution solutions, ensuring alignment with client requirements and strategic goals.
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders to understand business challenges and translate them into actionable strategies
• Ownership and execution of client onboarding and training
• Resolve complex issues on your own and propose creative solutions to improve service delivery and operational efficiency
• Develop and maintain detailed project documentation, including workflows, integration plans, and technical specifications
• Manage client relationships and conduct regular updates to ensure client expectations are met and exceeded Establish relationships with clients, and understand their system usage and special implementation requirements to manage and deliver analytics solutions fit to client use cases and secure high retention rates.
• Interact with quantitative research, operations and product teams as required.
• Use extensive knowledge of client issues/needs to identify opportunities for business and product development.
• Contribute to process improvement initiatives.

WHAT WE VALUE

• Degree in a quantitative field such as Mathematics, Statistics, Finance, Econometrics, or Engineering. CFA, FRM, CAIA designations are considered beneficial
• 5+ years of experience in quantitative finance preferably in a similar role/industry
• Solid knowledge of risk modelling techniques and risk analytics across asset classes
• Solid knowledge of performance attribution (Brinson, factor based, hybrid) for multi-asset portfolios.
• Solid understanding of pricing models relevant to various financial instruments such as CDS, IRS and FX Derivatives
• Ability to solve complex problems using own initiative.
• Ability to articulate complex concepts and methodologies to end users with varying backgrounds and levels of experience
• Experience with usage and interpretation of granular and factor risk models
• Experience integrating with REST APIs/web services is beneficial
• Programming experience in Python, Java, C#, as well as frontier LLMs, is beneficial
• Great oral and written communication skills in English. Additional languages are a positive addition

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.