Lead Finance Business Partner, EMEA

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 2,800+ colleagues with a broad range of nationalities, educations, professional experiences, ages, and backgrounds in general. 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 striving 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.

Why this role is important to us
The Lead Finance Business Partner drives financial insight and transparency within the EMEA market unit. They will also translate business decisions into financial outcomes and use financial and business insight to actively spar with, and challenge, the senior management teams of these units.
The business partner will also take initiatives on reducing complexity, establishing effective financial processes, and further develop our key financial deliverables, including the budget, forecast and monthly management report. In this respect, they will work closely together with the Market Unit (MU) and Global FP&A team for the execution of these initiatives.
The Finance Business Partner has direct and regular interaction with senior business stakeholders.

What you will be responsible for

• Act as a senior financial analyst and trusted advisor to the senior management team (SMT)
• Present the management report to the MU SMT with analysis and insight on variances to budget
• Support the sales organization in the shaping of deals and understanding the profitability of our offers to clients
• Drive financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and the monthly management report
• Ensure the financial forecast remains in line with the business outlook
• Ensure MU processes are in place to timely and effectively perform forecasting & budgeting
• Perform value adding financial analysis to identify business opportunities
• Drive development of financial transparency as well as financial analysis and insights
• Drive and contribute to finance and business initiatives and projects
• Drive and contribute to the development and optimisation of financial and business processes and the use of financial applications, including our new ERP system Workday
• Perform ad-hoc business partnering and controlling tasks

What we value (our requirements)

• Solid stakeholder management skills
• At least 5+ years of experience with financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and providing financial business support
• A structured and analytical mindset with a self-starter attitude
• The ability to work just as well independently, as in a team
• Brilliant collaboration and communication skills, bridging finance and business
• A high drive, a sense of urgency, and the ability to prioritize between multiple stakeholders in a global and changing environment
• An academic degree (or equivalent) in management or finance
• Fluency in spoken and written English

Next steps
Please send us your application in English via our career site as soon as possible, we process incoming applications continually. To make sure you receive our emails please check your junk/spam folder and add SimCorp to the safe list of your e-mail contacts.
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For any questions you are welcome to contact Alina Wiejak, Senior Talent Acquisition Partner, at [email protected].
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