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.
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.
Why this role is important to us
We are searching for the next Finance Business Partner (FBP) for Commercial who will drive financial insight and transparency for the Commercial team. They will be responsible for translating business decisions into financial outcomes and using financial and business insights to spar with and challenge the senior leadership. It is a global position, managing three regional FBPs, but the role is based out of our headquarters in Copenhagen.
This Finance Leader will also work on initiatives to reduce complexity, establishing effective financial processes and further develop our key financial deliverables, including the budget, forecasts and monthly management reports. In this respect, they will work closely together with the Commercial Leadership and Global Finance teams to put these initiatives into action.
The new FBP for Commercial will report to the Associate Vice President, Head of Finance Business Partnering joining a newly established FBP team.

What you will be responsible for

• Lead the Commercial Finance Business Partners, developing a motivated team who can work independently and provide effective and relevant support to SimCorp’s Commercial organisation and executive management
• Manage / contribute to Commercial Finance processes, e.g. forecasting, budgeting, driving and analysing the commercial pipeline, contract negotiations, scenario planning, commercial reporting, long term modelling etc.
• Perform ad hoc financial analysis to support key business decisions
• Support monthly management accounts and the board reporting packs
• Support project analysis, validation of plans and ad-hoc requests
• Co-operate with sales teams to customise deal structures to meet customers’ specific requirements and develop new business models to capture new business opportunities

What we value

We are looking for a motivated finance professional who:

• Can operate independently and advance own initiatives whilst collaborating across the finance organisation
• Has effective interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to manage multiple stakeholders at all levels at the same time, with an ability to present complex issues in a simple and structured approach, bridging Finance and Business
• Will be “hands on” as required, with solid Excel skills and has experience with Workday and Adaptive Planning

Your experience

• 10+ years of experience in finance or accounting, with a focus on commercial, finance business partnering and financial controlling
• An academic degree or equivalent in Finance, Accounting or similar
• Previous experience with people management; remote management would be beneficial given you will be leading a global team
• Experience from Tech/SaaS industry or a subscription based company is beneficial (focus on IFRS 15)
• Fluent 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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LI-Hybri

• Lead the Commercial Finance Business Partners, developing a motivated team who can work independently and provide effective and relevant support to SimCorp’s Commercial organisation and executive management
• Manage / contribute to Commercial Finance processes, e.g. forecasting, budgeting, driving and analysing the commercial pipeline, contract negotiations, scenario planning, commercial reporting, long term modelling etc.
• Perform ad hoc financial analysis to support key business decisions
• Support monthly management accounts and the board reporting packs
• Support project analysis, validation of plans and ad-hoc requests
• Co-operate with sales teams to customise deal structures to meet customers’ specific requirements and develop new business models to capture new business opportunitie