Senior Financial Data Analyst

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 is this role important to us?

The Senior Financial Data Analyst in the Data Management team at SimCorp is responsible for analyzing financial data, identifying trends, and providing actionable insights to support business decision-making. With typically 5+ years of experience in financial data analysis, this role involves overseeing the collection, validation, and reporting of financial data, ensuring that it meets high standards of accuracy, integrity, and compliance. The Senior Financial Data Analyst works closely with internal teams and stakeholders to develop reporting solutions, optimize data workflows, and drive improvements in financial data management processes.

This role combines deep financial data domain expertise with analytical and technical capabilities to support business decision-making, operational excellence, and regulatory compliance. The role is primarily domain-focused (approximately 80%), requiring deep expertise in financial market data, reference data, and data governance, while technical skills (approximately 20%) are applied to enable automation, reporting, and data workflow optimization.

What You Will Be Responsible For

• Lead the analysis of financial data, identifying trends, insights, and opportunities to support business objectives
• Collaborate with business teams to define data requirements and ensure that financial data is accurate, consistent, and aligned with reporting needs
• Develop and maintain financial reports, dashboards, and visualizations to present data insights to stakeholders
• Oversee the collection, validation, and integration of financial data across systems, ensuring data integrity and consistency
• Work with IT and data teams to optimize data workflows, improve data quality, and streamline reporting processes
• Conduct data reconciliation to ensure that financial data aligns with internal and external reporting standards
• Ensure compliance with financial regulations, data governance policies, and industry standards in all financial data activities
• Provide mentorship and guidance to junior analysts, promoting best practices in financial data analysis and reporting
• Drive process improvements in financial data management, implementing new tools and technologies to improve efficiency and accuracy
• Stay up to date with developments in financial data analysis tools and techniques, recommending innovations to enhance data operations
• Developing financial reporting dashboards and analytical solutions.
• Collaborating with business and technology teams to optimize financial data workflows
• Leading efforts to automate and enhance processes within financial data operations.
• Supporting regulatory reporting and compliance initiatives.

What We Value

• Leading financial data analysis initiatives to support business decision-making and strategic planning
• Developing and maintaining financial reporting solutions, including dashboards and data visualizations
• Ensuring the quality, accuracy, and consistency of financial data used for reporting and analysis
• Collaborating with IT and business teams to optimize financial data workflows
• Mentoring junior financial analysts and ensuring continuous improvement in data analysis practices
• Driving process improvements to streamline data management and reporting operations
• Ensuring compliance with financial regulations, data governance, and industry standards

The role requires working knowledge of technical tools that support financial data analysis, automation, and reporting.

Programming & Automation:

• Python (data analysis, automation, scripting)
• VBA (Excel automation and reporting)

Business Intelligence & Analytics

• Power BI (dashboard development, data modelling, DAX)
• Advanced Microsoft Excel (Power Query, Pivot Tables, large dataset analysis)

Data Engineering & ETL Tools

• KNIME
• Alteryx
• Kofax

Databases & Querying

• SQL Server

Financial Data Platforms (Preferred)

• Bloomberg
• Refinitiv
• ICE Data Services
• RIMES

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.

On top of that, we have IP sprints where you have 3 weeks per quarter you can spend on developing your skills as well as contributing to the company development. There is never just only one route - we practice a personalized approach to professional development to support the direction you want to take.

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 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 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.