SimCorp Business Analyst

Company Overview:

Bridgenext is a digital consulting services leader that helps clients innovate with intention and realize their digital aspirations by creating digital products, experiences, and solutions around what real people need. Our global consulting and delivery teams facilitate highly strategic digital initiatives through digital product engineering, automation, data engineering, and infrastructure modernization services, while elevating brands through digital experience, creative content, and customer data analytics services.

Don't just work, thrive. At Bridgenext, you have an opportunity to make a real difference - driving tangible business value for clients, while simultaneously propelling your own career growth. Our flexible and inclusive work culture provides you with the autonomy, resources, and opportunities to succeed.

Position Description:

A SimCorp Business Analyst (BA) job description involves acting as a subject matter expert for the SimCorp Dimension platform, gathering requirements, configuring the system, and ensuring business needs in the investment management lifecycle are met.

Responsibilities include:

Requirements Gathering: Conduct workshops and interviews with stakeholders (front, middle, and back office) to capture, analyze, and document detailed business and functional requirements, process flows, and acceptance criteria

System Configuration: Translate business requirements into system designs and hands-on configuration within various SimCorp Dimension modules (e.g., Accounting, Performance, Data Integration, Settlements, Collateral Management)

Implementation & Support: Participate in all aspects of implementation projects, including system design, configuration, data conversion/migration, integration, and post-go-live stabilization. Provide 2nd or 3rd line support for system issues and incidents

Testing & Documentation: Prepare test cases, support System Integration Testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT), validate results, and create user documentation and training materials

Process Improvement: Analyze existing operational processes within SimCorp to identify inefficiencies, recommend improvements, and enhance automation

Stakeholder Communication: Act as a liaison between business teams, technology teams, and external vendors/clients to ensure clear communication and solution alignment

Data Management: Work with data vendor feeds (Bloomberg, Reuters), manage master and reference data issues, and design/validate integration patterns and ETL processes between SimCorp and other systems

Must Have Skills:

Experience:

Typically requires 4-8+ years of business analysis experience within the financial/investment industry, with specific hands-on experience with the SimCorp Dimension platform.

Domain Knowledge:

Deep knowledge of financial instruments (fixed income, equities, derivatives, FX, structured securities)

Strong understanding of the investment lifecycle and workflows, including trading, settlement, corporate actions, reconciliation, and general ledger/subledger accounting

Knowledge of IBOR (Investment Book of Record) and ABOR (Accounting Book of Record) concepts

Technical Skills:

Proficiency in SQL and relational databases for data analysis and troubleshooting

Familiarity with data integration tools (ETL, XML, message queues, APIs)

Soft Skills:

Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills

Excellent communication (written and verbal), presentation, and stakeholder management skills

Workplace: Hybrid position. Working remotely with some onsite in Toronto office

Canadian citizens and those authorized to work in Canada are encouraged to apply

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