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SimCorp Project Manager - Principal Or Senior
RemoteContractCOMPSenior / Principal Project Manager – SimCorp Contract | 80% (Mon–Thurs) | Remote (AU Hours) | Immediate Start Contract Details 80% allocation (Monday–Thursday) Immediate start Initial 2–3 month contract, with strong potential for extension Remote considered, covering Australian hours Skillfinder International is partnering with a leading financial technology organisation to appoint an experienced Senior / Principal Project Manager with proven SimCorp experience. This is not a generic PM role. We are specifically seeking candidates who have delivered projects within SimCorp Dimension (SCD) environments. The Role You will lead critical delivery initiatives within a financial services setting, ensuring structured governance, stakeholder alignment, and successful execution. The role requires coverage of Australian business hours (Sydney/Melbourne time zone). Key Responsibilities End-to-end project planning and delivery within SimCorp environments Agile governance and structured delivery frameworks Resource planning and allocation Risk management and mitigation Executive reporting and senior stakeholder engagement Delivery within regulated financial services environments Required Experience Proven track record as a Senior or Principal Project Manager Hands-on experience delivering SimCorp Dimension (SCD) projects (essential) Strong Agile project delivery experience Financial Services / Investment Management background Experience leading platform implementations or system change programmes Strong stakeholder management skills
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Implementation Contractor - Multifonds Expert
LuxembourgContractTBDMultifonds Transfer Agency (TA) Implementation Consultant | Luxembourg (On-site) The opportunity Join a high-impact implementation team in Luxembourg working on Multifonds rollouts for leading asset servicing and fund industry clients. This is a hands-on, delivery-focused role for a consultant who has already worked on Multifonds Transfer Agency in real projects and wants to be close to the action: workshops, solution design, testing, and go-live support. If you know Multifonds TA inside out and enjoy turning complex business needs into robust operational solutions, this one is for you. What you will do (scope and responsibilities) 1) Functional expertise on Multifonds Transfer Agency Act as a Multifonds TA functional specialist (this role is strictly on Transfer Agency, not Fund Accounting). Deep-dive into TA processes and translate them into configuration and operational design, including: Investor onboarding and account maintenance Subscription, redemption, switch, transfer workflows Dealing lifecycle, validations, exceptions and cut-offs Register and investor record management Fees and commissions (where applicable to TA scope) Corporate actions and investor communications (when part of TA operational flows) Support clarification on functional behavior of Multifonds TA satellites (when in scope of the solution). 2) Requirements, workshops, and business analysis Run or contribute to business workshops with stakeholders (operations, product, IT, sometimes end clients). Capture, challenge, and structure requirements: Current state vs target state Pain points, constraints, controls and regulatory expectations Data needs, interfaces, and operational handovers Produce high-quality functional outputs such as: Business requirement documents Functional specifications and user stories Process maps, operational procedures, and change impacts 3) Solution design aligned with IT standards Deliver qualitative solution design consistent with internal IT standards and architecture guidelines. Work closely with technical teams to define: Functional rules and parameterization guidelines Interfaces and data flows (upstream/downstream systems) Impacts on operations, reporting, and controls Provide strong functional input to ensure the delivered solution is scalable and supportable in production. 4) Project delivery support (planning and execution) Provide project management assistance to keep delivery on track: Contribute to roadmap, milestones, dependencies Provide effort estimations and implementation approach Support governance cadence, action tracking, risk and issue management Ensure alignment across business, IT and vendor teams, maintaining clear ownership and next steps. 5) Testing strategy, quality, and go-live readiness Define and deliver the test strategy for TA scope: Test approach (SIT/UAT), entry/exit criteria Test coverage aligned to business processes and controls Ensure strong test execution readiness: Test scenarios and detailed test cases Test data requirements and preparation guidance Traceability from requirements to test cases and outcomes Control changes and assess impacts: Evaluate functional changes, process impacts and operational risks Support defect triage and resolution with IT/vendor teams Prepare and maintain the documentation required for production rollout: Operational procedures and runbooks Release notes and change logs Cutover and go-live checklists Knowledge transfer materials for support teams What we are looking for Multifonds TA experience 3 + years of proven Multifonds experience specifically on Transfer Agency. Hands-on involvement in at least one Multifonds implementation (ideally multiple), including workshops, specifications, testing, and go-live support. Strong understanding of TA business processes and how Multifonds supports them. Comfortable operating as the functional reference point between operations, IT, vendor and delivery teams. Language and location Fluent English is mandatory (day-to-day communication and documentation). French is a strong plus. Based in Luxembourg (or able to be on-site in Luxembourg) and willing to join the local team for project execution. Nice-to-have Exposure to vendor management and delivery follow-up with Temenos in a project context. Experience working with offshore development teams and distributed stakeholders. Strong knowledge of fund servicing environments in Luxembourg and production-grade delivery expectations. Familiarity with structured delivery methods (Agile, hybrid, or waterfall). Interested? If you have solid Multifonds Transfer Agency experience and you are Luxembourg-based (or able to work on-site), reach out to me and we can discuss the context, timelines, and next steps.
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PySpark Developer
RemoteContract400 - 449.64Lead PySpark Engineer As a Lead PySpark Engineer, you will design, develop, and optimise complex data processing solutions on AWS. You will work hands-on with PySpark, modernise Legacy data workflows, and support large-scale SAS-to-PySpark migration programmes. This role requires strong engineering discipline, deep data expertise, and the ability to deliver production-ready data pipelines within a financial services environment. Skill Profile: PySpark - P3 (Advanced) AWS - P3 (Advanced) SAS - P1 (Foundational) Key Responsibilities Technical Delivery Design, develop, and fix complex PySpark code for ETL/ELT and data-mart workloads. Convert and refactor SAS code into PySpark using SAS2PY tooling and manual optimisation. Build production-ready PySpark solutions that are scalable, maintainable, and reliable. Modernise and stabilise Legacy data workflows into cloud-native architectures. Ensure accuracy, quality, and reliability across data transformation processes. Cloud & Data Engineering (AWS-Focused) Build and deploy data pipelines using AWS services such as EMR, Glue, S3, Athena. Optimise Spark workloads for performance, partitioning, cost efficiency, and scalability. Use CI/CD pipelines and Git-based version control for deployment and automation. Collaborate with engineers, architects, and stakeholders to deliver cloud data solutions. Core Technical SkillsPySpark & Data Engineering 5+ years of hands-on PySpark experience (P3). Ability to write production-grade data engineering code. Strong understanding of: ETL/ELT Data modelling Facts & dimensions Data marts Slowly Changing Dimensions (SCDs) Spark Performance & Optimisation Expertise in Spark execution, partitioning, performance tuning, and optimisation. Troubleshooting distributed data pipelines at scale. Python & Engineering Quality Strong Python coding capability with emphasis on clean code and maintainability. Experience applying engineering best practices including: Parameterisation Configuration management Structured logging Exception handling Modular design SAS & Legacy Analytics (P1) Foundational knowledge of SAS (Base SAS, Macros, DI Studio). Ability to understand and interpret Legacy SAS code for migration. Data Engineering & Testing Understanding of end-to-end data flows, orchestration, pipelines, and CDC. Experience executing ETL test cases and building unit/data comparison tests. Engineering Practices Proficient with Git workflows, branching, pull requests, and code reviews. Ability to document technical decisions, data flows, and architecture. Exposure to CI/CD tooling for data engineering pipelines. AWS & Platform Skills (P3) Strong hands-on experience with: S3 EMR/Glue Glue Workflows Athena IAM Understanding of distributed computing and big data processing on AWS. Experience deploying and operating data pipelines in cloud environments. Desirable Skills Experience in banking or financial services environments. Background in SAS modernisation or cloud migration programmes. Familiarity with DevOps practices and infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation). Experience working in Agile/Scrum delivery teams.
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Operations Performance Lead | Executive KPI Cockpit (Dashboard) | Wealth Management| Luxembourg
LuxembourgContractTBDOperations Performance Lead | Executive KPI Cockpit (Dashboard) | Wealth Management / Private Banking | Luxembourg Mission overview A well-established Wealth Management / Private Banking organisation in Luxembourg has recently consolidated its operational teams into a single service centre (order placement, settlements, back office, data management, risk and related functions). The next step is to professionalise performance steering across the full operational chain by launching an executive KPI cockpit (dashboard), automated, clear and decision-led. Today, each team leader uses their own KPIs and definitions, resulting in too many indicators, inconsistent calculations and limited executive usability. This mission is about creating a single, meaningful performance language for the organisation and delivering a cockpit that is genuinely used by senior management. Your role You will act as the Operations Performance Lead and drive the end-to-end delivery of the KPI cockpit, working directly with the COO, CEO and Executive Committee/Board, and in close collaboration with the team leaders of each operational department. This is not a reporting assignment. The expectation is to select the right KPIs, standardise them, build the steering model and ensure executive adoption. Key responsibilities 1) Understand the business and the operational chain Rapidly understand the end-to-end operational processes and the organisation’s critical pain points. Identify the most relevant performance and operational risk drivers across departments. Align senior stakeholders on the decisions the cockpit must enable. 2) Rationalise, select and standardise KPIs Conduct a full inventory of existing KPIs across teams and remove duplicates and low-value metrics. Define a core executive KPI pack (limited, action-oriented) plus meaningful drill-down views by department. Produce a robust KPI dictionary: definitions, calculation rules, thresholds/alerting, frequency, ownership, data sources. Establish a KPI governance model: validation process, ownership, escalation rules and recurring steering routines. 3) Design and launch the executive cockpit (dashboard) Design a cockpit that is simple, readable and actionable for senior management (Power BI preferred, tool remains open). Ensure intuitive navigation: executive overview, departmental views, end-to-end views, exceptions and trends. Coordinate with IT and/or BI specialists to deliver at pace, automate refresh cycles and secure data reliability. 4) Drive adoption at executive level Facilitate workshops with team leaders, challenge inconsistencies and drive alignment. Prepare and run weekly/monthly steering reviews, with a decision-focused narrative: what happened, so what, now what. Translate signals into concrete action plans and follow-up. Required profile (non-negotiable) To be considered, you must meet the following prerequisites: Proven experience in Wealth Management / Private Banking operations (Luxembourg strongly preferred). A close environment (asset servicing, securities services) may be considered only if you have led executive performance steering in an operational setting. Demonstrated track record of delivering an executive KPI cockpit used by senior management, including: KPI rationalisation (reducing a large, inconsistent KPI set into a clear executive pack) KPI standardisation (definitions, thresholds, ownership, governance) Executive adoption (regular steering routines with COO/CEO/ExCo/Board) Strong stakeholder management: comfortable engaging directly with COO/CEO/Board-level stakeholders and aligning multiple operational leaders. Ability to translate complex operational realities into a clear KPI set and an executive-ready cockpit. Nice-to-have Experience building or co-building dashboards (Power BI, Qlik, Tableau or equivalent), strong data literacy (sources, data quality, refresh automation). Experience with service centres/shared services, operating model optimisation, SLA/controls, incident management and continuous improvement. Comfortable working with IT/BI teams in a pragmatic delivery approach (hybrid agile/waterfall). Practical details Location: Luxembourg Start: End of Q1 / Beginning of Q2 2026 Duration: 6 months Languages: English required; French is a strong plus Working model: presence in Luxembourg required at least during key phases (workshops, steering committees, go-live) Apply If you meet the prerequisites and are interested, please apply with your CV and include: a short example of a KPI cockpit you delivered (before/after KPI count, governance model, executive usage) tools used (Power BI/Qlik/Tableau/other) your availability and Luxembourg presence constraints Feel free to contact me directly at rsimon@skillfindergroup.com
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Implementation Contractor - Multifonds Expert
LuxembourgContractTBDMultifonds Transfer Agency (TA) Implementation Consultant | Luxembourg (On-site) The opportunity Join a high-impact implementation team in Luxembourg working on Multifonds rollouts for leading asset servicing and fund industry clients. This is a hands-on, delivery-focused role for a consultant who has already worked on Multifonds Transfer Agency in real projects and wants to be close to the action: workshops, solution design, testing, and go-live support. If you know Multifonds TA inside out and enjoy turning complex business needs into robust operational solutions, this one is for you. What you will do (scope and responsibilities) 1) Functional expertise on Multifonds Transfer Agency Act as a Multifonds TA functional specialist (this role is strictly on Transfer Agency, not Fund Accounting). Deep-dive into TA processes and translate them into configuration and operational design, including: Investor onboarding and account maintenance Subscription, redemption, switch, transfer workflows Dealing lifecycle, validations, exceptions and cut-offs Register and investor record management Fees and commissions (where applicable to TA scope) Corporate actions and investor communications (when part of TA operational flows) Support clarification on functional behavior of Multifonds TA satellites (when in scope of the solution). 2) Requirements, workshops, and business analysis Run or contribute to business workshops with stakeholders (operations, product, IT, sometimes end clients). Capture, challenge, and structure requirements: Current state vs target state Pain points, constraints, controls and regulatory expectations Data needs, interfaces, and operational handovers Produce high-quality functional outputs such as: Business requirement documents Functional specifications and user stories Process maps, operational procedures, and change impacts 3) Solution design aligned with IT standards Deliver qualitative solution design consistent with internal IT standards and architecture guidelines. Work closely with technical teams to define: Functional rules and parameterization guidelines Interfaces and data flows (upstream/downstream systems) Impacts on operations, reporting, and controls Provide strong functional input to ensure the delivered solution is scalable and supportable in production. 4) Project delivery support (planning and execution) Provide project management assistance to keep delivery on track: Contribute to roadmap, milestones, dependencies Provide effort estimations and implementation approach Support governance cadence, action tracking, risk and issue management Ensure alignment across business, IT and vendor teams, maintaining clear ownership and next steps. 5) Testing strategy, quality, and go-live readiness Define and deliver the test strategy for TA scope: Test approach (SIT/UAT), entry/exit criteria Test coverage aligned to business processes and controls Ensure strong test execution readiness: Test scenarios and detailed test cases Test data requirements and preparation guidance Traceability from requirements to test cases and outcomes Control changes and assess impacts: Evaluate functional changes, process impacts and operational risks Support defect triage and resolution with IT/vendor teams Prepare and maintain the documentation required for production rollout: Operational procedures and runbooks Release notes and change logs Cutover and go-live checklists Knowledge transfer materials for support teams What we are looking for Multifonds TA experience 3 + years of proven Multifonds experience specifically on Transfer Agency. Hands-on involvement in at least one Multifonds implementation (ideally multiple), including workshops, specifications, testing, and go-live support. Strong understanding of TA business processes and how Multifonds supports them. Comfortable operating as the functional reference point between operations, IT, vendor and delivery teams. Language and location Fluent English is mandatory (day-to-day communication and documentation). French is a strong plus. Based in Luxembourg (or able to be on-site in Luxembourg) and willing to join the local team for project execution. Nice-to-have Exposure to vendor management and delivery follow-up with Temenos in a project context. Experience working with offshore development teams and distributed stakeholders. Strong knowledge of fund servicing environments in Luxembourg and production-grade delivery expectations. Familiarity with structured delivery methods (Agile, hybrid, or waterfall). Interested? If you have solid Multifonds Transfer Agency experience and you are Luxembourg-based (or able to work on-site), reach out to me and we can discuss the context, timelines, and next steps.
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PySpark Developer
RemoteContract400 - 449.64Lead PySpark Engineer As a Lead PySpark Engineer, you will design, develop, and optimise complex data processing solutions on AWS. You will work hands-on with PySpark, modernise Legacy data workflows, and support large-scale SAS-to-PySpark migration programmes. This role requires strong engineering discipline, deep data expertise, and the ability to deliver production-ready data pipelines within a financial services environment. Skill Profile: PySpark - P3 (Advanced) AWS - P3 (Advanced) SAS - P1 (Foundational) Key Responsibilities Technical Delivery Design, develop, and fix complex PySpark code for ETL/ELT and data-mart workloads. Convert and refactor SAS code into PySpark using SAS2PY tooling and manual optimisation. Build production-ready PySpark solutions that are scalable, maintainable, and reliable. Modernise and stabilise Legacy data workflows into cloud-native architectures. Ensure accuracy, quality, and reliability across data transformation processes. Cloud & Data Engineering (AWS-Focused) Build and deploy data pipelines using AWS services such as EMR, Glue, S3, Athena. Optimise Spark workloads for performance, partitioning, cost efficiency, and scalability. Use CI/CD pipelines and Git-based version control for deployment and automation. Collaborate with engineers, architects, and stakeholders to deliver cloud data solutions. Core Technical SkillsPySpark & Data Engineering 5+ years of hands-on PySpark experience (P3). Ability to write production-grade data engineering code. Strong understanding of: ETL/ELT Data modelling Facts & dimensions Data marts Slowly Changing Dimensions (SCDs) Spark Performance & Optimisation Expertise in Spark execution, partitioning, performance tuning, and optimisation. Troubleshooting distributed data pipelines at scale. Python & Engineering Quality Strong Python coding capability with emphasis on clean code and maintainability. Experience applying engineering best practices including: Parameterisation Configuration management Structured logging Exception handling Modular design SAS & Legacy Analytics (P1) Foundational knowledge of SAS (Base SAS, Macros, DI Studio). Ability to understand and interpret Legacy SAS code for migration. Data Engineering & Testing Understanding of end-to-end data flows, orchestration, pipelines, and CDC. Experience executing ETL test cases and building unit/data comparison tests. Engineering Practices Proficient with Git workflows, branching, pull requests, and code reviews. Ability to document technical decisions, data flows, and architecture. Exposure to CI/CD tooling for data engineering pipelines. AWS & Platform Skills (P3) Strong hands-on experience with: S3 EMR/Glue Glue Workflows Athena IAM Understanding of distributed computing and big data processing on AWS. Experience deploying and operating data pipelines in cloud environments. Desirable Skills Experience in banking or financial services environments. Background in SAS modernisation or cloud migration programmes. Familiarity with DevOps practices and infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation). Experience working in Agile/Scrum delivery teams.
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