Director, Head of Group Consolidation

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. If you like what we’re saying, keep reading!  

WHY THIS ROLE IS IMPORTANT TO US 

We are looking for a Director, Head of Group Consolidation and Controlling at SimCorp, who is a senior role responsible for overseeing the Consolidation function and reporting. With typically 8-10 years of experience in Group consolidation combined with a background as external auditor, this role involves ensuring financial processes and closing procedures are efficient, accurate, and aligned with the company’s business objectives. You have solid knowledge about accounting standards. The Director will lead a team of experienced controllers, and ensuring we deliver timely, accurate, and high‑quality financial outcomes. 

You’ll also play a central role in our major ERP implementation project, be responsible for the consolidation tool, and secure the operational design, data integrity, and process readiness throughout the transformation. 

WHAT YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR 

Lead Global Consolidation and Controlling  

• Lead the consolidation of the monthly figures, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and effective financial controls.

• Drive excellence across processes, the entities, balance sheet governance, financial controlling and month‑end closing procedures. 

• Build and maintain robust accounting standards, documentation, and policy compliance

• Lead the yearly and quarterly external audit, and coordinate the deliveries for the entities within the Group with the external auditors.

• Lead the Senior Manager of the Parent company, who is responsible for financial controlling and payroll for the Parent company.

Develop and Execute the teams Strategy 

• Set the strategic direction for the consolidation team, creating a roadmap for process optimisation, automation, and capability building. 

• Ensure that the structure, systems, and flows scale effectively with business growth and evolving operational needs. 

Transform Processes & Elevate Operational Performance 

• Identify improvement opportunities to streamline processes and procedures, reduce manual effort, and enhance control environments.

• Implement automation, standardisation, and digital tools to build a scalable, efficient finance consolidation operation. 

• Monitor and improve key operational KPIs to ensure accuracy, efficiency, and service excellence. 

Leading role in a Major ERP Implementation

• Serve as a senior leader and owning the Consolidation tool, when we change our ERP implementation (Workday to SAP). 

• Partner with Technology, Data, and Business teams to design and deliver best‑practice end‑to‑end finance processes. 

• Ensure post‑go‑live optimisation, stabilisation, and long‑term system adoption. 

 Build, Lead & Develop the Team 

• Via a team of experienced controllers, lead the team and collaborate with stakeholders across multiple functions and locations including data from the finance service centre located in Manila and our regional controllers based globally at 14 offices. 

• Create a culture focused on accountability, continuous improvement, collaboration, and operational excellence. 

• Encourage development, mentor future senior specialists, and ensure organisational structures scale with business growth. 

Drive Governance & Control Strength 

• Maintain a robust control framework aligned with audit, compliance, and regulatory requirements. 

• Partner with internal and external auditors to support efficient, clean audit outcomes. 

• Take the initiative to identify risks and implement corrective actions to maintain the integrity of financial processes. 

WHAT WE VALUE

Most importantly, you can see yourself contributing and thriving in the position described above. How you gained the skills needed for doing that is less important. We expect you to be good at several of the following and be able to - and interested in - learning the rest:

• Extensive background in leading the consolidation in a complex, multi‑entity environment

• Experienced in leading a team and collaborate with colleagues at multi‑location and shared‑services functions

• Deep knowledge of accounting standards and financial close processes

• Hands‑on leadership of a major ERP migration (SAP, Oracle, Workday, or similar)

• Solid systems mindset with comfort in data flows, master data, process automation, and controls

• Experience in delivering measurable improvements in efficiency, accuracy, controls, and team performance

• A collaborative, influential leadership style with the ability to drive meaningful change

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.  

For any questions you are welcome to contact Alina Wiejak, Senior Talent Acquisition Manager, at Alina.Wiejak@simcorp.com. If you are interested in being a part of SimCorp and you can see yourself contributing and thriving in the position described above, 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.  

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