Implementation Consultant – Portfolio Management Software recruitment

Excelsior's client is one of the leading global providers of Portfolio Management Systems for investment managers. They continue to be very successful during the market downturn and have a very well respected international brand. This is an extremely successful European founded company and they’re looking to expand their client consulting team with the appointment of an additional Implementation Consultant, to play a key role in assisting European clients.

This opportunity provides the prospect to work for a well respected and successful organization, and the chance to work with multiple Tier 1 clients within an EMEA territory. This is a key hire which is very much client facing, and is about delivering implementations made up of vendor and client resources.

Appropriate candidates will have:

• Experience as a senior level business analyst or implementation consultant with Portfolio / fund management systems for the Fund / Asset Management space is essential.
• An understanding for the workflows of fund managers and dealers from a Middle to Back office perspective
• The ability to co-manage implementation projects from a company perspective, interpreting workflow analysis documents and the conversion of these documents into specifications for configuration
• The ability to provide on-going communication and evaluation of project status providing a single point of contact for clients with the daily execution of the project plan
• Experience providing proactive leadership in a client's utilisation of products and services
• Able to travel to client sites within European territories

Experience / knowledge of the following types of front office systems would be particularly beneficial: Simcorp, Princeton Financial, Advent, Sungard Asset Arena, Linedata, DST HiPortfolio,

This is an exciting time to join a Market Leader that promises significant work challenges, and the opportunity to work with Tier 1 Buy Side Institutions. If you’re a team orientated, personable and well motivated Project Manager / Implementation Specialist our client is offering an exceptional career opportunity.