Location: London, Zurich, or Remote
Duration: 12 Months
Start Date: July/August 2026
Allocation: 100%
Skillfinder Group is supporting a leading global financial institution on a major collateral management initiative and is seeking an experienced SimCorp Collateral SME to join a high-profile transformation programme.
This is an excellent opportunity for a specialist with deep expertise in collateral management processes and strong hands-on experience with the SimCorp platform.
- Lead and advise on collateral management processes across OTC and ETD products
- Configure and optimise collateral workflows within SimCorp
- Support exposure calculation, margining processes, and collateral agreement setup
- Drive best practice across collateral operations and front-to-back processes
- Collaborate with business stakeholders, operations, risk, and technology teams
- Provide SME guidance on platform capabilities, configuration options, and implementation approaches
Strong understanding of:
- Variation Margin (VM) and Initial Margin (IM)
- Bilateral and centrally cleared collateral processes
- Credit Support Annex (CSA) agreements and margin terms
- Exposure calculation and margin call generation
- Dispute management and collateral settlements
- Collateral allocation, substitution, and reuse
- Cash and securities collateral management
- Eligibility schedules, concentration limits, and haircut methodologies
- Front-to-back collateral lifecycle within derivatives environments
Proven experience with:
- SimCorp Collateral Management module
- Exposure calculation configuration and setup
- CSA and collateral agreement configuration
- Margining workflows and process automation
- Integration with valuation and pricing engines
- IBOR exposure generation
- Eligibility rules, thresholds, haircuts, and minimum transfer amounts
- Collateral optimisation capabilities
- Custodian and triparty agent connectivity
- Understanding of SimCorp standard functionality and customisation boundaries
- Extensive experience delivering collateral management solutions within asset management, banking, or capital markets environments
- Strong stakeholder management and consulting skills
- Ability to work independently within a global programme environment
- Previous SimCorp implementation, enhancement, or transformation experience preferred
