Pre-Sales Solution Architect

Finbourne Technology • New York, NY

13d • Hybrid

About The Position

We are recruiting a Pre-Sales Solution Architect to join our growing team. You will be working in tandem with our Sales Team, applying a consultative selling approach to find the best solutions for our prospective clients. On a day-to-day basis, your role will involve: running demos and workshops, designing future state architectures, and becoming a product and technical expert on the FINBOURNE platform. This role is varied and you will work with clients from all across the buy-side, from Asset Managers and Asset Services to Hedge Funds, Alternatives and Private Wealth Managers. This is a fantastic opportunity for a candidate who enjoys building relationships with clients, working in the financial services domain and building technology-based solutions (using mostly Python and SQL). Prospective client meetings are both in person and online so you must be able to work at our offices on a regular basis - this is not a fully remote role.

Requirements

• FINBOURNE is an API first platform, so ability to write against the APIs is essential (we primarily use Python and SQL, but strong candidates with C#, Java or similar experience will be considered).
• You will need industry experience working in financial
• You must have solutions architecture experience - collecting requirements and designing solutions to technical and non-technical challenges.
• You will need excellent communication skills (both written and verbal).
• You will need to be very comfortable presenting demos and workshops (in person and online).
• You will need to be confident in discussing financial concepts with clients at COO and CTO level.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with a vendor (like FINBOURNE) is ideal but we are also interested to hear from candidates with the right skillset who have experience working in Consultancies, Banks, Asset Managers and Asset Servicers.
• The ideal candidate will have a good understanding of buy-side workflows, from portfolio and order management to transaction lifecycle, transfer agency and fund
• Knowledge of the following systems: Investment Books of Records, Accounting Book of Records, Portfolio Management Systems , Enterprise Data Management, Order Management Systems.
• Knowledge of data platforms and tools such as Snowflake, Microsoft Fabric or
• Basic understanding of cloud and SaaS (particularly AWS or Azure).
• Git (or other version control tools).
• Jupyter Notebooks.

Responsibilities

• Product demonstrations and workshops
• Solutions design
• Providing technical expertise

Benefits

• Competitive salary plus performance based bonus.
• Competitive private medical insurance which includes health, dental, vision and life insurance
• A 401(K) retirement savings plan
• Holiday: 20 days holiday plus public holidays and the option to purchase an additional 5 days annual leave
• Hybrid working: We have a mature attitude towards hybrid working. Whether you're a night owl, morning person, parent, carer or simply need flexibility to work a different pattern to the norm, we're committed to helping you be productive and work in a way that is best for you.
• Professional learning and development: External training and accreditations are supported, as well internal training and development programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees