Pre-Sales Solution Architect, FINBOURNE Technology
Financial data stack platform
Job no longer available
Financial data stack platform
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
201-500 employees
Company mission
To reduce the cost of investing and increase transparency for everyone.
Role
Who you are
- 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 services
- 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
Desirable
- 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 accounting
- Experience in Technical Pre-Sales is preferred but we are open to candidates from other backgrounds with the right skills and attitude
- 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 Databricks
- Basic understanding of cloud and SaaS (particularly AWS or Azure)
- Git (or other version control tools)
- Jupyter Notebooks
What the job involves
- 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
- You will design and deliver product demos and workshops for prospective clients
- These workshops will be aimed at a wide spectrum of technical and non-technical users, from Investment Operations and Portfolio Managers to Software Engineers (therefore “knowing your audience” is key)
- You will create bespoke demos using FINBOURNE’s software toolkits (primarily in Python and SQL). You will also create reusable demo material for the wider Sales Team to run
- You will be responsible for all architectural discussions with prospective clients - asking the right questions and documenting their business requirements is key
- You will analyse those business requirements to design a future state architecture using FINBOURNE’s platform
- You will then run workshops and demos to pitch the solution
- During this process you will collaborate with the Sales, Product and internal Engineering teams to design the optimal solution
- You will develop a deep understanding of FINBOURNE’s products and technical capabilities, becoming the primary advisor to both the Sales Team and prospective clients
- You will run training sessions to upskill colleagues in the Sales Team
- You will become a conduit between prospective clients and FINBOURNE’s Product team providing feedback to drive the future roadmap
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Finbourne is an open platform enabling its customers to make better investment decisions. The company sets itself apart by sharing its processes and contributing to open-source software, with its consumer appeal enhanced by its emphasis on openness and transparency.
Finbourne's primary product is LUSID; an open, API-first, and developer-friendly cloud-based investment data platform, that is intended to fundamentally change how investment data is managed. Crucially, LUSID is aimed at everyone in the asset industry, from start-up fund managers to global investment institutions. This universality is one of Finbourne's defining qualities and gives it access to a vast and varied marketplace.
Within its first two years, Finbourne launched its LUSID Design Council - the result of a collaboration with five leading financial institutions - through which the company shares insights with the wider asset community, which has greatly increased its visibility and credibility within the sector. Substantial investment in 2024 is cited to fund growth plans as Finbourne looks to increase its global footprint and expand beyond investment management into banking and capital market customer bases.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
22% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jun 2024
$73.8m
SERIES B
Aug 2021
$20.2m
SERIES A
Total funding: $116.8m
Company benefits
- Regular 1-2-1 meetings during your first three months, and a 90 day plan which documents your training and induction
- Regular internal training sessions as well as an internal mentoring scheme, plus we encourage external training courses to help broaden and consolidate your skills
- Employee-driven performance review process
- Individual personal performance and Company performance bonus scheme
- Competitive health insurance policy, which disregards previous medical history, and includes dental, optical, mental health support, and comprehensive cancer cover
- Life insurance policy which covers all employees for four times their basic salary and enables employees access to 24/7 bereavement support
- FINBOURNE employees are eligible for corporate discounts with Hussle, KOBOX and Nuffield Health gyms
- Paid maternity, paternity and adoption leave, which includes 13 weeks full pay for maternity and adoption leave and 6 weeks full pay for paternity leave
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Flexible, Hybrid and remote working
- A choice of pension schemes with employer contributions
- Cycle to work scheme
- Social events including company-wide breakfasts, bowling, drinks, and even axe-throwing!
- Organised volunteering days throughout the year
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
Leadership
Thomas McHugh
(Co-Founder & CEO)They worked for 5 years at RBS, first as Head of Hybrids Quantitative Development. Eventually, they became the Managing Director (Head of Quantitative Development) for Fixed Income.
Dermot Shortt
(Co-Founder & Chairman)They are also Chairman at Full Health Medical. Previously they worked for over 20 years as the Managing Director (Global Head UBS Delta) at UBS Investment Bank.
Paul Saunders
(Co-Founder & Software Engineer)They have held Senior Software Engineer positions at UBS and Killik & Co., and also spent 3 years as Technical Lead at Merrill Lynch.
George Beasley
(Co-Founder & CISO)They have worked as a Senior Engineer at Nimbrix, Senior Software Developer at UBS Investment Bank, and Software Architect at D2see.
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