Front Office Expert Consultant, Sophis

The Work We Do Teciem designs, builds, and delivers treasury and capital markets software solutions for financial institutions worldwide. We serve banks of every size and geography, offering the right setup for the right need. Our solutions are designed to replace multiple disconnected systems with one complete, front‑to‑back platform, helping customers to capture trading and business opportunities quickly, clearly and with control. We cover the entire trading lifecycle, ensuring that everything - from execution to position keeping, to risk management – runs smoothly. With decades of experience and one of the largest, most diverse client bases in the industry, we turn deep industry knowledge into software that covers most asset classes, meets complex real‑world treasury and capital market's needs, and adapts as markets evolve.

Role Summary

Within the Teciem Professional Services organization, reporting to the Functional Lead, Teciem is seeking a Front Office Expert Functional Consultant, Sophis to deliver implementation, upgrade, migration, and transformation projects for customers using Sophis and Sophis Invest solutions. The Front Office Expert Functional Consultant is a recognized specialist within a functional domain and serves as a trusted advisor to customers. The role combines hands‑on solution design, functional consulting, project delivery, and mentoring activities while remaining highly customer‑facing and billable. The successful candidate will possess deep expertise in capital markets operations and Sophis/Sophis Invest solutions and will work closely with customers, project managers, technical consultants, sales teams, and product specialists to ensure successful project outcomes and high customer satisfaction.

Key Responsibilities

• Project Delivery Lead functional workstreams during Sophis implementation, upgrade, migration, and managed services engagements.
• Analyze customer business processes and operational requirements.
• Design and configure Sophis solutions aligned with business objectives and industry best practices.
• Facilitate workshops, requirements gathering sessions, and solution design reviews.
• Participate in testing activities, including SIT, UAT, and production readiness assessments.
• Support project managers in planning, risk management, and issue resolution.

Functional Expertise

• Act as the functional Subject Matter Expert on Front Office and Pricing topics
• Recommend best practices and target operating models.
• Provide expert guidance on trade lifecycle processes and platform utilization.
• Support customers with complex functional investigations and business issues.

Customer Engagement

• Build strong relationships with customer stakeholders.
• Present solution designs and recommendations to business and operational teams.
• Act as a trusted advisor throughout project delivery.
• Ensure high levels of customer satisfaction and successful adoption of delivered solutions.

Practice Contribution

• Mentor junior and senior consultants.
• Contribute to the development of implementation standards, accelerators, templates, and delivery methodologies.
• Support pre‑sales activities by providing product expertise and implementation estimates.

Required Experience

Professional Experience

• 8+ years of experience in capital markets or investment management technology.
• Ideally previous experience with Sophis or Sophis Invest.
• Proven experience delivering customer‑facing consulting engagements.
• Experience working within a software vendor, consulting organization, asset manager, custodian, or investment bank.

Domain Knowledge

• Fixed Income
• Equities
• FX & Money Markets
• OTC Derivatives
• Listed Derivatives
• Securities Financing
• Asset Management Operations
• Investment Risk and Performance Measurement

Technical Skills

• Strong understanding of Sophis/Fusion Invest functional architecture.
• Solid SQL knowledge (Oracle preferred).
• Data analysis and reconciliation expertise.
• Understanding of interfaces, integrations, and data migration activities.
• Working knowledge of XML/XSLT is desirable.
• Understanding of SDLC and software implementation methodologies.

Core Competencies

• Customer‑centric mindset
• Strong stakeholder management
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Analytical and problem‑solving capability
• Independent decision making
• Delivery ownership and accountability
• Mentoring and coaching capability
• Collaboration and teamwork
• Ability to work under pressure and manage competing priorities
• Continuous improvement minds