Technical Solutions Consultant

SS&C is a global provider of investment and financial services and software for the financial services and healthcare industries. Named to Fortune 1000 list as top U.S. company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut and has 20,000+ employees in over 90 offices in 35 countries. Some 18,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest institutions to local firms, manage and account for their investments using SS&C's products and services.

**Job Description**:
To succeed in this role you'll need to show adaptability in dealing with ambiguity and demonstrate great problem-solving skills.

10%-65% travel is expected in this position depending on the sales coverage model, you'll attend key events such as Sales Kick-Off, trade shows and conferences throughout the year.

Job Responsibilities
- Executes Solution Consulting/Sales Methodology.
- Uncover, elevate, quantify, and confirm customers’ critical business issues.
- Proactively prepare appropriate data and reports for sales events.
- Provide customised technical solution demonstrations which link Advent’s value back to the CBI’s.
- Uses in-depth product knowledge to provide technical expertise to sales staff and the customer through sales presentations and product demonstrations.
- Effectively demonstrate and communicate the differentiating value of our solutions and properly set expectations concerning implementation timeframes and resources.
- Respond to RFI/RFPs and security and IT-related questionnaires.
- Participate in demand creation events (seminars, trade shows, conferences, etc).
- Develop knowledge gained from customers back to the business management and product management groups.
- Proactively maintain a high level of product/solution knowledge, as well as, applicable technology and information security changes.
- Deliver high-quality documentation of recommended solutions and architecture diagrams to clients and internal stakeholders.

**Requirements**:

- We seek Advent product knowledge or consulting experience on asset management solutions with an understanding of Implementation Methodology.
- Experience in one or more of the following areas: financial technology consulting, support or sales engineering, cloud-based deployments, High Availability/Disaster Recovery deployment options, and integration technologies.
- Solid understanding of asset management middle and back-office. workflow and operations would be useful.
- Strong IT/technical skills (MS Windows, Unix, Linux, MS SQL, MS IIS, integration tools, reporting tools, scheduling, networks and databases).
- Working knowledge of Information Security and Data Privacy policies and regulations.
- Analytic & Strategic Thinking - can demonstrate qualitative insightfulness, understanding of the strategic context of issues, ability to evaluate several options available and employ data-based decision making.
- Initiative, Drive & Creative Problem Solving - results in orientation, ability to use diverse experience to get results, can-do attitude, and resourcefulness. Sets goals and objectives and manages them. You Can prepare an action plan to drive projects to closure and focus on high-priority items. Proactively engages in the sales cycle and is timely with follow-up items from sales events.
- Collaboration & Teamwork -You can align people towards a common goal, and building and maintaining productive relationships is what you thrive at Ability to go to the sales rep and/or management to discuss sales strategy and suggest alternative courses of action where appropriate.
- Superb communication skills - you can share information clearly and consistently in both verbal and written format. You are an active listener and can translate customers’ needs and respond with relevant information/presentations, you can synthesise diverse and disparate pains and link them to consequences.
- Strong objection handling skills - ability to understand prospect objections and/or product challenges and can respond effectively to them. Confirms that the objection has been overcome.
- Strong presentation skills
- able to control the event and maintain composure under pressure. You can articulate confidently with the ability to present information in a professional, polished manner, with a logical flow of information and ability to be persuasive.
- Functional Mastery - knowledge of business processes and workflows of our target markets combined with deep technical experience to relate technical advantages to business benefits.
- Can recover and learn from mistakes, not be afraid to fail.

Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. SS&C offers excellent benefits including health, dental, 401k plan, tuition and professional development reimbursement plan. SS&C Technologies is an