Location: Hyderabad/BangaloreArcesium is a Financial Technology and Professional Services Firm, delivering solutions to some of the world’s most sophisticated financial institutions, including hedge funds, banks, and institutional asset managers. Expertly designed to achieve a single source of truth throughout a client’s ecosystem, Arcesium’s cloud-native technology is built to systematize the most complex tasks. Building on a platform developed and tested by one of the world’s leading investment and technology development firms, the D. E. Shaw group, Arcesium launched as an independent company in 2015. Arcesium received additional equity backing from a second seed client, Blackstone Alternative Asset Management, the world’s largest discretionary allocator to hedge funds. In January 2020, J.P. Morgan made a strategic investment in the company. Arcesium supports more than $675+ billion in assets with a staff of over 1650+ software engineering, accounting, operations, and treasury professionals.We are looking for an exceptionally talented resource to join one of our cross-functional product teams in our Hyderabad/Bangalore/Gurgaon office for an Individual contributor role. This product team is responsible for building the core accounting product offering of our platform. This position offers opportunity to define and design the next generation of products on our platform, which is used by some of the most sophisticated hedge funds in the world; and to collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the industry. What you’ll do:Carry the product/feature from concept to creationBrainstorm product/feature and its value proposition to our client baseDistill the vision into documents such as product roadmap and product/feature specification via deep dives into domain, gathering requirements and/or business analysisWork closely with the engineers/architects to translate the Product Specification to design, and then to the product itselfPrepare comprehensive business test cases/beds to aid the engineering processRigorously and continuously evaluate the progress of product/feature-in-flight by leveraging the created test cases/beds and ensure compliance to the product/feature specification and the vision Track and question risks/assumptionsProactively escalate issues and mitigate execution risksBe involved in conducting competitor analysisWhat you’ll need:5+ years of experience working in the front, middle and/or back-office space with advanced knowledge in field of Trade Accounting and operations.Candidate should have working knowledge for Fixed income asset classes and its related concepts like amortization, loan settlements etcExperience working closely with engineers.Outstanding academic background & passion to work in a high-tech software development environment.Exceptional verbal and written communication skills Critical thinking and the ability to articulate standpoints/ideas and influence stakeholdersAbility to multitask and manage multiple lines of execution with attention to detail and qualityA high level of personal maturity and a collaborative attitudeA healthy combination of resourcefulness, domain expertise, creativity and execution prowess Ability to code in Python will be an added advantage.Candidate should have a post graduate degree in financeCertifications in financial domain such as CA, CFA will be an added advantage.
Job Title
Product Lead