Analyst - FinOp

Arcesium; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcesium, a financial technology and professional services firm, is seeking an Analyst to join the Financial Operations group in Hyderabad. You will work across Trade Accounting, Middle Office, Treasury, and Pricing sub-departments to support post-trade lifecycle activities.

Ideal candidates have a Bachelor's degree and strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills. Proficiency in MS Excel is essential, with VBA macros and Python experience a big plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; CFA/FRM a plus.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Proficient in MS Office, especially Excel.
• VBA macros and Python experience is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Develop a thorough understanding of the Arcesium platform and post-trade lifecycle.
• Be accountable for daily and monthly processes around trade and security management, reconciliations, and margin management.
• Liaise with internal and external counterparts for issue resolution.
• Provide support to processes supporting the investment life cycle.
• Ensure activities are captured correctly and book adjustments where required.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree

CFA/FRM

Tools

MS Excel

VBA macros

Python

Job description

Arcesium 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 2600+ software engineering, accounting, operations, and treasury professionals.

We are looking for an Analyst to join our Financial Operations group. This group is responsible for various post-trade activities and is an integral part of our global operations. If hired, you will work with one of the sub-departments mentioned below:

• Trade Accounting and Operations: Fund accounting, position and cash reconciliation, resolution of trade and settlement issues, and provide business analysis to firm wide STP initiatives.
• Middle Office: Securities and Transaction Management, Asset Servicing and Corporate Action management across various asset classes, Reference and Static data management.
• Treasury: Manage liquidity, margin related movements, and optimize financing arrangements.
• Pricing: Build valuation tools and provide valuation for the firm’s investments, reconcile and analyze price difference between Arcesium's platform and Admin/Street.

What You’ll Do:

• Develop a thorough understanding of Arcesium platform, various asset classes and market standards supporting post trade life cycle management.
• Be accountable for your work output: Daily and monthly processes around trade and security management, reconciliations, margin management.
• Liaise with multiple internal and external counterparts as required for issue resolution.
• Provide adequate support to various process supporting the investment life cycle.
• Ensure all activities are captured correctly and book appropriate adjustments wherever required.

What You’ll Need:

• At a minimum a Bachelor’s degree. Good to have CFA/FRM.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills with a collaborative attitude.
• Good oral/written communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, especially MS Excel.
• Hands-on experience with VBA macros / Python will be a big plus.