Manager, Financial Operations

Arcesium; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcesium in Hyderabad seeks a Manager for Trade Accounting and Operations to lead post-trade activities for hedge funds, ensuring timely reconciliations, accurate P&L, and robust administration. You will coordinate with brokers, fund managers, and administrators to maintain precise records across global operations.

The ideal candidate has 6–9 years in fund accounting, an MBA/ CFA/ CA or equivalent, and strong project management and communication skills to drive efficiency and team performance.

Qualifications

• MBA (Finance) / CFA / CA or equivalent qualification.
• 6–9 years of fund accounting experience.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Proven project management and leadership skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration capabilities.
• Proficiency in MS Excel.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily trade, position, MTMs, and cash reconciliations and settlements with prime brokers and custodians.
• Provide day-to-day oversight, address aged breaks, and guide team members.
• Coordinate with investment managers, prime brokers, and admins to resolve exceptions and drive initiatives.
• Liaise with pricing, middle office, and collateral teams to resolve discrepancies.
• Support monthly/bi-weekly close and NAV finalization; prepare month-end binder.
• Collaborate with NY and local teams to define strategy and new projects.
• Assist auditors and fund administrators during audits and NAV finalization.
• Partner with technology teams on bespoke reports, specifications, and UAT.

Skills

Fund accounting

Team leadership

Project management

Attention to detail

Communication

Collaboration

Education

MBA (Finance) / CFA / CA

Tools

MS Excel

Job description

Company Overview

Arcesium is a global financial technology firm that solves complex data-driven challenges faced by some of the world’s most sophisticated financial institutions. We constantly innovate our platform and capabilities to meet tomorrow’s challenges, anticipate the risks our clients encounter, and design advanced solutions to help our clients achieve transformational business outcomes.

Company Overview

Arcesium is a global financial technology firm that solves complex data-driven challenges faced by some of the world’s most sophisticated financial institutions. We constantly innovate our platform and capabilities to meet tomorrow’s challenges, anticipate the risks our clients encounter, and design advanced solutions to help our clients achieve transformational business outcomes.

Financial technology is a high-growth industry as change and innovation continue to disrupt the status-quo and prompt major transformation. Arcesium is at a particularly interesting time in our own growth as we look to leverage our successfully established market position and expand operations in pursuit of strategic new business opportunities.

We value intellectual curiosity, proactive ownership, and collaboration with colleagues, and we empower you to meaningfully contribute from day one and accelerate your professional development.

Arcesium is seeking a Manager for our Trade Accounting and Operations group based in Hyderabad. The group handles post-trade activities for hedge funds, with one of their core daily objectives being ensuring post-trade activities happen in a timely manner and record an accurate view of positions, cash, and P&L in the books. The group works closely with counterparties, fund administrators, and investment managers to achieve this.

Primary activities include daily street reconciliations, settlements, P/L reconciliations, admin reconciliations, fund accounting (GAV / NAV preparation), investor accounting (including fee calculations), and regulatory reporting.

The group deals with a variety of strategies and different kinds of financial instruments, spanning different geographies and time zones.

What You’ll Do

• Accountability for work product of the team - daily trade, position, Swap MTMs, and cash reconciliations to the prime broker / custodians/administrators as well as all income / expense accruals. In addition, overseeing timely reconciliations and settlements of OTC products.
• Playing an active oversight role in day-to-day operations, escalation of aged breaks, business-as-usual troubleshooting and setting direction and goals for individuals.
• Coordinatingwith investment managers, prime brokers & administrators to resolve day-to-day exceptions, as well as develop more strategic initiatives.
• Liaising with other internal functions like pricing, middle office and collateral management to resolve discrepancies and/or respond to internal queries.
• Assisting the team and playing a review role for the accounting close (monthly / bi-weekly); providing adequate support for outstanding breaks, and preparation of month-end binder.
• Working with the team in NY and locally to define strategy and newprojects, including prioritizations.
• Providing assistance to auditors and fund administrators during the audit and NAV finalization process.
• Working with technology teams as needed, by assisting in special projects, developing bespoke reports, developing specifications, product implementation and UAT.

What You’ll Need

• The ideal candidate must have an MBA (Finance) / CFA / CA or any another equivalent qualification
• 6-9 years of work experience in fund accounting
• In-depth domain / finance knowledge, attention to detail, the ability to work with minimal supervision and experience in managing high performers.
• Drive to enhance the efficiency of processes
• Strong project management skills and effective managerial ability
• strong communication and collaboration skills
• Proficiency in MS Excel.

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