Manager - Middle Office Forward Deployed Data Strategy CPD

Arcesium; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcesium is hiring for a Middle Office role in India, focusing on transaction management, security master setup, and reference data across asset classes. You will onboard clients, define workflows, and work with client ops, trading desks, and data vendors to resolve issues.

The role emphasizes strong analytics, data proficiency, and the ability to manage multiple operational tasks under pressure. MBA/CFA preferred; VBA/Python a plus.

Qualifications

• 6–10 years in financial services with strong product knowledge across asset classes.
• MBA and/or CFA preferred.
• Understanding of trade life cycle and data sources like Refinitiv/Bloomberg/IDC/Markit.
• Experience integrating with trade execution systems.
• Strong analytical and communication skills; detail-oriented.
• Proactive, independent, and able to handle multiple ops tasks.

Responsibilities

• Perform daily transaction management and security master setup across asset classes.
• Onboard clients from a middle-office perspective and define scope/workflows.
• Resolve day-to-day exceptions and coordinate with client ops, managers, data vendors.
• Collaborate with pricing/trade accounting to fix discrepancies and respond to queries.
• Maintain documentation of workflows and support ad-hoc projects with tech teams.

Skills

SQL

Python

VBA

MS Office

Education

MBA

CFA

Tools

Refinitiv

Bloomberg

IDC

Markit

Job description

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.

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.

We are looking for an analytically strong candidate to join our Middle Office group. The Middle Office group in Arcesium is responsible for transaction management, security and reference data management and asset servicing across the entire lifecycle of various financial instrument. The candidate will be responsible for driving all activities in the Middle Office space including but not limited to below, in addition to client onboarding, client management and taking on stand-alone projects.

What Youll Do

• Candidate should be able to do daily transaction management, creation, and management of security master across different asset classes, reference data management and asset servicing.


• Help the project POC’s to onboard clients on Arcesium platform from middle office perspective: define the scope, integrate with client’s OMS and testing along with a proper sign off, also help in establishing workflows.


• Perform day to day-to-day operations including exceptions resolution and timely response to close the loop with various stakeholders.


• Coordinate with client ops teams, investment managers, data vendors to resolve day-to-day exceptions, as well as develop more strategic initiatives.


• Consult with other internal functions like pricing and trade accounting to resolve discrepancies and/or respond to internal queries.


• Create & maintain proper documentation of new and already established workflows.


• Work with technology teams as needed by assisting in special projects, developing bespoke reports, developing specifications, product implementation and UAT.

What Youll Need

• Experience of 6- 10 years in the financial services industry and a very strong knowledge of financial products across asset classes - equities, fixed income, commodities, FX, and Credit.


• An MBA and/or CFA, preferably.


• An in-depth understanding of the various stages of the trade life cycle.


• An understanding of data sources such as Refinitiv, Bloomberg, IDC, Markit, etc.


• Experience in integration with different trade execution systems.


• Strong analytical skills, critical thinking skills, and attention to detail.


• The ability to be initiative-taking and to think independently along with solid organizational skills.


• Strong people skills.


• Effective oral/written communications skills.


• The ability to work under pressure and take on additional operational responsibilities.


• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and SQL.


• Experience in VBA/Python is a big plus.

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