Product Lead - Opterra - Investment & Portfolio Accounting (UBOR)

Arcesium LLC; Bengaluru, Gurugram District, Hyderabad; On-site; INR 10,00,000 - 15,00,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial technology firm is looking for an exceptionally talented resource to join their product team in Bengaluru. The role involves managing product features from concept to creation, and requires knowledge in fixed income asset classes, exceptional communication skills, and proficiency in Python. A collaborative attitude and ability to multitask are essential, along with a strong academic background in finance.

Qualifications

• Working knowledge for fixed income asset classes like amortization and loan settlements.
• Ability to multitask and manage multiple lines of execution with attention to detail.
• Experience in working closely with engineers.

Responsibilities

• Carry the product/feature from concept to creation.
• Prepare comprehensive business test cases/beds to aid the engineering process.
• Conduct competitor analysis.

Skills

Product management

Critical thinking

Communication skills

Python coding

Financial domain knowledge

Education

Outstanding academic background

Certifications in financial domain (CA, CFA)

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 exceptionally talented resource to join one of our cross-functional product teams in our Hyderabad/Bangalore 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 creation
• Brainstorm product/feature and its value proposition to our client base
• Distill the vision into documents such as product roadmap and product/feature specification via deep dives into domain, gathering requirements and/or business analysis
• Work closely with the engineers/architects to translate the Product Specification to design, and then to the product itself
• Prepare comprehensive business test cases/beds to aid the engineering process
• Rigorously 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/assumptions
• Proactively elevate issues and mitigate execution risks
• Be involved in conducting competitor analysis

What You’ll Need

• Working knowledge for fixed income asset classes and its related concepts like amortization, loan settlements etc.
• Experience of working in the front, middle and/or back-office space will be an added advantage.
• Fund accounting and journal entries knowledge will be an added advantage.
• Experience 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 stakeholders
• Ability to multitask and manage multiple lines of execution with attention to detail and quality
• A high level of personal maturity and a collaborative attitude
• A healthy combination of resourcefulness, domain expertise, creativity and execution prowess
• Ability to code in Python is a must
• Certifications in financial domain such as CA, CFA will be an added advantage

Arcesium and its affiliates do not discriminate in employment matters on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or any other category protected by law. Note that for us, this is more than just legal boilerplate. We are genuinely committed to these principles, which form an important part of our corporate culture, and are eager to hear from all qualified individuals.