Product Specialist - UBOR

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

Job summary

Arcesium seeks a qualified Chartered Accountant with 1-2 years of post-qualification experience to join one of our cross-functional product teams in Gurugram/Hyderabad/Bengaluru. The role focuses on core portfolio and P&L accounting within our platform, collaborating with engineers, product managers, and client-facing teams.

You will learn fund/portfolio accounting concepts like NAV, P&L, accruals, and corporate actions while contributing to product lifecycle from concept through execution.

Qualifications

• Qualified Chartered Accountant with 1-2 years post-qualification experience.
• Strong foundation in accounting principles, financial statements and journal entries.
• Experience or aptitude in fund/portfolio accounting concepts (NAV, P&L, accruals, corporate actions).

Responsibilities

• Carry the product/feature from concept to creation.
• Brainstorm product/feature and its value proposition for clients.
• Distill vision into documents like product roadmap and specifications.
• Collaborate with engineers to translate specifications into the product.
• Prepare comprehensive business test cases to aid development.
• Evaluate progress and ensure compliance with specifications and vision.
• Track risks and assumptions; escalate issues as needed.

Skills

Accounting basics

NAV/P&L knowledge

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Multitasking

Education

Chartered Accountant (CA) with 1-2 years post-qualification

Tools

Excel

SQL

Python

LLM tools

Job description

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 a qualified Chartered Accountant, early in their career (with 1 to 2 years of post-qualification experience), to join one of our cross-functional product teams in our Gurugram/Hyderabad/Bengaluru office as an Individual Contributor. This product team is responsible for the core portfolio and P&L accounting product offering on our platform. This role offers the opportunity to build strong domain expertise in fund and portfolio accounting for some of the most sophisticated hedge funds in the world, while working closely with engineers, product managers, and client-facing teams.

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 escalated issues and mitigate execution risks

What You'll Need:

• Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) with 1-2 years of post-qualification experience
• Strong foundation in accounting principles, financial statements, and journal entries
• Working knowledge of, or strong aptitude to quickly learn, fund/portfolio accounting concepts such as NAV, P&L, accruals, and corporate actions.
• Knowledge on fixed income and derivatives will be an added advantage.
• Comfortable working in Excel; exposure to SQL. Python or LLM agentic tools is an added advantage
• High attention to detail and a strong sense of ownership over accuracy and timeliness
• Ability to multitask, prioritize, and manage multiple lines of work under tight deadlines
• Clear verbal and written communication skills, with the confidence to work directly with stakeholders
• A collaborative attitude and willingness to learn from and work closely with cross-functional Engineering, Product, and Operations teams
• Outstanding academic background and a genuine interest in financial markets and technology

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