Sr Analyst - Trade Accounting & Operations

Arcesium; Lisboa; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcesium is a leading fintech firm providing data-driven solutions for hedge funds. The Trade Accounting and Operations (TAO) group handles post-trade activities, ensuring timely reconciliations, accurate P/L, and fund accounting (GAV/NAV).

The team collaborates with counterparties, fund administrators, and investment managers to deliver reliable financial operations across NY, India, and Lisbon offices. This role offers exposure to complex instruments and regulatory reporting in a fast-growing

Qualifications

• MBA/MS in Finance or CFA equivalent.
• 1–3 years of fund accounting and operations experience.
• Experience with listed and OTC instruments across geographies.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end portfolio accounting and reconciliations for diverse asset classes.
• Perform daily reconciliations of trades, positions, cash, MTMs, and actions with counterparties.
• Explain P&L movements to investment managers and coordinate outage resolutions.
• Finalize GAV/NAV and resolve breaks with counterparties and admins.
• Collaborate with pricing, middle office, collateral management, and tech teams.
• Engage with clients on daily/monthly operations and resolve outages.

Skills

Attention to detail

Strong communication

Self-management

Education

MBA/MS (Finance) / CFA

Tools

MS Excel

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.

Your Team

The Trade Accounting and Operations (TAO) group is responsible for various post-trade activities for hedge funds and is an integral part of our global operations. The core daily objectives include ensuring post trade activities happen in a timely manner and record an accurate view of positions, cash and P&L in the books. The team works closely with counterparties, fund administrators and investment managers to achieve this and the primary activities for the same include daily street reconciliations, settlements, P/L reconciliations, admin reconciliations and fund accounting (GAV / NAV preparation), Investor Accounting (incl. Fee calculations) and Regulatory reporting.

What You'll Do

• Own end-to-end portfolio accounting and reconciliation operations for complex client funds across diverse asset classes including equities, fixed income, derivatives (rates, credits, swaps), currency, crypto, and OTC products.
• Perform daily reconciliations of trades, positions, cash, MTMs, interest, expenses, and corporate actions against counterparties (prime brokers, custodians, administrators, ISDA counterparties) using the Arcesium platform, ensuring timely settlements and accurate portfolio views.
• Investigate and explain P&L movements to investment managers or other internal teams and coordinate with relevant stakeholders to resolve identified P&L outages.
• Finalize GAV/NAV of funds, recording all accounting adjustments and resolving any breaks with the counterparties and administrators.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with pricing, middle office, collateral management, and technology teams to resolve breaks, ensure proper accounting treatment of lifecycle events, and support special projects, bespoke reporting, and UAT testing.
• Engage directly with clients on daily and monthly operations, addressing queries related to portfolio accounting movements and coordinating resolution of identified outages.
• Work within a global team structure, partnering with colleagues across NY, India, and local offices to deliver seamless financial operations.

What You'll Need

• An MBA/MS (Finance) / CFA any another equivalent qualification
• 1-3 years of work experience in fund accounting and operations for listed and OTC instruments
• Experience working with multiple listed and OTC financial instruments spanning across multiple geographies
• Attention to detail and drive to achieve process efficiencies,
• Ability to work with minimal supervision and coordinate with different teams across multiple geographies
• Working Proficiency in MS Excel
• Strong communication skills and ability to engage in client discussions around business processes.