Senior Product Specialist - Opterra - Investment & Portfolio Accounting (UBOR)

India
Permanent
Full-time

17 days ago

Company OverviewArcesium 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.sophisticated financial institutions, including hedge funds, banks, and institutional asset managers. Expertly designed to achieve a single source of truth throughout a client's ecosystem, Arcesium's cloud-native technology is built to systematize the most complex tasks.We are looking for an exceptionally talented resource to join one of our cross-functional product teams 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 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 escalate issues and mitigate execution risks
Be involved in conducting competitor analysis

What you'll need:

The candidate should possess a Chartered Accountant (CA) or an equivalent qualification in the financial domain.
The candidate should demonstrate a strong commitment to continuous learning and upskilling in various financial products, including equities, bonds, loans, and related instruments.
Ability to code in Python, SQL or any other programming language will be required.
One to two years of experience working in the front, middle and/or back-office space with advanced knowledge in field of Trade Accounting and operations will be an added advantage.
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 process

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 a legal boilerplate. We are genuinely committed to these principles, which form an important part of our corporate culture, and are eager to hear from extraordinarily well qualified individuals having a wide range of backgrounds and personal characteristics.

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