Analyst - Trade Accounting & Operations

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. 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. What we’ll offer: Modern and comfortable office located at Av.

da Liberdade, Lisboa. Health insurance Hybrid work model enabling employees to work remotely for up to 2 days per week. Thriving international environment fostering multicultural teams with professional development and growth opportunities.