Arcesium – Product Specialist/Chartered Accountant – Product Team Arcesium

About the Role

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 Gurgaon, Hyderabad, or Bangalore 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 or feature from concept to creation
• Brainstorm product or feature and its value proposition to our client base
• Distill the vision into documents such as product roadmap and product or feature specification via deep dives into domain, gathering requirements and business analysis
• Work closely with the engineers or architects to translate the Product Specification to design, and then to the product itself
• Prepare comprehensive business test cases or beds to aid the engineering process
• Rigorously and continuously evaluate the progress of product or feature-in-flight by leveraging the created test cases or beds and ensure compliance to the product or feature specification and the vision
• Track and question risks or assumptions
• Proactively esc…

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 or 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

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. 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.