Sr Analyst, Treasury

Arcesium LLC
Lisbon, Portugal
On-site

Who this role is best for

Aimed at mid-level to senior treasury professionals with technical acumen who can manage cross-functional collaboration and coordinate with global teams.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 1.5-6 years of treasury operations or prime brokerage experience and a strong grasp of margin methodologies
    — “Experience of 1.5 - 6 years in treasury operations, prime brokerage or related financial services.”
  • Professionals who can identify and implement automation in financial operations processes
    — “Identify opportunities for process improvements and automation”

Things to consider

  • The role requires working with minimal supervision and managing complex client interactions
    — “Ability to work with minimal supervision and coordinate with different teams across multiple geographies”
  • A strong background in SQL and programming languages like VBA or Python is a significant advantage
    — “Experience in VBA/python is a big plus”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience in margin reconciliation and client-facing problem-solving in your resume
    — “Analyze the reasons for differences in exposure, margin and collateral and work with the counterparties to resolve the breaks”
  • Demonstrate a track record of optimizing financial processes and reducing costs in interviews
    — “Analyze financing arrangements and recommend optimization opportunities”
  • Showcase your ability to collaborate with technology teams on product enhancements
    — “Liaise with technology team for product enhancement and testing”
  • Emphasize your background in financial data validation and settlement processes
    — “Ensure the margin, collateral and financing data on Arcesium platform are validated to initiate wire movements accordingly.”
  • Include examples of managing cross-functional teams across different time zones
    — “Collaborating with multi-location teams in NY, India and locally for financial operations processes.”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • Handle margin calls and pulls for clients
  • Monitor and manage daily collateral movements
  • Resolve breaks in exposure, margin, and collateral
  • Support month-end and year-end financing reconciliation processes
  • Analyze financing arrangements and recommend optimization opportunities
Typical background
MBA or MSc in FinanceCFA or equivalent qualification1.5 - 6 years experience in treasury operations, prime brokerage, or related financial services

Skills & requirements

Required

Treasury OperationsMargin And Financing MethodologiesCollateral ManagementFinancial ServicesAnalytical SkillsProblem SolvingCommunication SkillsOperational RigorProcess OrientationAttention To DetailAbility To Work IndependentlyAbility To Coordinate With Different Teams

Preferred

VBAPython

Stack & domain

PythonSQLVBACommunicationProblem SolvingCFAFinanceTreasury Operations

About the role

Original posting from Arcesium LLC via Greenhouse

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 Treasury group is responsible for collateral management, reconciliation of margin and financing, tracking client’s security lending and borrowing information and in the process gain a comprehensive and holistic understanding of all these functions. The group members collaborate with multiple internal and external stakeholders to ensure the margin, collateral and financing data on Arcesium platform are validated to initiate wire movements accordingly. The group also works on optimizing the client’s portfolio margin and reducing the financing charges.

What You'll Do

Handle margin calls and pulls for the clients. Monitor and manage daily collateral movements across counterparties and prime brokers

Analyze the reasons for differences in exposure, margin and collateral and work with the counterparties to resolve the breaks

Ensure timely settlement of margin calls and collateral transfers

Perform daily margin calculation reviews and reconciliations

Support month-end and year-end financing reconciliation processes

Analyze financing arrangements and recommend optimization opportunities

Ensure accuracy of borrowing and lending information on Arcesium platform

Client interactions related to collateral, margin and financing queries

Identify opportunities for process improvements and automation

Liaise with technology team for product enhancement and testing

Collaborate with various teams across the firm to deliver best quality services to clients

Collaborating with multi-location teams in NY, India and locally for financial operations processes.

What You'll Need

An MBA or MSc in Finance, CFA or any another equivalent qualification

Experience of 1.5 - 6 years in treasury operations, prime brokerage or related financial services.

Knowledge of various margin and financing methodologies and collateral management practices

Strong analytical, problem solving and communication skills and ability to engage in client discussions around business processes.

Operational rigor, keen process orientation and an eye for detail

Ability to work with minimal supervision and coordinate with different teams across multiple geographies

Proficiency in Microsoft office applications and SQL Experience in VBA/python is a big plus

Recruiting Security

Emails from genuine Arcesium recruiters who are employees of the company will always come from the @arcesium.com domain. In some cases, you may also be contacted by independent search firms engaged to recruit on our behalf; emails from their employees should always come from their firm's applicable domain. We'll never ask for your banking information or any payment as part of the recruiting process. If something seems off or you're contacted by an unexpected third party, please reach out to us at careers@arcesium.com (US/UK), careers-india@arcesium.com (India) or careers-europe@arcesium.com (Portugal/Sweden). 

Arcesium is an equal opportunity employer.

Source: Arcesium LLC careers (Greenhouse)

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