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.
What You’ll Do
Global Responsibilities
- Exhibit strong command of financial reporting standards, with expertise spanning US GAAP, IFRS, and local statutory reporting frameworks, including the ability to navigate differences and ensure compliance across multiple reporting regimes.
- Demonstrate deep technical proficiency in corporate accounting principles, including complex accounting transactions, consolidations, equity accounting, and financial statement preparation across multiple legal entities and jurisdictions.
- Support critical accounting close cycles, including monthly close processes, quarterly close procedures, and year-end close activities, ensuring accurate tax provisions, reconciliations, and disclosures under US GAAP, IFRS, and local GAAP.
- Possess comprehensive knowledge of cross-border transactions, including transfer pricing implications, foreign exchange accounting, intercompany eliminations, and international tax considerations affecting multinational operations.
- Maintain advanced understanding of treasury operations, including cash and liquidity management, banking operations, foreign currency hedging, debt and equity financing, intercompany funding structures, and treasury risk management.
- Facilitate seamless collaboration across finance, accounting, and business teams to support efficient period-end close processes, timely and accurate financial statements under multiple reporting frameworks (US GAAP/IFRS/Local GAAP), and local statutory filings.
- Coordinate effectively with external auditors during quarterly reviews and annual audits, facilitating efficient information requests, responding to technical inquiries, and resolving accounting and tax matters promptly.
- Ensure timely and accurate preparation and filing of all required financial statements, tax returns, regulatory reports, and statutory filings across all jurisdictions of operation.
- Maintain full compliance with local regulatory requirements, including jurisdiction-specific accounting standards, tax laws, corporate governance requirements, and regulatory reporting obligations.
- Monitor and interpret changes in accounting standards and tax regulations, assessing impact on the organization and implementing necessary changes to policies, processes, and systems.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and controls within accounting, tax, and treasury functions.
- Implement robust internal controls and governance frameworks to mitigate financial reporting risks, tax compliance risks, and operational risks.
- Support efficient close cycles by ensuring tax and treasury activities are completed accurately and on schedule for monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting periods.
- Proactively identify and mitigate risks related to accounting treatment, tax positions, regulatory compliance, and treasury operations through comprehensive analysis and scenario planning.
Region specific responsibilities (UK, Portugal, APAC and future expansion regions) include –
- Lead the end-to-end month-end close process and perform comprehensive validation of financial statements across all legal entities, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with US GAAP, IFRS, and local statutory requirements.
- Oversee annual statutory audits and serve as the primary liaison with external auditors, managing audit coordination, preparing comprehensive documentation, addressing technical queries, and ensuring timely completion of all audit deliverables and regulatory filings.
- Manage all direct and indirect tax compliance activities, including preparation and filing of Corporate Income Tax returns, VAT/GST filings, HMRC annual submissions, and coordination with external tax advisors to ensure adherence to regulatory deadlines and technical accuracy.
- Partner strategically with cross-functional teams (Finance, Legal, FP&A, Treasury, Operations) to provide expert guidance on accounting treatment, tax implications, and compliance requirements, ensuring alignment on financial reporting matters and supporting integrated business decision-making.
- Drive process improvements and strengthen internal controls within the accounting, tax, and reporting functions, implementing automation initiatives and enhancing workflows to improve close cycle efficiency, reporting accuracy, and risk mitigation.
What You Need
Skills & Competencies
- Solid understanding of statutory audits, month-end close processes, financial reporting, and consolidation activities.
- Proven ability to manage external consultants and coordinate deliverables effectively.
- Knowledge of transfer pricing and treasury functions.
- Strong technical expertise in direct and indirect taxation across multiple jurisdictions, including cross-border tax issues and intercompany transactions.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills across diverse teams and geographies.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, global, multi-entity environment with evolving priorities.
- Experience supporting organizational growth, geographical expansion, and broader controllership activities.
- Strong attention to detail with a focus on accuracy, compliance, and meeting critical deadlines.
Qualifications
- CPA or CA certification (Required)
- 8-12 years of progressive experience in financial reporting, accounting, and tax across multiple entities and geographies
- Demonstrated exposure to US GAAP and local statutory GAAP frameworks
- Prior experience in a SaaS or financial services environment within a multi-entity global organization
- Strong familiarity with US, UK, and EU accounting, reporting, and tax systems (highly desirable).
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 legal boilerplate. We are genuinely committed to these principles, which form an important part of our corporate culture, and are eager to hear from all qualified individuals.