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About D. E. Shaw

D.E. Shaw India operates as an investment manager and provides discretionary management services to institutional investors globally. It primarily invests in Indian equities, fixed-income securities, and derivatives to generate returns for its clients across various asset classes, including equity, fixed-income, and currency markets.

Your role

In this role, you’ll prepare and analyse monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements; conduct account and performance analyses; and handle investor, management, and regulatory reporting for multiple legal entities in global capital markets. 

• You’ll be responsible for handling change management processes, understanding and analysing changes in the firm’s businesses and incorporating these changes into the firm’s financial reporting infrastructure, along with driving technology projects to build tools for reporting and analysis (including Power BI and Power Query), streamlining workflows, and improving user experience. 
• You’ll contribute to launching new funds and closure of existing funds, which may require participation in structuring complex fund structures and transactions, conducting historical analyses and fielding other bespoke requests from various internal groups (including senior management and technical investing groups). 
• You’ll also stay up to date on all developments taking place in the technical accounting space (primarily U.S. GAAP) to provide accounting guidance at the firm, contribute to the adoption of new accounting standards, prepare and review various accounting policy memorandums, and update and maintain the firm’s Accounting Policy Manual.
• You’ll have the opportunity to gain a macro view of the firm’s financial activities and learn about complex fund structures and transactions and interact substantially with our external auditors and other internal departments, including Trade Accounting, Management Company Accounting, Pricing, Investor Relations, Tax, Treasury, Legal and Compliance, and software development groups.

Training, development & rotations

To ensure that the curious staff never stops growing, they foster a culture of continuous learning. They create customised programs to enrich technical abilities, build interpersonal and leadership skills, and broaden industry knowledge.

Salary & benefits

The average salary for this role ranges from INR 8.0 to 10.0 Lakhs. (Source: Ambition Box). In addition to salary, the following employee benefits are provided.

Benefits

• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Parental Leave
• Maternity & Paternity Leave
• Sick Days

Career progression

D.E. Shaw India offers world-class career opportunities for professionals at all levels who want to work in a challenging environment with an entrepreneurial spirit and excellent learning opportunities. The team consists of some of the brightest minds in the world who have been working together for over 25 years and have achieved considerable success in their careers to date.

The employees have the opportunity to work with some of the brightest minds in finance, technology, and other disciplines as they develop their careers.

Work-life balance

D.E. Shaw values its employees and strives to provide the best for them. It constantly provides opportunities for employees to develop and upskills themselves. Work days are usually from Monday to Friday with flexible work timings.

Culture & vibe

The company culture is based on three core values:

• Collaboration – They believe that collaboration drives creativity and innovation. When people come together to solve problems, great things happen.
• Integrity – They expect their team members to be honest and ethical in all aspects of their work. They do not tolerate anything less than complete honesty from each other.
• Innovation – They believe that their success depends on constantly challenging themselves to find better ways of doing things.

About you

To apply for this position you must have,

• Candidate should be a CA (CPA would be an added advantage) with zero to five years of relevant work experience in financial reporting for global investment or banking entities, handling audits, and ensuring statutory compliances under U.S. GAAP (having an understanding of IFRS and HKIFRS would be an added advantage).
• The ideal candidate should have attention to detail, proficiency with MS Excel, keen analytical skills, and effective written and verbal communication skills to interact successfully with various stakeholders. Knowledge of Power BI and Power Query would be an added advantage.
• The candidate should have a highly motivated individual who can handle all levels of complexity in the respective area of operation. They must be comfortable functioning in a fast-paced environment driven by month-close deadlines.
• The candidate having prior experience in the hedge fund or investment banking industries is ideal.

How to apply

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