D. E. Shaw India | Industrial Trainee - Financial Operations

Responsibilities

• We are looking for a resourceful candidate to join our Financial Operations group, based out of the firm’s Hyderabad office.
• In this role, you will collaborate with a number of senior stakeholders at the time of new fund launches, assist in setting up complex fund structures and transactions, conduct historical as well as projected analyses of fund performance, technical accounting analysis for complex financial instruments, and handle bespoke requests from various internal and external stakeholders.
• You will work closely with the office of the Chief Operating Officer (COO), the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), business unit (BU) heads, government regulators, and portfolio managers to provide key performance metrics to facilitate effective Decision-making through insightful reporting, analyses, and recommendations within the MCA team.
• This involves P&L analysis, expense allocation, budgeting, cash management, financial and regulatory reporting, finalization of audits for global management company entities.
• Additionally, the above roles will involve handling change management processes while understanding and analyzing changes in the firm’s businesses and incorporating these changes into the firm’s financial reporting infrastructure.
• Furthermore, you will drive technology projects to develop reporting and analysis tools (including Power BI, Power Query and Alteryx), streamline workflows and enhance user experience.

Qualifications

• The ability to uphold high standards, analyze rigorously, communicate clearly and concisely, thrive on collaboration, and should demonstrate a high degree of intellectual curiosity.
• Knowledge of business intelligence tools, along with an understanding of global accounting frameworks.

D. E. Shaw India

The D. E. Shaw group is a global investment and technology development firm founded in New York in 1988. D. E. Shaw India supports the group's investment, technology, finance and operations functions.

Finance professionals at D. E. Shaw India usually work in fund accounting, financial and regulatory reporting, tax and operations. Many of these roles ask for a CA qualification and exposure to investment products.

• Industry: Investment and technology development
• Headquarters: New York, USA (D. E. Shaw group)
• In India: A long-standing office in Hyderabad, plus offices in Bengaluru and Gurugram