Financial Analysis & Reporting Senior Manager

Wall Street Oasis; New York (NY); On-site; USD 225,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Year-end bonus

Medical coverage

401(k) matching

Wellness reimbursement

Family building benefits

Charitable gift match program

Job summary

The D. E. Shaw group is seeking a leader for the FA&R within Financial Operations. You will work closely with executive leadership to shape financial planning processes and drive improvements in forecasting, reporting standards, and analytical capabilities.

You will lead cross-functional projects, develop robust models, and translate complex results into clear, actionable insights for senior leaders with a hands-on approach and strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• Eight+ years in strategic finance or related roles.
• Degree in finance, economics, computer science, or related field.
• Strong financial modeling skills.
• Excellent communication with senior audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional projects to answer key strategy questions via financial analysis.
• Develop and maintain robust financial forecasts with scenario planning.
• Create recurring and ad hoc reporting for senior leadership and translate results into insights.
• Assess revenue, expense, capital needs, and other drivers of financial outcomes.
• Build scalable models, tools, and reporting frameworks to improve data quality and decision support.

Skills

Financial modeling

Strategic finance

Communication

Commercial judgment

Senior-level presentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance

Job description

OVERVIEW

The D. E. Shaw group seeks a leader with impressive commercial judgment, critical thinking, and communication skills to join its Financial Analysis & Reporting (FA&R) team within Financial Operations (FinOp). FA&R delivers forward-looking financial analysis, actionable business insights, and reporting to support strategic decision-making across the firm. This role offers the opportunity to work closely with executive leadership, shape financial planning processes, and drive improvements in analytical capabilities and reporting standards.

WHAT YOU'LL DO DAY-TO-DAY

• Lead cross-functional and firmwide projects to address key business strategy questions through rigorous financial analysis.
• Drive development and maintenance of the firm's financial forecasts, ensuring robust scenario planning and budgeting processes.
• Manage the creation of recurring and ad hoc financial reporting for the firm's senior leadership, translating complex results into clear, actionable insights.
• Assess key drivers of revenue, expenses, capital needs, and other financial outcomes to
• Build and enhance scalable models, tools, and reporting frameworks to improve data quality, efficiency, and decision support.

WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• Eight or more years of experience in strategic finance or related roles in alternative asset management, investment banking, or similar environments, along with a bachelor's degree in finance, economics, computer science, or a related field.
• Demonstrated proficiency in financial modeling and willingness to engage deeply in both high-level strategy and detailed financial work while maintaining a hands-on approach.
• Exceptional commercial judgment and learning agility, with a track record of supporting
• Excellent communication skills, including comfort presenting to senior audiences and distilling complex information into clear recommendations.
• Experience managing sensitive information with discretion and professionalism.
• The expected annual base salary for this position is $225,000 to $300,000.

Our compensation and benefits package includes variable compensation in the form of a year-end bonus, guaranteed in the first year of hire. Benefits include:

• medical and prescription drug coverage
• 401(k) contribution matching
• wellness reimbursement
• family building benefits
• charitable gift match program

The D. E. Shaw group is an equal opportunity employer.