Financial Reporting Associate (New York)

The D. E. Shaw Group; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Year-end bonus

Medical coverage

Prescription drug coverage

401(k) matching

Wellness reimbursement

Family building benefits

Charitable gift match

Job summary

The D. E. Shaw Group is seeking an associate for its Financial Reporting team within FinOp to advance investor and legal entity reporting across global funds.

The role blends core accounting with opportunities to drive automation and GAI-powered workflows in daily processes. You will prepare financial statements, conduct analyses, and collaborate across departments to build scalable reporting for hedge fund and private fund vehicles.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate or graduate degree in accounting or finance-adjacent field.
• 2–4 years in accounting or financial reporting at hedge fund, investment manager, or financial services firm.
• CPA is welcome but not required.
• Interest in fund structures and reporting.
• GAI fluency or keen appetite to become fluent and use automation to build reporting processes.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and analyze monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements and conduct account and performance analyses for multiple legal entities.
• Handle investor, management, and regulatory reporting.
• Partner with MBOT and tech teams to use GAI and automation to automate recurring tasks.
• Design and implement GAI-driven workflows for reporting and accounting from idea to daily use.
• Work on special projects like launching new fund vehicles and providing bespoke senior-management requests.

Skills

GAI fluency

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Initiative

Education

Accounting/Finance degree

Job description

OVERVIEW:
The D. E. Shaw group seeks an associate to join its Financial Reporting group within Financial Operations (FinOp), which handles the firm's investor and legal entity financial reporting for its hedge fund and private fund vehicles. The role pairs core financial reporting and accounting work with the chance to help drive innovation across the group—partnering with technology teams to bring generative AI (GAI) and automation into its daily processes.
WHAT YOU'LL DO DAY-TO-DAY:

• Prepare and analyze 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.
• Partner with Middle and Back Office Technology (MBOT) and other technology teams to rethink how the group handles its daily work, using GAI and automation to turn recurring manual tasks into automated processes.
• Help design and implement GAI-driven workflows for the group's reporting and accounting work, and carry them from idea through to everyday use.
• Work on special projects such as launching new fund vehicles, conducting historical analyses, and fielding bespoke requests from senior management across internal groups.
• Interact regularly with other internal departments, including Investor Relations, Management Reporting, Management Company Accounting, Tax, Treasury, Legal and Compliance, and software development groups, and gain a macro view of the firm's financial activities and fund structures.
  

WHAT WE’R LOOKING FOR:

• An undergraduate or graduate degree in accounting or a finance-adjacent field, along with two to four years of experience in accounting, financial reporting, or a similar function at a hedge fund, investment manager, or other financial services firm. Public accounting experience and a CPA are welcome but not required.
• An interest in accounting and an appetite to learn the firm's fund structures and reporting.
• GAI fluency, or a keen appetite to become fluent, and an interest in using GAI and automation to build reporting and accounting processes that hold up over time.
• Keen analytical and problem-solving skills with close attention to detail and accuracy.
• Effective communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively across teams.
• An organized approach, a facility with numbers, and a habit of taking initiative.
• The expected annual base salary for this position is $120,000 to $150,000. Our compensation and benefits package includes variable compensation in the form of a year-end bonus, guaranteed in the first year of hire, and benefits including medical and prescription drug coverage, 401(k) contribution matching, wellness reimbursement, family building benefits, and a charitable gift match program.