Management Reporting and Compensation Associate

Wall Street Oasis; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Year-end bonus

Medical coverage

401(k) matching

Wellness reimbursement

Family building benefits

Charitable gift match

Job summary

D. E. Shaw group in New York seeks an associate for the Management Reporting team within Financial Operations.

You will deliver high-impact analysis and executive-ready insights on compensation and firm economics, with exposure to core operational, reporting, and analytical processes. Responsibilities include recurring compensation and reporting activities, data preparation and reconciliation, and contributing to senior leader advisory analyses.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or advanced degree with at least two years in finance, accounting, operations, or related field.
• Experience supporting operational reporting or compensation-related processes is a plus.
• Attention to detail, organizational ability, and reliability.
• Excellent communication and project management skills.
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion.

Responsibilities

• Execute recurring compensation, accounting, operational, and reporting activities across core workflows.
• Prepare data, reconciliation, and related processes to ensure continuity.
• Contribute to compensation modeling, variance analysis, and trend reporting for senior leadership.
• Support AI integration, process improvement, technology adoption, and automation.

Skills

Excel analysis

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Job description

The D. E. Shaw group seeks a skilled associate to join its Management Reporting team

within Financial Operations. The team is responsible for delivering high-impact analysis

and executive-ready insights to the firm's senior leadership, with a particular focus on

compensation and management company economics. This role provides broad

exposure to the firm and supports a range of core operational, reporting, and analytical

processes.

WHAT YOU'LL DO DAY-TO-DAY

• Execute recurring compensation, accounting, operational, and reporting activities to ensure continuity across core workflows, including reconciliation, data preparation, and related processes.
• Contribute to comprehensive compensation modeling, variance analysis, trend reporting, and related senior leader advisory analyses to support planning and
• Contribute to team initiatives in generative AI integration, process improvement, technology adoption, and automation.

WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• A bachelor's or advanced degree, a record of professional and academic achievement, and at least two years of experience in finance, accounting, operations, or a related field; experience supporting operational reporting, compensation-related processes, or accounting workflows is a plus.
• Keen attention to detail, organizational ability, and reliability, with the capacity to
• Comfort working across a mix of operational and analytical responsibilities, including Excel-based analysis and reporting, with sound judgment and a proactive mindset toward anticipating team and stakeholder needs.
• Excellent communication and project management skills, including demonstrated ability to manage high volumes of work, complex transactions, and competing priorities with accuracy and composure.
• High ethical standards and the ability to exercise discretion with confidential information.
• The expected annual base salary for this position is $120,000 to $160,000. 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.