About the Position
We are looking to hire a new member for our growing Partnership Accounting team to coordinate and oversee the calculations and related accounting for Jane Street’s waterfall and members’ capital accounts. Responsibilities of this role will include:
- Reviewing and approving journal entries and reconciliations
- Preparing calculations for the firm’s waterfall and resulting members’ distributable income and ending capital
- Preparing and reviewing quarterly statements and annual projection statements for members/investors, adhering to tight deadlines (e.g., during the holiday season approaching year-end and in early January, and on an as-needed basis for other deadlines)
- Maintaining timely and accurate records of members’ capital and loans
- Maintaining the activity related to the members’ draws and distributions, and coordinating with other stakeholders on cash management as necessary
- Preparing and communicating annual return information to investors
- Preparing supporting schedules for external auditors
- Liaising with the Tax team on members’ income and capital as needed for quarterly and year-end tax estimates
- Implementing standardized processes and automating the monthly income and capital allocations
- Providing excellent service to the members, which includes providing timely and accurate information and communicating in a professional and courteous manner
- Maintaining documentation of all processes and driving improvements and efficiencies by partnering closely with other teams to establish best practices for partnership accounting
About You
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, business, or a related field
- 10-15 years of experience in public accounting and/or finance
- Have a solid understanding of US GAAP and demonstrate strong analytical and critical thinking abilities
- Strong communicator with a proven ability to build relationships across various groups
- Organized with excellent attention to detail, a sense of urgency, and a “can-do” attitude to address and resolve issues
- Have intermediate to advanced Excel skills
- Able to handle competing priorities and work effectively in a challenging, fast-paced environment with hard deadlines
- Mature, trustworthy, and discreet, with an appreciation for the importance of confidentiality in this role
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Top Skills
What We Do
Jane Street works differently. As a liquidity provider and market maker, we trade on more than 200 trading venues across 45 countries and help form the backbone of global markets. Our approach is rooted in technology and rigorous quantitative analysis, but our success is driven by our people.
Our bright, beautiful offices in the heart of New York, London, Hong Kong, and Amsterdam are open and buzzing with conversation. We come from many backgrounds and encourage travel between offices to share perspectives. Some of our best ideas come from bumping into a visiting colleague at the office coffee bar.
Markets move fast. Staying competitive as we’ve grown has required constant invention—of new trading strategies, technology, and processes. We’ve found this is easier when you hire humble, kind people. They tend to help each other, and prioritize teamwork over titles.
We invest heavily in teaching and training. There’s a library and a classroom in every office, because deepening your understanding of something is considered real work. Guest lectures, classes, and conferences round out the intellectual exchanges that happen every day.
People grow into long careers at Jane Street because there are always new and interesting problems to solve, systems to build, and theories to test. More than twenty years after our founding, it still feels like we’re just getting started.
