About the Position
We are looking for an Accountant to support the global accounting function at Jane Street through assistance with the month-end close process, and the preparation and maintenance of our U.S. firm’s internal books and records.
Your daily work will include preparing various accounting reconciliations and financial schedules that support the preparation of our financial statements. You will also assist teammates in their collaboration with outside auditors and advisers.
To thrive in this role, you’ll need to be a self-starter who cares about details and deadlines and someone who can stay organized in an intense and fast-paced work environment. Our teams are highly collaborative, and you can expect to work closely with colleagues both in the U.S. and globally to meet our team goals.
About You
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting and 2-4 years in a public accounting role
- Have a keen understanding of US GAAP
- Detail-oriented, organized, and thorough with a desire for continuous improvement
- Strong verbal and written communicator with great people skills
- Able to produce timely and accurate records; appreciates the importance of supporting work paper documentation and schedules
- Collaborative and flexible team player
- Self-starter who can work effectively in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
- Proficient with MS Excel
- CPA certification and previous experience in the broker-dealer/financial services industry are preferred
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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.
