Analyst – Financial Operations

The D. E. Shaw group is a global investment and technology

development firm with more than $85 billion in investment capital as of

December 1, 2025, and offices in North America, Europe, and Asia.

Since our founding in 1988, our firm has earned an international

reputation for successful investing based on innovation, careful risk

management, and the quality and depth of our staff. We have a

significant presence in the world's capital markets, investing in a wide

range of companies and financial instruments in both developed and

developing economies. We have offices in India based out of Hyderabad,

Gurugram and Bengaluru.

WHAT YOU WILL DO DAY-TO-DAY:

The Financial Operations group is an integral part of our global

operations. If hired, you will support one or more of the functions

mentioned below.

Compliance - The Compliance group is responsible for implementing and

enforcing policies and procedures across multiple regulatory

requirements, where you will be assisting front office trading desks by

conducting thorough research on the firm’s positions and applicable

regulations for each asset class across jurisdictions through the

deployment of advanced data analytics and data visualization

techniques like statistical analysis, predictive modelling, clustering, etc.

on tools like Power BI, and others. You will perform regulatory filing

obligations, requiring complex quantitative and qualitative analysis of

the firm’s short position and long ownership reports across US, UK, EU,

Japan, etc. jurisdictions, and in monitoring and implementing controls

designed to ensure compliance with global regulations by deploying

various data analytics and visualization techniques. You will be

conducting thorough analysis on the fundamental research data

collected by the trading groups through their interactions with external

industry experts/consultants around various market sectors to avoid

potential trading while in possession of material non-public information.

You will be assisting with long-term projects to maintain the firm’s high

standards of compliance with new and existing regulations.

Pricing - The Pricing Team is a unit of DESCO’s Finance and Operations

Department and is responsible for the valuation of private investments

and oversight of valuation of non-private investments performed by

Arcesium LLC, an affiliate of the firm. The role also involves working

closely with the various Front Office teams. In this role, you will play a

key part in supporting the accurate valuation of a wide range of financial

instruments, including equity, bonds, asset backed securities, interest

rate swaps, swaptions, and both exchange traded and over-the-counter

derivatives. You will be primarily responsible for overseeing the daily

mark-to-market processes, reconciling internal prices with external

market data, and identifying and analyzing pricing discrepancies. You

will also help develop pricing controls, implement logic to flag anomalies,

and support the creation of tools and processes to ensure data integrity

and fair valuation practices.

Additionally, you will be responsible for building, updating, and

maintaining the valuation models to value private equity and credit

investments, which entails knowledge of investments, industry research

and analysis of the company’s portfolio fundamentals, and performing

in-depth competitor analysis. Furthermore, you will facilitate valuation

reviews by third parties (like CITCO and Kroll) and auditors (like EY) of

the positions held by DESCO; creating summaries highlighting

significant changes/events and industry analyses to be presented to the

valuations committees for their review.

Expense Reporting – The team provides senior management with high-

quality analytical reports and detailed insights on firm-wide expenses.

Core responsibilities include supporting the firm’s monthly expense and

time-allocation processes, contributing to the annual budgeting and

forecasting cycle, and partnering on technology initiatives to streamline,

automate, and enhance key expense-related workflows. As part of the

team, you will work closely with the Office of the COO, the CFO, and

business unit heads to prepare comprehensive expense reporting

packages, including analyses of actual versus budgeted spend, year-

over-year expense trends, firm-wide budgets, and variance commentary

that highlights key drivers and deviations. You will also own and manage

ad-hoc expense-related analyses and requests from senior management

and key stakeholders, including Investor Relations, Corporate

Development, Tax, and Legal & Compliance. Additionally, you will take

ownership of recurring core processes—such as the monthly expense

allocation cycle, year-end activities, and audit support, ensuring

accuracy, completeness, and on-time delivery. You will also be

responsible for driving technology projects to build tools for reporting

and analysis, streamline workflows, and improve the user experience.

Furthermore, you will understand and analyze changes in the firm’s

businesses, such as expense chargeability to investors and new

funds/businesses; and incorporate these changes into the reporting

infrastructure (and subsequent reports).

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

The ideal candidate should hold-

Basic qualifications:

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