Financial Operations Associate

Jump Trading Group is committed to world class research. We empower exceptional talents in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science to seek scientific boundaries, push through them, and apply cutting edge research to global financial markets. Our culture is unique. Constant innovation requires fearlessness, creativity, intellectual honesty, and a relentless competitive streak. We believe in winning together and unlocking unique individual talent by incenting collaboration and mutual respect. At Jump, research outcomes drive more than superior risk adjusted returns. We design, develop, and deploy technologies that change our world, fund start-ups across industries, and partner with leading global research organizations and universities to solve problems.
This is an exciting role for a strong critical thinking and controls-oriented individual to join our Financial Operations team based in Chicago.  You will be joining a newly formed group aimed at building out the PnL and reconciliation function at Jump.  This individual will be playing a major role in the further development of Jump’s systems and processes, while collaborating across Treasury, Clearing, Finance, Tax, and the trading community.  In addition, this role will be expected to identify tangible opportunities to improve our business operations.  You will report to the Head of Financial Operations. 

What You'll Do: 

• Review and reconcile firm PnL and its subcomponents daily/monthly. 
• Investigate and resolve breaks stemming from the firm’s daily and monthly reconciliations. 
• Be a key voice for business requirements and prioritization related to the PnL buildout. 
• Liaise with external parties (brokers, custodians, CCPs, etc.), as needed.  
• Proactively identify opportunities for process improvement and work with technology to implement those. 
• Assist with the continued development of Jump’s back-office infrastructure and finding value-add opportunities to further leverage this infrastructure. 
• Collaborate across multiple stakeholders, including other parts of the backoffice and technology. 
• Assist in creating written processes and procedures. 
• Other duties as assigned or needed.   

Skills You'll Need:

• At least 5 years of work experience preferred in a trade operations, reconciliation, and/or accounting capacity.   
• Minimum of bachelor’s degree in business, Accounting, Finance or related fields required.  
• Deep asset class knowledge, including lifecycle events for at least one of the following: Equities, Treasuries, Futures, FX, Options, and/or Swaps, etc. 
• Strong project management and business analysis experience within financial operations or accounting. 
• Demonstrated examples of working with technology to improve processes. 
• A controls-oriented mindset with a focus on reducing firm risk. 
• Comfort reviewing large sets of data with limited direction. 
• Accomplished communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to effectively communicate (written and verbal) in English to both internal and external contacts on a global basis. 
• Excellent organizational and critical thinking skills. 
• Reliable and predictable availability