Operations Specialist

The Operations team at Jane Street is crucial for managing internal and external trading processes, ensuring accuracy, control, and efficiency. This collaborative role involves working on trade settlements, position management, or cost/cash management, resolving issues from complex trading flows. The firm values critical thinking and learning, offering exposure to various financial products like equities, bonds, ETFs, futures, and swaps, even without prior finance experience.

Must Have

• Bachelor’s degree
• 1-2 years experience
• Enjoys working with large data sets to find patterns and identify irregularities
• Can easily navigate Excel and process data efficiently
• Self-motivated, detail-oriented critical thinker
• Ability to multitask in a fast-moving, highly intellectual environment
• Humble attitude about what is known or unknown; not afraid to ask questions
• Reliable and flexible team player with a positive demeanor
• Interested in learning more about finance and the day-to-day operations of the firm
• Fluency in English

About the Position

The Operations team is critical to our trading. The team manages the processes that connect us to the outside world, and those that connect us internally. We aim to move assets, information, and ideas in ways that are accurate, controlled, and efficient. There are many tough problems to solve and we are big believers in finding exceptional, smart people to tackle them.

Operations is a collaborative, integrated group where the pace is quick and the best idea wins. As a member of the team, you’ll play a key part in an area focused on trade settlements, trade record and position management, or cost and cash management. You’ll work closely with external service providers and trading partners as well as colleagues in your local office and around the world. Together, you’ll resolve issues that arise from our complex trading flows and ensure our processes are running smoothly.

If you’ve never considered a career in finance, you’re in good company as many of us had our introduction to finance. We are more interested in how you think and how you learn. You will engage with a wide range of financial products including equities, bonds, ETFs, futures, and swaps, even if you have no prior knowledge or experience. We are looking for someone bright and eager to learn starting from Day One.

About You

• Bachelor’s degree required
• 1-2 years experience
• Enjoys working with large data sets to find patterns and identify irregularities
• Can easily navigate Excel, and loves to find faster ways to process data
• Self-motivated, detail-oriented critical thinker who can multitask in a fast-moving, highly intellectual environment
• Humble attitude about what is known or unknown; not afraid to ask questions
• Reliable and flexible team player with a positive demeanor
• Interested in learning more about finance and the day-to-day operations of the firm
• No financial industry experience required or expected
• Fluency in English is required