Accountant - Chicago, United States - DRW

Description

Our formula for success is to hire exceptional people, encourage their ideas and reward their results.

As an Accountant on our Finance and Accounting team, youll have an opportunity to develop your skills in a fast-paced and rapidly growing trading environment.

How You Will Make An ImpactPerform daily General Ledger functions such as cash and trading account reconciliation, booking depreciation, and income and expense accrualsPerform regulatory compliance calculationsWork with Fixed Asset ledgerAssist with preparation and review of monthly financial statementsInterface directly with Operations to resolve balancing differencesAnalyze and review performance metricsAssist Accounts Payable in 5-day payables and accrual close processCreate ad-hoc reports as neededWhat You Bring To The TeamWorking toward an Accounting degree and have an expected graduation date between December 2023 and June 2024Minor in Computer Science, Information Technology, or other related field preferredAble to communicate effectively and work well in teamsStrongly proficient in use of Excel (preferred)

Experience with creating queries and knowledgeable in GAAPPast audit internship experienceSelf-motivated and enjoy challenges and responsibilityVery detail-oriented and possess strong analytical skillsDRW is a diversified trading firm with over 3 decades of experience bringing sophisticated technology and exceptional people together to operate in markets around the world.

We value autonomy and the ability to quickly pivot to capture opportunities, so we operate using our own capital and trading at our own risk.

Headquartered in Chicago with offices throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia, we trade a variety of asset classes including Fixed Income, ETFs, Equities, FX, Commodities and Energy across all major global markets.

We have also leveraged our expertise and technology to expand into three non-traditional strategies:
real estate, venture capital and cryptoassets.
We operate with respect, curiosity and open minds.

The people who thrive here share our belief that its not just what we do that mattersit's how we do it.

DRW is a place of high expectations, integrity, innovation and a willingness to challenge consensus.
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