What are the responsibilities and job description for the Accounts Receivable Specialist position at Jane Street?
About the Position
We are looking for an Accounts Receivable Specialist to handle highly specialized accounts receivable tasks that are crucial to our firm.
This position sits within our New York Accounting team, but will interact with other Jane Street teams like Operations, Trading, and our London and Hong Kong Accounting teams. We’re looking for someone who’s a clear communicator, detail-oriented, and highly organized. While we’re open to someone who comes from a non-financial background, it’s imperative that this candidate has demonstrated experience with accounts receivable tasks and an understanding of how a billing ecosystem is run. Some of the day-to-day responsibilities of this role include:
- Tracking and recording invoices and outstanding amounts that are owed to the firm
- Preparing month-end reconciliations
- Contacting clearing firms and customers for payment details; escalating any overdue bills to our trading desks
- Processing any day-to-day settlements, invoice adjustments, or customer refunds alongside our Operations team
- Working with clients and clearing firms to resolve financial discrepancies
- Ensuring that invoices and collections are accounted for in a timely manner
This role provides great exposure to the larger operations of the firm. The right candidate will be discreet, trustworthy, and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.
About You
- 5 years of experience in an accounts receivable role
- Have excellent interpersonal skills; able to communicate effectively with clearing firms and customers, as well as relay relevant information to sales traders
- Have a strong working knowledge of Excel
- Highly organized; able to track information closely and create clear workflows
- Hard-working and persistent; able to stay on task and work collaboratively to get things done
- Careful and attentive to detail
- Experience with Workday is a plus
- Experience in a reconciliations or accounting role is a plus
- Familiarity with the trading firm billing ecosystem and the kinds of bills/fees/commissions that exist is a plus
Base salary is $95,000-$115,000. Base salary is only one part of Jane Street total compensation, which includes an annual discretionary bonus.
If you're a recruiting agency and want to partner with us, please reach out to agency-partnerships@janestreet.com.
Salary : $95,000 - $115,000
