Analyst - Pricing (Financial Operations)

The D. E. Shaw group is a global investment and technology development firm with more than $65 billion in investment capital as of March 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 are looking for resourceful candidates to join our Financial Operations (FinOps) group based in Hyderabad or Gurugram, India. 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.

WHAT YOU'LL DO DAY-TO-DAY:

In this role, you will play a key part in supporting the accurate valuation of a wide range of financial instruments, including equity, bonds, assetbacked securities, interest rate swaps, swaptions, and both exchangetraded 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.

WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR:

Basic qualifications:

• A master’s degree in finance or equivalent, with 1-2 years of experience
• Knowledge of various equity/fixed income and derivatives (OTC and Exchange Traded) products
• Comfort with financial databases such as Bloomberg, Markit, or Morgan Markets
• Experience with Excel (VBA, macros, Power Query) for data analysis and automation
• Exceptional valuation, research and financial modeling skills including excellent analytical and quantitative skills, as well as the ability to perform in-depth, innovative, critical analysis
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills (both oral and written), with proven ability to articulate sophisticated ideas, issues and recommendations effectively
  
  

Preferred qualification:

• MBA, with a CFA qualification
  
  

Interested candidates can apply through our website:

https://www.deshawindia.com/recruit/jobs/Adv/Link/AnlPricFinOpJul25

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The Firm offers excellent benefits, a casual, collegial working environment, and an attractive compensation package. For further information about our recruitment process, including how applicant data will be processed, please visit https://www.deshawindia.com/careers

Members of the D. E. Shaw group do not discriminate in employment matters on the basis of sex, race, colour, caste, creed, religion, pregnancy, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or any other protected class.