Senior Product Control Accountant
Hudson River Trading (HRT) is seeking a highly motivated accounting professional with a background in financial services to join our Product Control team. In this role, you will support various functions within Product Control such as trading P&L reconciliation, financial product research, new trading onboarding, P&L attribution, and analysis. In addition, you will collaborate with developers to design and implement tools and reports relating to various trading reconciliation and reporting processes.
Responsibilities
- Perform daily T+1 trading P&L reconciliations across various asset classes, including trading gains/losses, dividends, interest, and commissions
- Prepare trading P&L attribution for traders and provide commentary on any reconciling/adjusting items
- Work with our Middle Office group and external brokers to reconcile daily position and cash breaks, as well as troubleshoot processing of corporate actions
- Perform month-end closing procedures associated with trading in both regulated and non-regulated entities across the globe
- Assist with onboarding new trading into existing technology and platforms, including post-trade and general ledger systems
- Perform necessary accounting research as needed, and provide recommendations to management for proper treatment of specific financial products and complex trading transactions
- Collaborate with other accounting functions (FP&A, legal entity control, external reporting, and regulatory reporting) to support overall business needs and manage trading-related financial information requests
- Work with our tax department to provide trading P&L analysis in connection with tax filings and new trading launches
- Collaborate with our Treasury group to maintain efficient margin and FX exposure across our brokerage accounts
- Assist in the creation and design of automated reports requested by management
- Test and utilize automated tools for reconciliation and profit reports, including utilizing Unix commands, SQL queries, and running scripts in Python
- Work with relational databases and set up reports using simple SQL queries
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance or other quantitative discipline
- 2 - 4 years of experience in a Big 4/large national accounting firm or relevant industry
- Investment accounting and financial product experience preferred
- Strong Excel skills; SQL/Python experience preferred
- Familiarity with AI prompting preferred
- A CA (Singapore), CPA, or equivalent professional qualification is a plus
- Excellent cross-functional communications skills; the ideal candidate will be articulate, persuasive, and tactful
- Meticulous attention to detail
- Exceptional time management skills, including the ability to multitask within a fast-paced working environment
- This role requires close collaboration with our US team in NYC. Candidates should be comfortable with a flexible schedule that includes attending morning/evening conference calls (typically between 8 AM/PM – 10 AM/PM SGT) as needed
- This role requires occasional travel to the US
Culture
Hudson River Trading (HRT) brings a scientific approach to trading financial products. We have built one of the world's most sophisticated computing environments for research and development. Our researchers are at the forefront of innovation in the world of algorithmic trading.
At HRT we welcome a variety of expertise: mathematics and computer science, physics and engineering, media and tech. We’re a community of self-starters who are motivated by the excitement of being at the cutting edge of automation in every part of our organization—from trading, to business operations, to recruiting and beyond. We value openness and transparency, and celebrate great ideas from HRT veterans and new hires alike. At HRT we’re friends and colleagues – whether we are sharing a meal, playing the latest board game, or writing elegant code. We embrace a culture of togetherness that extends far beyond the walls of our office.
Feel like you belong at HRT? Our goal is to find the best people and bring them together to do great work in a place where everyone is valued. HRT is proud of our diverse staff; we have offices all over the globe and benefit from our varied and unique perspectives. HRT is an equal opportunity employer; so whoever you are we’d love to get to know you.
Please be advised: Use of AI tools during interviews or assessments is strictly prohibited, unless otherwise instructed or agreed upon. We employ various methods to evaluate the authenticity of candidate responses. If we determine that AI assistance was used during any stage of the hiring process, we reserve the right to immediately disqualify your candidacy or rescind any job offers extended.