About the role

Analyst/Senior Analyst – Compliance (Control Room and Guidance) – Financial Operations

The D. E. Shaw group is a global investment and technology development firm with more than $85 billion in investment capital as of December 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.

The D. E. Shaw group uses a combination of quantitative and qualitative tools to uncover self-governing, hard-to-find sources of return across global public and private markets. We are seeking an analyst to join our Compliance team at the firm’s office based in Hyderabad to work closely with a team of attorneys and compliance professionals to help ensure that the firm’s business activities are conducted in strict accordance with regulatory requirements.

The Compliance group is an integral part of our global Financial Operations group and is responsible for implementing and enforcing policies and procedures across multiple regulatory requirements. This position affords the opportunity for broad exposure to the firm’s trading, operations, and software development groups, as well as the chance to handle real-time issues related to the firm’s expanding suite of global investment products in a dynamic, constantly evolving regulatory environment.

WHAT YOU WILL DO DAY-TO-DAY:

The Compliance group is responsible for implementing and enforcing policies and procedures across multiple regulatory requirements, where you will be assisting front office trading desks by conducting thorough research on the firm’s positions and applicable regulations for each asset class across jurisdictions through the deployment of advanced data analytics and data visualization techniques like statistical analysis, predictive modelling, clustering, etc. on tools like Power BI and others.

You will also perform regulatory filing obligations, requiring complex quantitative and qualitative analysis of the firm’s short position and long ownership reports across US, UK, EU, Japan, etc. jurisdictions, and assist in monitoring and implementing controls designed to ensure compliance with global regulations by deploying various data analytics and visualization techniques. Additionally, you will be conducting thorough analysis on the fundamental research data collected by the trading groups through their interactions with external industry experts/consultants around various market sectors to avoid potential trading while in possession of material non-public information.

Furthermore, you will be assisting with long-term projects to maintain the firm’s high standards of compliance with new and existing regulations.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

The ideal candidate should hold:

Basic qualifications:

A master’s degree in finance along with up to 2 years of work experience in the financial services industry
Self-motivation, a results-oriented mindset, robust analytical and problem-solving skills, learning agility, attention to detail, the ability to work in a dynamic environment and the capacity to meet tight deadlines
Excellent written and oral communication skills along with exceptional interpersonal skills

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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.