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# Banking Systems and Controls Specialist at Jane Street

- **Company:** Jane Street
- **Location:** New York New York, United States
- **Posted:** 2026-09-10
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-17
- **Apply:** https://www.janestreet.com/join-jane-street/apply/8746100002?gh_jid=8746100002

## Job description

## About the position

We are looking for a Banking Systems and Controls Specialist to join our growing Banking Administration team, which is responsible for bank account management, corporate treasury operations, and cash management controls.

In this role, you will primarily focus on managing Jane Street’s corporate bank accounts and the internal controls around the accounts that hold our cash. This includes opening and maintaining accounts at various financial institutions, ensuring adequate internal controls in systems and movements of cash, and providing user support and system administration for critical cash portals.

Additional responsibilities of this role will include:

- Leading and managing bank account and cash controls-related projects with external banking partners and internal teams
- Acting as a primary contact for daily operational and technical support related to our corporate bank accounts, cash controls, and payment processing
- Expanding, centralizing, and maintaining our current database of bank accounts and relationships
- Partnering with several internal teams across the firm to support firmwide cash-management needs and initiatives
- Managing our corporate credit card program and credit card administration, which includes requesting new cards, managing limits, and coordinating with the bank on fraudulent transactions
- Assisting with wires, electronic document management, and the Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR) process
- Working in partnership with our accounting-specific dev team to improve and automate processes as a firm, and collaborating with our global team to ensure processes remain consistent across all of Jane Street’s offices

## About you

- Have 10+ years of relevant experience and a bachelor’s degree in business, accounting, or a related field
- Have a strong understanding of bank account management, including but not limited to internal controls and corporate governance, maintaining authorized signatories, user access management, and corporate banking services/products
- A skilled problem-solver with strong technical aptitude
- An experienced project manager with business acumen in managing internal stakeholders and external banking partners
- Organized with a keen attention to detail and accuracy
- Adaptable and resourceful; able to self-learn common functions, including but not limited to wires and payments, user entitlements, and reporting
- Able to handle competing priorities and work effectively in a challenging, fast-paced environment
- A self-starter with strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Mature and trustworthy; able to handle sensitive information with care
- Familiar with wire processing and global payment types (e.g., wire, ACH, BACS, SEPA, FPS)
- Comfortable working with data and eager to automate manual processes
- Familiarity with Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Sign, and/or Foxit PDF Editor is a plus
- Familiarity with ISO 20022, SWIFT network, and/or payment integrations is a plus

If you're a recruiting agency and want to partner with us, please reach out to agency-partnerships@janestreet.com.

## About Jane Street

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Jane Street is a global quantitative trading firm and liquidity provider that uses sophisticated technology, machine learning, and deep market expertise to trade financial products across equities, bonds, options, and ETFs.
- **Entity Type**: Private (not publicly traded)
- **Headquarters**: New York, USA (with offices in London, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Amsterdam)
- **Founded**: 2000
- **Founders**: Not publicly disclosed as a single founder group; the firm was founded by a team of quantitative traders and technologists.

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Quantitative finance / Proprietary trading / Market making
- **Target customers**: Institutional clients (asset managers, pension funds, insurance companies, hedge funds) and global exchanges; the firm acts as a liquidity provider on over 200 electronic exchanges.
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “Solving the puzzle of global markets” — a research-driven approach to trading, blending human intuition with cutting-edge quantitative analysis.

## Products & Services
- **Market Making**: Jane Street provides continuous, two-sided quotes on equities, ETFs, bonds, options, and other instruments, helping keep prices consistent and reliable across global markets.
- **Proprietary Trading**: The firm trades its own capital across a wide range of asset classes, using sophisticated models and automated strategies.
- **Institutional Sales & Trading**: Partners with asset managers, pensions, and insurance companies to provide trading solutions and access to differentiated liquidity.
- **Technology & Infrastructure**: Builds all critical software in-house (trading systems, risk management, data analysis tools), using the OCaml functional programming language.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private firm). Industry estimates suggest Jane Street is one of the world’s largest and most profitable market makers, with annual trading volumes in the trillions of dollars.
- **Key Metric**: Not publicly disclosed. The firm is widely reported to have generated billions in annual revenue and profit, though exact figures are private.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: 100% employee-owned. No external investors. Partners include top institutional clients globally.
- **Growth Signals**: Jane Street has grown every year in team, capital, and global presence since its founding in 2000. It has expanded from a focus on ETFs into equities, bonds, options, and other asset classes. The firm continues to invest heavily in machine learning and quantitative research.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Technical Moat**: Builds almost all software in-house using OCaml, a statically typed functional language that provides high reliability, real-time visibility, and performance at market scale.
- **Data & Scale**: Trades on 200+ electronic exchanges globally, processing trillions of historical events to uncover both sub-microsecond and long-term market inefficiencies.
- **Talent Density**: A culture of intellectual curiosity and collaboration across trading, research, and technology teams. The firm is known for hiring top minds from any background (math, physics, CS, engineering) and training them in-house.
- **Long-Term Track Record**: Over 20 years of consistent growth and profitability, navigating volatile markets with a disciplined, research-driven approach.

## Strategic Focus
- **Machine Learning & Quantitative Research**: Deepening the use of ML techniques across all trading strategies, from high-frequency to long-term systematic models.
- **Global Expansion**: Continuing to grow its presence in existing offices (NY, London, HK, Singapore, Amsterdam) and exploring new markets.
- **Technology Investment**: Ongoing investment in infrastructure, hardware (e.g., programmable hardware, high-performance computing), and software tools to maintain a competitive edge.
- **Talent Pipeline**: Heavy focus on recruiting interns and new grads, as well as experienced hires, with structured programs for learning and mentorship.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as “open and collaborative,” with porous boundaries between trading, research, and technology. Intellectual humility and curiosity are highly valued.
- **Learning & Development**: Offers immersive internships, multi-day programs, direct mentorship, and a week abroad for interns. Full-time employees have access to extensive internal training, a library, and classrooms in every office.
- **Work Environment**: Most employees write code as part of their regular work. The firm is known for its technical excellence and for using the most advanced tools available.
- **Benefits**: Daily breakfast and lunch, fully-stocked kitchens, on-site gyms, nursing suites, quiet rooms, recreation spaces, health services, and more. Offices are designed for collaboration and deep focus.
- **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: Not explicitly stated, but the firm emphasizes in-person collaboration on trading floors. Offices are located in major global cities.
- **Diversity**: Actively seeks people from all backgrounds and emphasizes that the company is only as strong as its people.

## Sources
1. [janestreet.com - Home](https://www.janestreet.com/)
2. [janestreet.com - Overview](https://www.janestreet.com/join-jane-street/overview/)
3. [janestreet.com - What We Do](https://www.janestreet.com/what-we-do/overview/)
4. [janestreet.com - Departments](https://www.janestreet.com/join-jane-street/departments)
5. [janestreet.com - Open Roles](https://www.janestreet.com/join-jane-street/open-roles/)

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