Finance Intern

Location: New York

Hourly rate: $30/hr

In office: Mornings (15-20 hours a week)

*Must be local to NYC and able to begin immediately

The Opportunity

We are seeking a highly motivated Finance Intern who can provide much needed support to our Accounting and Finance team located in New York and Chicago. Working closely with the Senior Accountant and CFO, this role will assist in a variety of accounting and finance duties.

Who We Are

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. At Group One, we value transparency and collaboration coming from unique perspectives and backgrounds. We hire bright, analytical, and competitive people and train them to be the best in the industry. We strive to create a workplace in which all employees have an opportunity to participate and contribute to the success of the business. A healthy work-life balance is essential to sustaining our work culture and our overall success. We rely on our employees to spur creativity, enhance problem-solving, and help us thrive in the high-pressure trading industry.

What We Do

Group One Trading was founded in 1989, and we've become one of the largest privately held options trading firms in the United States, with a great team located in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, and San Francisco. We continue to expand our presence on exchanges as the options trading space grows and evolves. Our traders provide competitive liquidity across a broad range of securities. We manage portfolios of thousands of securities and electronically stream two-sided quotes across multiple exchanges. Group One is wholly owned by its founders and employees, and all our trading is proprietary, placing both the rewards for our success and managerial oversight directly in our team's hands.

Responsibilities

As an Accounting Intern, your primary responsibilities will include:

• Assisting the CFO and other finance members in daily and monthly accounting and finance matters.
• Preparing and analyzing various revenue and expense accounts and other general accounting.
• Assist in verifying accuracy of accounting records and analyzing discrepancies.

• Enter Pnl and cash entries to reconcile equity at clearing to General Ledger (GL).
• Perform calculations on SOFR/futures Pnl and effectively communicate with internal stakeholders.
• Multi-entity funding GL entries.
• Assist with Corporate card expense documentation.
• Perform month-end process work which includes bank reconciliations, interest accrual calculations and performing allocations of class action securities recoveries.
• Work collaboratively with members of other departments.

Requirements

• Pursuing an undergraduate degree in Accounting, Finance, Math or related major.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Strong communication skills (oral/written).
• Must be able to coordinate multiple projects at once.
• Detail-oriented.
• Basic understanding of financial markets and the security trading environment specifically of equity options a strong plus.
• High degree of personal integrity and ethics.

The Benefits

We provide a competitive hourly compensation, a environment which promotes collaboration, mentorship and continuous learning. Group One gladly sponsors qualified international candidates selected to join our team.