Accounting Analyst - Rev Share & Daily Recon

Building the Future of Crypto

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The team

The Finance team at Kraken is a group of specialists charged with managing the firm’s liquidity capital and risk and providing the overall financial controls and reporting functions for executive decision making compliance and audit readiness. Our work contributes directly to Kraken’s success.

The Platform Accounting team is an integral part of the Finance organization responsible for financial accounting and reporting on a variety of trading products and transactions including fiat digital assets futures margin options and other new company initiatives. In addition the Platform Accounting team oversees Over-the-Counter (“OTC”) operations serving Kraken’s high net-worth individuals and financial institutional clients. The Platform Accounting team is a dynamic organization at the forefront of building best in-class accounting processes and infrastructure to support Kraken’s mission of widespread adoption of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology as a whole. The team is highly motivated collaborative supportive and continuously strives for improvement. You will join a high performing and passionate team to work on projects that have a global reach offering a broader perspective on finance and accounting.

We are seeking a Platform Accounting Analyst who will play a crucial part in our month end close and reporting by supporting business processes and products from an accounting and reconciliation perspective. Areas that you will be involved in include but are not limited to digital asset reconciliations for corporate & custodial crypto equities xstocks fiat reconciliations spot trading margin futures Realized & Unrealized gain loss and new product launches. You will work closely with your finance/accounting leaders & business partners to prepare reconciliations and related reports and support financial and regulatory audits. There will also be ample opportunities to work on projects to help automate close processes and improve the quality of our financial statements.

The opportunity

• Interface daily with internal systems and our proprietary exchange platform to assist with fiat and digital asset position reconciliations across our various banks and crypto wallets

• Delivery of financial & treasury reconciliations for applicable local entities in particular client funding reconciliations for the regulated entities for review and approval by senior management. Ensure Group Treasury are informed of funding requirements on a timely basis.

• Support and maintain key regulatory processes that facilitate both timely product launches but also ongoing regulatory compliance post-launch.

• Manage AR module invoices credits and payment receipts applications to support revenue contracts

• Prepare journal entries and account reconciliations for month-end close to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting

• Promptly research and correct discrepancies while communicating findings and actions to the appropriate stakeholders cross functionally

• Support financial reporting & regulatory requests by providing complete accurate and timely support for areas we are responsible for

• Ensure accounting on both consolidated and stand alone financials comply with various different regulatory environments and entities across the globe

• Independently manage and develop current reconciliation processes for greater efficiency and transparency while analyzing data against business drivers to identify issues and trends

• Maintain and review daily monthly and yearly reconciliations for financial accounting issues and reporting

• Provide support for internal and external audits including and not limited the local statutory audit process for applicable local legal entities

• Document processes and procedures to ensure proper controls are maintained

• Participate in ad hoc requests as assigned

Skills you should HODL

• 3+ years of accounting/audit experience from the Big 4 or national accounting firms

• ACA/ACCA/CIMA Qualified Accountant or local equivalent i.e. ICAS or CA

• Knowledge of US GAAP and experience with SOX

• Collaborative innovative flexible and adept at building relationships across the organization

• Ability to handle multiple projects and deliverables in a fast-paced dynamic environment

• Microsoft Excel proficiency including pivot tables H & V-Lookup

Nice to haves

• Industry experience in crypto financial services fintech broker-dealer banking or exchange

• Experience interest or knowledge of cryptocurrency

• Experience and knowledge of SQL

• Experience with high volume transactions

• Experience using Netsuite

This job is accepting ongoing applications and there is no application deadline.

Please note applicants are permitted to redact or remove information on their resume that identifies age date of birth or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution.

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team assessing candidates in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

Kraken is powered by people from around the world and we celebrate all Krakenites for their diverse talents backgrounds contributions and unique perspectives. We hire strictly based on merit meaning we seek out the candidates with the right abilities knowledge and skills considered the most suitable for the job. We encourage you to apply for roles where you don't fully meet the listed requirements especially if you're passionate or knowledgable about crypto!

As an equal opportunity employer we don’t tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind. Whether that’s based on race ethnicity age gender identity citizenship religion sexual orientation disability pregnancy veteran status or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal state or local laws.

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