Accountant, Kraken

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or a closely related field required, with a minimum of 2 years of experience in financial and/or regulatory reporting
• Working experience from the Big 4 or a national accounting firm and/or industry experience. Financial Services, Fintech, Broker-Dealer, Banking or Exchange preferred
• Microsoft Excel proficiency including pivot tables, H & V-Lookup, Index, Match and exceptional attention to detail and accuracy
• Working knowledge of US GAAP and ASC 606
• Experience taking ownership of assigned journal entries, reconciliations and proactively looking for innovative ways to improve processes and mitigate risks
• Ability to be collaborative, flexible, and build relationships across the organization while learning quickly in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

Desirable

• 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
• 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-networth individuals and financial institutional clients
• We are seeking an accountant on our OTC accounting team, who will support our OTC business on transaction reporting and reconciliations
• You will work closely with your Finance and Accounting leaders and business partners to prepare revenue and related reports and support financial and regulatory audits
• You will have opportunities to work on projects to automate close processes and improve the quality of our financial statements
• Preparing journal entries and account reconciliations for month-end close to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting
• Investigating and resolving any variance for assigned accounts and assets
• Processing transaction matching across all ledgers and assigned bank accounts
• Supporting operation teams with timely and accurate operation reports
• Preparing audit schedules and update flux comments
• Documenting processes and procedures to ensure proper controls are maintained
• Managing additional duties and responsibilities as assigned