Finance Manager, Kraken
UK EMI
Cryptocurrency exchange
Job no longer available
Cryptocurrency exchange
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.
Role
Who you are
- This role is ideally suited to a tenacious self-starter who is comfortable working across a broad range of areas within a finance function, as well as being flexible and dynamic in a changeable environment
- Qualified Accountant - ACA, CIMA, ACCA with 6+ years experience in an applicable role, with regulatory oversight from an EMI business or Bank
- Ability to take ownership of the development of a wide range of processes within a new finance function, living as a leader and advising on the wider finance agenda
- Experience of all relevant regulations within Electronic Money Institution, and related Financial Operations including (but not limited to) Safeguarding Reconciliations, Wind-down planning and Regulatory Reporting
- Demonstrable experience of having worked in a Matrixed Organisation
- Excellent analysis and problem-solving skills
- Strong understanding of a best-in-class control environment and an appetite to implement and monitor same
- Excellent stakeholder engagement skills
- Ability to be flexible & adaptable, always ready to pivot and solve the next problem
- Enthusiastic, motivated, self-starter, pro-active and a team player
- Strong interpersonal skills and excellent communicator
- Willingness and ability to take ownership of issues and manage through to a successful resolution
- Required to provide detailed analysis and information on complex queries/problems and communicate to stakeholders on proposed solutions and recommendations
- Understanding & execution of requirements / expectations
- Minimal supervisory oversight and able to perform duties with minimal or no guidance
- Assertiveness, tenacious and control focused
What the job involves
- We are recruiting for an experienced finance operations professional to take on the role of Finance Manager, playing a key role within the finance function of our UK regulatory entities
- The successful candidate will be responsible for the delivery of a broad range of financial and management reporting across all entities, as well as the provision of regulatory reporting for our regulated entities
- The role will predominantly focus on the ownership of core deliverables, but a successful candidate is also expected to provide guidance and advice on the wider finance and regulatory agenda
- Oversee and challenge the development of financial and reporting processes within our regulated entities and seek ways to innovate so as to ensure they are robust and of an extremely high standard
- The Finance Manager will be required to lead the finance workstream of certain local projects and legal entity development, working closely with the Group Finance to ensure local requirements are considered both in-project and by the wider Group
- Delivery of financial & treasury reconciliations for all local entities, in particular client funding reconciliations for the regulated entity, for approval by senior management
- Support the monthly, quarterly, and annual management and financial accounts, including monthly budget to actuals review as part of the Group FP&A processes
- Delivery of regulatory returns for our regulated entities
- Support ongoing review and presentation of capital requirements
- Involvement in the statutory audit process for all local legal entities
- Being the primary point of contact with the Group Financial Control team to ensure a common understanding between Group and local legal entities
- Develop a robust control environment
- Ownership and maintenance of the risk register for the Finance function
- Support the Group FP&A team with all ad-hoc corporate requests applicable to both the local legal entities and the broader Group agenda
Our take
Kraken is the world’s largest global bitcoin exchange in euro volume and liquidity. Kraken’s clients also trade USD, CAD, ETH, XRP, LTC and other digital currencies, on a platform consistently rated the best and most secure bitcoin exchange by independent news media.
Kraken was the first bitcoin exchange to have its market data displayed on the Bloomberg Terminal, the first to pass a cryptographically verifiable proof-of-reserves audit, and one of the first exchanges to offer leveraged bitcoin margin trading.
Kraken are one of the top 3 bitcoin exchanges by volume, behind Coinbase and bit-x with an 18% market share. While this is a competitive space to operate in - the volume of crypto being exchanged every day is very high, so there's space for multiple winners.
Kraken have made a number of acquisitions and have strengthened its world-leading position with the launch of new products, features and apps and a 24/7 multi-lingual support line. The company will continue to provide clients with easier and more versatile ways to participate in the crypto ecosystem.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
13% female employees
22% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Feb 2019
$100m
SERIES C
Mar 2014
$5m
SERIES A
Total funding: $111.5m
Company benefits
- Work where you want: 90% of Krakenites work remotely, we believe people do their best work wherever they're happiest
- Flexibility and Autonomy: We are highly results-focused vs. time-focused. We want you to work when and how you need to keep you at your most proactive
- We value diversity: Our Team is spread across 60 countries. By joining Kraken you'll be part of a truly multicultural organization that values diversity and inclusion
- A new approach to salary: Kraken prides itself on being at the forefront of crypto innovation, and that means the majority of our workforce has the option to be paid in bitcoin
- Equity Options: Kraken owes its success and growth to its people. That's why we offer nearly all our Krakenites a stake in the company
Company values
- Crypto Conviction
- Assume Best Intent
- Innovative
- Collaborative
- Client Obsessed
- Productively Paranoid
- Globally Inclusive
- Humble
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Articles
Leadership
Jesse Powell
(Chairman of the Board)Previously co-founded Verge Gallery & Studio Project, Lewt and Internet Ventures & Holdings
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