Building the Future of Crypto 

Our Krakenites are a world-class team with crypto conviction, united by our desire to discover and unlock the potential of crypto and blockchain technology.

What makes us different?

Kraken is a mission-focused company rooted in crypto values. As a Krakenite, you’ll join us on our mission to accelerate the global adoption of crypto, so that everyone can achieve financial freedom and inclusion. For over a decade, Kraken’s focus on our mission and crypto ethos has attracted many of the most talented crypto experts in the world.

Before you apply, please read the Kraken Culture page to learn more about our internal culture, values, and mission. We also expect candidates to familiarize themselves with the Kraken app. Learn how to create a Kraken account here.

As a fully remote company, we have Krakenites in 70+ countries who speak over 50 languages. Krakenites are industry pioneers who develop premium crypto products for experienced traders, institutions, and newcomers to the space. Kraken is committed to industry-leading security, crypto education, and world-class client support through our products like Kraken Pro, Kraken NFT, and Kraken Futures.

Become a Krakenite and build the future of crypto!

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The Team

Joining our Global Finance Team, you'll become a vital part of a crucial team dedicated to implementing cutting-edge accounting principles within the dynamic cryptocurrency industry. Our mission at Kraken is to pave the way for financial freedom and widespread crypto adoption, and your role will play a pivotal role in ensuring our organization operates smoothly towards this goal.

This role will have a major focus on intercompany accounting and consolidation

The Opportunity

• Work on the consolidation close including the preparation of consolidation and elimination journal entries, supporting documentation, run consolidation and revaluation processes for the financial statements and perform checks on overall consolidated financial statements

• Collaborate with cross-functional business partners and finance teams across subsidiaries to record intercompany transactions, resolve intercompany issues, intercompany confirmations and ensure accurate consolidation and elimination entries.

• Execute day-to-day operations and month-end close, including but not limited to journal entry preparation, accruals, balance sheet account and P&L reconciliation and intercompany activity reconciliation.

• Manage the intercompany process and balances, including review and preparation of supporting documentation for intercompany netting and settlement.

• Conduct financial statement flux analysis at the entity level for subsidiary companies, including drafting trend analysis and variance analysis reports.

• Prepare support for regulatory, tax and compliance filings and reporting. Provide explanations for queries from regulators and authorities.

• Perform walkthroughs, address questions from auditors and responsible for the audit schedules preparation and ad hoc audit supports

• Assist with system integrations and optimizations.

• Embrace and uphold the team's culture of open-mindedness and a proactive 'can-do' attitude.

• Possess the capability and willingness to adapt to rapidly changing priorities with agility.

• Additional duties and responsibilities as required

Skills You Should HODL

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or its equivalent

• Certified Public Accountant, Chartered Accountant (CPA, CA) or its equivalent

• Experience in financial reporting, consolidation, mark-to-market, revaluation, translation and intercompany accounting.

• Background in accounting for financial services, fintech, banking, or an exchange strongly preferred

• Audit experience preferred

• Experienced with multi-currency accounting for complex business structures (eg. parent organization comprising of multiple layer holding companies and subsidiaries with various functional currencies)

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

• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

• Flexibility to work across different time zones during crucial time periods (eg. month end closes and/or critical business/system launches)

• Excellent presentation skills, including strong oral and writing capabilities

• High proficiency in Microsoft Excel including macros, pivot tables, VLOOKUP, INDEX MATCH, SUMIF

• Google and Microsoft suite proficiency required

Nice to Haves

• Familiarity with SOX

• Working experience with accounting, financial reporting and ERP systems (Netsuite, Blackline, Kyriba)

• Experience or knowledge in cryptocurrency is preferred

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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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