Senior Accountant, Stablecoins

Title: Senior Accountant, Stablecoins

Location: San Francisco United States

Job Description:

Circle is a financial technology company at the epicenter of the emerging internet of money, where value can finally travel like other digital data — globally, nearly instantly and less expensively than legacy settlement systems. This ground-breaking new internet layer opens up previously unimaginable possibilities for payments, commerce and markets that can help raise global economic prosperity and enhance inclusion. Our infrastructure – including USDC, a blockchain-based dollar – helps businesses, institutions and developers harness these breakthroughs and capitalize on this major turning point in the evolution of money and technology.

What you’ll be part of:

Circle is committed to visibility and stability in everything we do. As we grow as an organization, we’re expanding into some of the world’s strongest jurisdictions. Speed and efficiency are motivators for our success and our employees live by our company values: Multistakeholder, Mindfulness, Driven by Excellence and High Integrity. Circlers are consistently evolving in a remote world where strength in numbers fuels team success. We have built a flexible and diverse work environment where new ideas are encouraged and everyone is a stakeholder.

What you’ll be responsible for:

Circle is looking for an exceptional Senior Accountant to support the Stablecoin team. As a Senior Accountant you will be a key resource representative in the Stablecoin transactional flow accounting process including reconciliations, journal entries, exception monitoring and analysis, data integrity and report automation. As a multi-entity, international company, you will work with multiple banking partners, processing platforms and varying fiat and digital currencies. You will also work closely with the data and engineering, product, treasury, risk and general finance teams.

What you’ll work on:

• Oversee preparation of reconciliation for Stablecoin customer flows, reconciling corresponding cash movement and stablecoin issuance/redemption.
• Prepare the reconciliations related to Stablecoins ensuring complete and accurate reporting.
• Support key financial filings such as the monthly Stablecoin attestation
• Perform fluctuation analysis and analyze changes in accounts to ensure balances are accurately recorded in our GL and financial statements
• Support in the validation of Stablecoin reporting to ensure that it is complete and accurate for existing and new product launches.
• Collaborate on the implementation of a new accounting software to automate and streamline close processes.
• Assist with relevant SOX, SEC reporting, audit and tax requirements
• Perform special accounting analysis and projects, as requested

What you’ll bring to Circle:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or Business
• Minimum of 4 years of accounting experience preferred but not required
• Direct experience performing detailed and data intensive reconciliations
• Strong technical accounting skills and be current with regulations and compliance issues
• A passion for process improvement and automation
• Organized, detailed, proactive, self-motivated, collaborative, multi-tasker, and creative
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Proven ability to excel in a fast-paced environment is extremely important
• Ability to prioritize workloads and ensure tasks are completed timely
• High integrity and ability to handle confidential information
• Experience/familiarity with Slack, Apple MacOS and GSuite

You will aspire to our four core values:

• Multistakeholder – you have dedication and commitment to our customers, shareholders, employees and families and local communities.
• Mindful – you seek to be respectful, an active listener and to pay attention to detail.
• Driven by Excellence – you are driven by our mission and our passion for customer success which means you relentlessly pursue excellence, that you do not tolerate mediocrity and you work intensely to achieve your goals.
• High Integrity – you seek open and honest communication, and you hold yourself to very high moral and ethical standards. You reject manipulation, dishonesty and intolerance.

Circle is on a mission to create an inclusive financial future, with transparency at our core. We consider a wide variety of elements when crafting our compensation ranges and total compensation packages.

Starting pay is determined by various factors, including but not limited to: relevant experience, skill set, qualifications, and other business and organizational needs. Please note that compensation ranges may differ for candidates in other locations.

Base Pay Range: $102,500 – $137,500

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Circle. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Additionally, Circle participates in the E-Verify Program in certain locations, as required by law.

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