Senior Accountant

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Senior Accountant owning revenue, incentives, controls, and close activities for Circle’s digital asset and payments platform. Applying U.S. GAAP and automation to complex partner arrangements.

Responsibilities:

  • Own end-to-end accounting for revenue and partner arrangements
  • Own month-end and quarter-end close, including subledger reviews, journal entries, account reconciliations, reconciling-item resolution, and related controls
  • Analyse balance sheet and P&L movements, investigate anomalies, and provide evidence-based commentary
  • Review and circulate the revenue flash
  • Partner with FinOps and Product teams to assess accounting implications of new products and transaction and fund flows
  • Review customer and partner arrangements and apply ASC 606 and other relevant U.S. GAAP
  • Document accounting conclusions in clear, audit-ready memos
  • Review expected credit loss provisions and underlying assumptions
  • Partner with FinOps, Product, Billing, Legal, Tax, Data and Engineering teams to translate accounting requirements into scalable processes, systems, controls and reporting
  • Own accounting for customer and partner incentives, including validating calculations and recording accruals, true-ups and journal entries
  • Maintain documentation and audit readiness
  • Identify, design and implement AI and automation solutions to reduce manual work, improve quality and strengthen controls

Requirements:

  • 4+ years of relevant accounting, revenue or audit experience
  • ACA, CPA, ACCA or equivalent professional accounting qualification
  • Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and/or IFRS, particularly ASC 606 / IFRS 15
  • Hands-on experience applying revenue recognition guidance to complex and judgemental arrangements
  • Strong technical accounting and problem solving skills
  • Ability to understand new products and commercial arrangements, assess accounting implications, and translate conclusions into clear accounting and system requirements
  • Strong systems and data mindset
  • Ability to understand transaction and fund flows across systems, investigate complex datasets, and identify and resolve process, data or accounting gaps
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to prepare high quality accounting memos and explain complex accounting matters clearly
  • High ownership, attention to detail and quality standards
  • Ability to take end-to-end responsibility with limited oversight
  • Hands-on experience using AI, automation or data tools to solve problems and improve processes
  • Experience in payments, crypto, banking or technology companies
  • Experience with Oracle Fusion or similar ERP systems and transaction subledgers
  • Experience/familiarity with Slack, Apple MacOS and GSuite

Benefits:

  • Flexible work environment
  • Inclusive financial future and equal opportunity employment
  • Interview accommodations or assistance for disabilities
  • Human oversight and audit readiness when using AI and automation