Member of Accounting, Regulated Trading & Derivatives

The role

This role supports the accounting and regulatory reporting for Anchorage Digital's Broker-dealer and Swap-dealer entities. The work covers monthly, quarterly and year-end close, derivatives and digital asset reconciliations, and regulatory schedules and audits.

What you will do

• Prepare journal entries, account reconciliations and flux analysis for the Broker-dealer and Swap-dealer entities during each close, under US GAAP.
• Account for trading activity, derivatives, margin, collateral and digital asset positions, and reconcile them to clearing, custody and counterparty statements.
• Investigate and resolve breaks and open items, and document root causes.
• Support internal and external auditors with schedules, samples and walkthroughs.
• Prepare supporting schedules for SEC FOCUS reports, CFTC/NFA swap dealer financial reports, and net capital computations.
• Help monitor compliance with SEC Rules 15c3-1 and 15c3-3, and CFTC capital and withdrawal rules, and flag early-warning issues.
• Maintain the weekly regulatory capital model.
• Support regulatory audits and examinations by SEC, FINRA, CFTC and NFA.
• Help set up books, chart of accounts, close checklists and reporting packages, and design and test internal controls.
• Look for ways to automate manual work and work with Treasury, Trading Operations, Engineering and Product.

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive accounting or finance experience, ideally at a broker-dealer, swap dealer, FCM, bank, trading firm or crypto company.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field.
• Solid command of US GAAP, including ASC 815 and accounting for trading securities, margin, collateral and revenue recognition.
• Exposure to derivatives such as futures, options and uncleared swaps, and an understanding of how trades flow into the ledger.
• Advanced Excel skills and comfort with a modern ledger or ERP such as NetSuite and close tools such as FloQast.
• Hands-on and detail-oriented, with the ability to tie out numbers and follow issues to a fix.
• Able to set up processes, templates and controls from a blank page.
• Ability to explain accounting and regulatory capital topics clearly to non-finance partners.

Nice to have

• CPA license or active progress toward one (the posting says strongly preferred).
• Working familiarity with broker-dealer and CFTC/NFA swap dealer financial reporting.
• Experience helping stand up or scale a finance function at a broker-dealer or swap dealer.
• FCM accounting and reporting experience.
• Accounting or financial reporting experience with digital assets or crypto derivatives.
• Familiarity with institutional trading systems, clearing platforms and modern ledgering software.
• Comfort with SQL, Python or automation tools.
• Prior Series 27 or NFA Series 3 exam progress.

Before you apply

• All new hires must complete an in-person onboarding process, with no exceptions.

About the company

Anchorage Digital is a crypto platform that enables institutions to participate in digital assets through custody, staking, trading and settlement. It is home to Anchorage Digital Bank N.A., the first federally chartered crypto bank in the U.S., and has a team of more than 600 members.