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Alpaca

Builds APIs for brokerage and automated trading

Accounting Senior Manager

Financial AccountingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeNo salary listedRemote

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field is required; CPA is strongly preferred.
  • 8–10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including public accounting and/or a complex corporate accounting environment.
  • Strong understanding of US GAAP, technical accounting research, and financial reporting requirements.
  • Experience managing month-end close processes, preparing financial statements, and coordinating external audits.
  • Experience with cryptocurrency, digital assets, financial services, fintech, or similarly complex transaction environments.
  • Ability to independently research, analyze, and document complex accounting matters.
  • Experience designing, implementing, or improving accounting processes and internal controls.
  • Project management skills and ability to manage competing priorities and work across multiple teams.
  • Ability to translate complex accounting topics into clear, actionable guidance for non-accounting stakeholders.
  • Comfort working strategically and hands-on in a dynamic, high-growth environment.

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end accounting for crypto and tokenization activities, including month-end and quarter-end close, reconciliation review, journal entry reviews, and financial reporting.
  • Develop, maintain, and enhance accounting policies, procedures, and controls for cryptocurrency transactions, digital assets, and related business activities.
  • Partner with crypto business leadership to understand new products, transaction flows, and business developments and ensure appropriate accounting treatment and financial reporting.
  • Oversee accounting for crypto-related transactions, including digital asset holdings, transfers, fees, and settlements.
  • Coordinate with Finance, Legal, Compliance, and other stakeholders on regulatory reporting requirements applicable to the crypto business.
  • Drive process improvements, automation, and scalable accounting solutions for increasing crypto transaction volumes and business complexity.
  • Serve as the primary accounting contact for crypto initiatives and provide guidance on accounting implications and operational considerations.
  • Lead and manage the external financial statement audit for the crypto business and serve as the primary liaison with external auditors.
  • Coordinate audit planning, prepare supporting schedules and documentation, resolve accounting questions, and complete audit deliverables on time.
  • Partner with internal stakeholders to address audit findings, strengthen accounting processes, and implement remediation measures.
  • Support regulatory examinations, inquiries, and reporting requirements related to the crypto business in coordination with Legal and Compliance.
  • Maintain audit-ready documentation and ensure accounting processes have effective internal controls.
  • Research and evaluate complex or nonroutine transactions under US GAAP as a technical accounting resource across the organization.
  • Prepare technical accounting memoranda documenting conclusions, relevant guidance, and financial statement implications.
  • Partner with Finance and business leaders to assess the accounting impact of new products, strategic initiatives, contracts, and unique business arrangements.
  • Support accounting assessments for revenue recognition, equity transactions, investments, business combinations, digital assets, and other emerging accounting matters.
  • Monitor accounting standards and regulatory developments, assess their impact, and support implementation of new requirements.
  • Collaborate with external advisors and auditors to resolve technical accounting matters and ensure consistent application of accounting policies.

Desired Qualifications

  • CPA with experience at a Big Four or national public accounting firm and in industry.
  • Direct cryptocurrency accounting experience, including digital asset transactions, reconciliations, custody arrangements, and related reporting requirements.
  • Experience supporting regulated financial services or crypto-related entities.
  • Experience leading financial statement audits and working directly with external auditors on complex accounting matters.
  • Familiarity with SOC 1 and/or SOC 2 readiness, internal control frameworks, and audit evidence requirements.
  • Experience implementing accounting automation, improving financial systems, or scaling accounting operations.
  • Experience partnering with senior leadership on new products, business initiatives, or complex commercial arrangements.

About the Company

Alpaca

Builds APIs for brokerage and automated trading

Alpaca builds brokerage infrastructure and trading APIs for financial firms and developers embedding investment features in apps or running automated strategies. Broker API manages account opening, funding, orders and positions, while Trading API connects individual users to stocks, options and crypto markets. AlpacaDB supplies the technology, with securities services delivered by Alpaca Clearing and cryptocurrency services by Alpaca Crypto. It earns money from market-data subscriptions, margin interest, brokerage fees, bank-sweep spreads and payments for routed orders. Alpaca began in 2015 as a database and machine-learning business and is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

Company size
201-500
Company stage
Debt Financing
Total funding
$762.9M
Headquarters
San Mateo, CA
Founded
2015

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