Senior Accounting Manager, Digital Assets

Uphold is a financial technology company that believes on-chain services are the future of finance. We provide modern infrastructure for on-chain payments, banking and investments. Offering Consumer Services, Business Services and Institutional Trading, Uphold makes pioneering financial services easy and trusted for millions of customers in more than 140 countries. Uphold integrates with over 30 trading venues, including centralized and decentralized exchanges, to deliver superior liquidity and optimal execution. Uphold never loans out customer assets and is always 100% reserved. The company pioneered radical transparency and uniquely publishes its assets and liabilities every 30 seconds on a public website (Transparency Page). Uphold strips away the complexity to open up Web3 finance for everyone.

About the role

Uphold has a unique model and is well-placed to provide infrastructure to traditional financial firms as it embraces blockchain. The Senior Accounting Manager, Digital Assets will lead initiatives to automate and scale the financial close process in alignment with public company reporting standards and work with the necessary teams to improve automation and data integrity across the revenue reporting pipeline.

Responsibilities

• Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual revenue close for digital assets process, ensuring accuracy and completeness under US GAAP (ASC 606, ASC 350-60).
• Reconcile in-house digital assets ledger activity to the general ledger, partnering with financial operations and data teams to resolve discrepancies.
• Manage and mentor the accounting team within a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Establish clear performance objectives, execute reviews, and cultivate talent to support organizational growth and sophisticated reporting requirements.
• Work independently, take initiative, and be able to think on their feet.
• Support management in completing special projects, ad-hoc reporting and analysis requests, and other tasks as assigned.
• Partner with FP&A on revenue reporting, variance analysis, and forecasting inputs, providing accounting-to-actuals commentary on a recurring basis.
• Liaise with external auditors related to specific areas of responsibility, including preparation of audit schedules.

Requirements

• 6+ years of accounting experience in technology or financial services company.
• BA/BS degree in Accounting or related field; CPA preferred.
• Strong knowledge and application of GAAP and ability to execute, follow up, and ensure attention to detail.
• Commitment to process improvement and the ability to think “outside the box”.

Benefits

• Annual bonus program based on individual, team, and company performance.
• Generous PTO, healthcare, and employee assistance programs.
• Engaging events and celebrations.
• Well-stocked office kitchen with a foodie culture.

Pay

Salary of $125K to $185K + Bonus, dependent on experience.