Member of Accounting, GL Accounting

Location: United States Department: Finance – Accounting Commitment: Full-Time Workplace Type: Remote

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At Anchorage Digital, we are building the world’s most advanced digital asset platform for institutions to participate in crypto.

Anchorage Digital is a crypto platform that enables institutions to participate in digital assets through custody, staking, trading, governance, settlement, and the industry's leading security infrastructure. Home to Anchorage Digital Bank N.A., the first federally chartered crypto bank in the U.S., Anchorage Digital also serves institutions through Anchorage Digital Singapore, Porto by Anchorage Digital, and other offerings.

The company is funded by leading institutions including Andreessen Horowitz, GIC, Goldman Sachs, KKR, and Visa, with its Series D valuation over $3 billion. Founded in 2017 in San Francisco, California, Anchorage Digital has offices in New York, New York; Porto, Portugal; Singapore; and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Learn more at anchorage.com, on X @Anchorage, and on LinkedIn.

The GL Accounting Manager role presents an opportunity to oversee and develop the day-to-day functions of general ledger accounting at a high-growth leader in the digital asset space. This person will play a critical role in month-end close activities and help us build for scale and shift to a perpetual close model.

We have created the Factors of Growth & Impact to help Villagers better measure impact and articulate coaching, feedback, and the rich and rewarding learning that happens while exploring, developing, and mastering the capabilities and contributions within and outside of the GL Accounting Manager role:

Technical Skills

• Assist in managing and mentoring a team responsible for:
  • Full-cycle accounts payable
  • Month-end close activities for multiple legal entities, including journal entries, complex reconciliations, and intercompany transactions
• Liaise with cross-functional partners throughout the business and external partners to creatively develop solutions that work for each stakeholder.
• Apply advanced skills in Google Sheets to efficiently and reliably work with large data sets.
• Resolve a wide range of issues in creative ways, suggesting different potential approaches and adapting to new circumstances rapidly.

Complexity and Impact of Work

• Field ambiguous asks or ideas with creativity, independently applying judgement for reasonable decisions needed.
• Partner closely with team members to facilitate a timely month-end close, with a specific focus on corporate cash bookings, accruals, intercompany transactions, capitalized software, and stock-based compensation while maintaining a flow for day-to-day operations.
• Proactively suggest and implement improvements to the design and execution of new or existing processes.
• Assist with ad hoc projects as they arise, while proactively communicating the impact to other in-progress projects and recurring responsibilities.

Organizational Knowledge

• Understand the strategy of Anchorage and contribute to planning and goal-setting exercises for the team.
• Investigate and resolve variances resulting from flux analysis and account reconciliations.
• Conduct comprehensive expense analysis and act as a key point of contact for the FP&A team.

Communication and Influence

• Promote a positive working environment through proper listening, speaking, and empathy with team members. Embody and act as a role model for our culture pillars.
• Standardize and document processes with an intentional approach to create shared consciousness and eliminate single points of failure.
• Assist with internal and external audit processes to ensure accuracy and timeliness of financial reporting.
• Ability to document and communicate accounting procedures in a way that accelerates repeatable, efficient processes.

You may be a fit for this role if you have:

• 6+ years of relevant public accounting and/or industry experience in general ledger accounting.
• A proven track record of designing processes to operationalize and scale accounting processes.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and an ability to drive cross-functional projects and influence cross-functional stakeholders.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets.
• Ability to multi-task, thrive in the face of ambiguity, and excel in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving organization.

Although not a requirement, bonus points if:

• You’re proficient with NetSuite and other cloud-based accounting software.
• You have experience with system implementations.
• You've kept up to date with the proliferation of blockchain and crypto innovations.
• You were emotionally moved by the soundtrack to Hamilton, which chronicles the founding of a new financial system. :)

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About Anchorage Digital: Who we are

The Anchorage Village, what we call our team, brings together the brightest minds from platform security, financial services, and distributed ledger technology to provide the building blocks that empower institutions to safely participate in the evolving digital asset ecosystem. As a diverse team of more than 600 members, we are united in one common goal: building the future of finance by providing the foundation upon which value moves safely in the new global economy.

Anchorage Digital is committed to being a welcoming and inclusive workplace for everyone, and we are intentional about making sure people feel respected, supported, and connected at work—regardless of who you are or where you come from. We value and celebrate our differences and we believe being open about who we are allows us to do the best work of our lives.