Accounting Manager

Role Description:

• Understand, develop, and evolve the revenue recognition and reporting process related to Anchorage’s lending, brokerage and custody business lines
  
• Analyze contracts with customers and ensure accuracy and timeliness of reported revenue
  
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on accounting implications of new and existing product offerings
  
• Establish and perform appropriate monthly close processes and internal controls, policies, and tools to ensure compliance with U
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  GAAP and industry best practices
  
• Serve as the primary point of contact on commercial banking relationships, including monitoring bank activity and trends as well as managing payables, receivables, and inter-company transactions
   
• Prepare monthly consolidated financial statements including flux analysis and account reconciliations
  
• Work with outside auditors to ensure accuracy and timeliness of financial data, including building and reconciling reporting relevant to audit preparation
  
• Design and implement an ongoing process for Internal Capitalized Software
  
• Prepare investor updates, including month over month cash burn analytics, and trend explanations
  
• Assist in implementation and design of new financial/accounting software and integration tools
  

Qualifications

• You have +7 years of related accounting experience at a high-growth pre-IPO startup (Broker-dealer and/or lending experience is a strong plus)
  
• You have 2+ years of experience doing audits at a Big 4 accounting firm
  
• You have strong technical knowledge of US GAAP and SOX compliance
  
• You have progressive experience with consolidations in a multi-currency, multiple legal entity environment, including international entities and foreign currency translation
  
• You have a track record of driving strong financial performance and accountability
   
• You have excellent written and oral communication skills and an ability to drive cross functional projects
  
• You have excellent organization skills and the ability to manage multiple high volume workloads in a fast-paced environment
  
• You self-describe as some combination of the following: creative, humble, ambitious, detail-oriented, hardworking, trustworthy, eager to learn, methodical, action-oriented, and tenacious
   

Bonus Points: 

• You’re familiar with regulatory finance and operations and have interfaced directly with FINRA in the past
  
• You have a BA/BS with a concentration in Accounting, Business, Economics and/or Finance, CPA strongly preferred
  
• You’ve kept up to date with the proliferation of blockchain and crypto innovations
  
• You have experience implementing an ERP system such as Netsuite, SAP or Oracle
• You have worked at or with institutional investment funds
  
• You were emotionally moved by the soundtrack to Hamilton, which chronicles the founding of a new financial system
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