Director, Assistant Controller

Building The Future Of Crypto

Our Krakenites are a world-class team with crypto conviction, united by our desire to discover and unlock the potential of crypto and blockchain technology.

What makes us different?

Kraken is a mission-focused company rooted in crypto values. As a Krakenite, you’ll join us on our mission to accelerate the global adoption of crypto, so that everyone can achieve financial freedom and inclusion. For over a decade, Kraken’s focus on our mission and crypto ethos has attracted many of the most talented crypto experts in the world.

Before you apply, please read the Kraken Culture page to learn more about our internal culture, values, and mission. We also expect candidates to familiarize themselves with the Kraken app. Learn how to create a Kraken account here.

As a fully remote company, we have Krakenites in 70+ countries who speak over 50 languages. Krakenites are industry pioneers who develop premium crypto products for experienced traders, institutions, and newcomers to the space. Kraken is committed to industry-leading security, crypto education, and world-class client support through our products like Kraken Pro, Desktop, Wallet, and Kraken Futures.

Become a Krakenite and build the future of crypto!

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The Team

This role leads Kraken’s global Corporate Accounting function, overseeing consolidations, financial reporting, and month-end close across multiple international entities. Partnering closely with Finance and cross-functional teams, it ensures accuracy, compliance, and process excellence. The ideal candidate combines deep accounting expertise with strong leadership and a drive to build scalable systems in a fast-paced environment.

The Opportunity

• This position reports into the Corporate Controller and oversees the global Corporate accounting function and the overall month-end close process, including review and approval of journal entries; complex GAAP, bank reconciliations and balance sheet reconciliations.
• You will coach, mentor, oversee, and prioritize initiatives for a Corporate accounting team of 10+ inclusive of day-to-day tasks, long-term system and process build-outs and periodic deliverables
• This position is highly visibility across the organization; you will lead cross-functional meetings with regional finance, platform accounting, tax, FP&A, reporting, and non-Finance executives to drive initiatives impacting the accounting department
• You will be responsible for preparing consolidated financial statements, subsidiary stand-alone, and assist with the monthly financial statement analytics
• You will participate in board meetings and be an officer of certain legal entity subsidiaries
• Assist in the design and maintenance of internal controls and policies in compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX); Be a point person for interacting with external auditors to ensure that provided-by-client (PBC) schedules and explanations for all requests are provided in a timely manner
• Ad hoc projects and additional duties as assigned

Skills You Should Hodl

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or equivalent
• CPA with Big 4 experience preferred
• 12+ years of corporate accounting/audit experience, accounts payable, stock based compensation and payroll
• Must have experience with consolidations in a multiple legal entity international environment, financial reporting, internal controls, resolving technical accounting issues and experience using an ERP system
• Industry experience in crypto currency, brokerage, exchange, financial services, fintech, or high growth tech companies is strongly preferred
• Collaborative, innovative, flexible, and adept at building relationships across the organization
• Ability to handle multiple projects and deliverables in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Excellent presentation skills, including strong oral and writing capabilities
• Google Suite and advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel functions including macros, pivot tables, H & V-Lookup

This job is accepting ongoing applications and there is no application deadline.

Please note, applicants are permitted to redact or remove information on their resume that identifies age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution.

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team, assessing candidates in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

Kraken is powered by people from around the world and we celebrate all Krakenites for their diverse talents, backgrounds, contributions and unique perspectives. We hire strictly based on merit, meaning we seek out the candidates with the right abilities, knowledge, and skills considered the most suitable for the job. We encourage you to apply for roles where you don't fully meet the listed requirements, especially if you're passionate or knowledgable about crypto!

As an equal opportunity employer, we don’t tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind. Whether that’s based on race, ethnicity, age, gender identity, citizenship, religion, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, veteran status or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state or local laws. 

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