GL Accounting Manager

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. :)