Finance Transformation Manager

Summary

Join Kraken's Finance Transformation team as a Manager and contribute to the company's mission of accelerating global crypto adoption. Collaborate with stakeholders to develop and manage internal product initiatives, analyze data, and identify project obstacles. Leverage your expertise in accounting, financial transformation, and data analysis to build a cohesive strategy. This fully remote role requires significant experience in accounting and financial transformation, a comprehensive understanding of accounting principles, and experience with various industry applications and tools. Kraken offers a unique opportunity to work in the dynamic crypto industry with a team of experts.

Requirements

• Significant experience working in an accounting or financial transformation role
• Comprehensive understanding of accounting principles
• Demonstrable understanding of financial statement implications of transactions and financial consolidations
• Experience in the use of a variety of industry relevant applications, systems, and tools, including those related to General Ledger, Sub-ledger, Treasury Management, FP&A, workflow tools such as Jira
• Experience working with backend transaction data sets, data gathering & analysis using tools like SQL queries and/or Python
• Familiarity with financial audits, System and Organization Controls (SOC) readiness requirements, and applicable financial regulations
• Understanding of the digital asset exchange space, the broader crypto and blockchain industry, and the financial services/broker dealer/banking sector
• Understanding of product/project management principles, best practices, and change management methodologies

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with key stakeholders within the finance team to develop, prioritize, and manage internal product initiatives
• Analyze data outputs and perform quality assurance during various product phases
• Identify, document, and communicate project obstacles promptly, and work with Finance Transformation leadership to propose effective solutions
• Develop a comprehensive understanding of the needs of finance, data, and key stakeholders to inform product specifications and requirements
• Facilitate effective communication across all project phases and proactively inform management of changes to scope, timelines, and resources
• Collaborate with the product team to advance the finance product roadmap
• Own product roadmap tasks and see them through to completion

Preferred Qualifications

Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

Benefits

Fully remote work