Member of Accounting, Regulated Trading & Derivatives

About the role

In this role, you will be responsible for preparing journal entries, account reconciliations, and financial reports in compliance with US GAAP for Anchorage Digital's trading activities. You will also support regulatory reporting and audits, ensuring adherence to SEC and CFTC regulations.

The team values a hands-on approach and aims to build efficient accounting processes for digital asset trading. Success in this position involves effectively collaborating with various departments while maintaining accuracy and compliance in financial reporting.

Skills that matter here

• US GAAP: This role requires a solid command of US GAAP standards to ensure compliance in financial reporting.
• Excel: Advanced Excel skills are necessary for preparing financial reports and automating manual tasks.
• SQL: Familiarity with SQL is a plus for managing and analyzing financial data.
• Python: Comfort with Python can assist in automating processes and improving efficiency.

Who this role suits

• You have over 8 years of progressive accounting or finance experience, ideally in a finance team within the trading or crypto sectors.
• You possess a builder mindset, comfortable setting up processes and controls from scratch.
• Your communication skills allow you to clearly explain complex accounting topics to non-finance colleagues.
• You thrive in fast-paced environments and can manage deadlines while maintaining attention to detail.

From the employer

Accounting & Close

• Prepare journal entries, account reconciliations, and flux analysis for the Broker-dealer and Swap-dealer entities as part of the monthly, quarterly, and year-end close, in accordance with US GAAP.
• Account for trading activity, derivatives, margin, collateral, and digital asset positions, and reconcile them to clearing, custody, and counterparty statements.
• Investigate and resolve breaks and open items quickly, and document the root cause so they do not repeat.
• Support internal and external auditors with schedules, samples, and walkthroughs.

Regulatory Reporting

• Prepare the supporting schedules and workpapers behind SEC FOCUS reports, CFTC/NFA swap dealer financial reports (CFTC Regulation 23.105), and daily or monthly net capital computations.
• Help monitor compliance with SEC Rule 15c3-1 (Net Capital) and SEC Rule 15c3-3 (Customer Protection) for the Broker-dealer, and with CFTC Regulation 23.101 (minimum capital) and 23.104 (equity withdrawal restrictions) for the Swap-dealer, and flag early-warning issues promptly.
• Support the accounting and reconciliation of all derivatives trading activity for uncleared swaps, including initial and variation margin and collateral under the CFTC uncleared margin rules (CFTC Regulations 23.150–23.161).
• Maintain the weekly regulatory capital model and prepare related internal updates.
• Support regulatory audits and examinations (SEC, FINRA, CFTC, NFA): pull and tie out schedules, respond to document requests, and help track remediation items.

Build & Improve

• Help set up the books, chart of accounts, reconciliations, close checklists, and reporting packages for the Swap-dealer and Broker-dealer entities, and contribute to planning if a futures commission merchant (FCM) is added later.
• Document processes and help design and test internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR) suited to digital asset trading and derivatives.
• Look for ways to automate manual work in spreadsheets and the ledgering system, and work with Treasury, Trading Operations, Engineering, and Product to get data flowing cleanly.
• Partner with Compliance, Legal, and Trading to understand the accounting and regulatory effect of new products and trading strategies.
• Take on special and ad-hoc projects as the team grows.

Experience

• 8+ years of progressive accounting or finance experience, ideally in the finance team of a broker-dealer, swap dealer, FCM, bank, trading firm, or crypto company.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• CPA license or active progress toward one is strongly preferred.

Technical accounting

• Solid command of US GAAP, including ASC 815 (Derivatives and Hedging) and accounting for trading securities, margin, collateral, and revenue recognition.

Trading and derivatives understanding

• Exposure to derivatives such as futures, options, and uncleared swaps. You do not need to have run these books yourself, but you should understand how the trades flow into the ledger.

Regulatory awareness

• Working familiarity with broker-dealer financial reporting (FOCUS, net capital, customer protection) and CFTC/NFA swap dealer requirements (capital, financial reporting, uncleared margin) is a strong plus.

Tools

• Advanced Excel skills and comfort with a modern ledger or ERP (such as NetSuite) and close management tools (such as FloQast).
• Comfort with SQL, Python, or automation tools is a plus.

Hands-on and detail-oriented

• You tie out numbers, spot what looks wrong, and follow it through to a fix.

Builder mindset

• You are at ease setting up processes, templates, and controls from a blank page, and you do not wait for a playbook.

Can-do attitude

• You take ownership, ask good questions, move quickly when deadlines are tight, and stay calm under pressure.

Communication

• You can explain accounting and regulatory capital topics clearly to non-finance partners in Trading, Product, and Engineering.

Bonus points if

• Experience helping stand up or scale a finance function at a broker-dealer or swap dealer.
• FCM accounting and reporting experience (CFTC Regulation 1.17, Form 1-FR-FCM, customer segregation), useful if an FCM is launched later.
• Accounting or financial reporting experience with digital assets or crypto derivatives.
• Familiarity with institutional trading systems, clearing platforms, and modern ledgering software.
• Interest in the changing regulatory landscape for stablecoins, tokenized assets, and decentralized finance.
• Prior Series 27 or NFA Series 3 exam progress.