External Audit - FSO Blockchain - Senior

As a Senior External Audit professional at EY, you will join the Digital Asset Research Center, an innovative group of software developers, financial auditors, and technology consultants dedicated to delivering Assurance services to companies that hold and transact in digital assets. You'll research public blockchains, smart contracts, and digital assets while serving clients across the digital asset ecosystem, including exchanges, custodians, miners, validators, payment providers, investment managers, and broker-dealers.

What you'll do

• Serve as a trusted digital asset assurance subject matter expert for audit and advisory engagements with material digital asset exposure, supporting every stage of the audit cycle
• Design and execute audit procedures over digital assets, including existence, valuation, rights and obligations, completeness, and presentation or disclosures
• Lead and perform digital asset evaluations, including research, documentation, and analysis of blockchain-based assets, protocols, smart contracts, and associated audit risks impacting financial reporting
• Interpret blockchain transaction data and independently verify on-chain activity using public block explorers, internal analytics, and specialist methodologies to obtain audit-ready evidence and conclusions
• Collaborate with engagement teams, managers, and senior leadership to translate technical blockchain concepts into clear, audit-relevant conclusions, including risk assessments, scoping, and documentation support
• Contribute to the development and enhancement of custom tooling, methodologies, and leading practices, including automation and blockchain analytics, to improve audit quality, consistency, and efficiency
• Stay current on emerging industry trends, protocols, custody models, evolving regulatory frameworks, and leading practices in the digital asset space and proactively identify opportunities to apply new practices to active engagements
• Work effectively with cross-functional client service teams with diverse skills and backgrounds, fostering an innovative and inclusive environment while meeting deadlines and quality expectations

What you bring

• A Bachelor's degree or higher in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field
• 2+ years of experience in external audit, assurance, or a related professional services role
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) certification, or eligibility to sit for the CPA exams with demonstrated progress toward passing the exams
• A strong understanding of audit fundamentals, including financial statement assertions, risk assessment, control and information produced by the entity (IPE) concepts
• Experience auditing public companies, banks, digital asset exchanges, or financial services including venture capital and hedge funds
• Experience using audit documentation software
• Foundational knowledge of blockchain technology, including a working understanding of wallet and address structures, transaction mechanics (such as interpreting on-chain details like transactions, quantity, and timing), smart contract and DeFi concepts and how they hold and transfer value, and custody and private key management models
• Ability to analyze blockchain data and reconcile on-chain activity to client records
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for technical writing and client presentations
• Intellectual curiosity and willingness to continuously learn in a rapidly changing digital asset landscape
• Willingness to travel and work in excess of standard hours when necessary
• Access to reliable transportation to and from the EY office and client sites, with a driver's license strongly recommended

Nice to have

• Auditing or supporting audits involving digital assets, cryptocurrencies, or blockchain-based transactions
• SOX reporting and control environments related to digital asset companies

What we offer

• Base salary range of $79,200 to $130,600 for most US locations; $95,000 to $148,500 for New York City Metro Area, Washington State, and California (excluding Sacramento). Individual salaries are determined based on education, experience, knowledge, skills, and geography
• Comprehensive compensation and benefits package including medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options
• Hybrid work model with the expectation that most people in external, client-serving roles work in person 40-60% of the time over the course of an engagement, project, or year
• Flexible vacation policy where you decide how much vacation time you need based on your personal circumstances, plus designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter and Summer breaks, Personal and Family Care time, and other leaves of absence when needed

About EY

EY is a global professional services firm building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society, and the planet while building trust in capital markets. Enabled by data, AI, and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence across assurance, consulting, tax, strategy, and transactions, operating in more than 150 countries and territories.