Finance | Senior Accounting Analyst, Digital Assets

As a Senior Accounting Analyst for Digital Assets at Jump Trading, you will support the digital asset operations by maintaining the integrity of the general ledger across multiple legal entities. You'll own the month-end close process, ensure GAAP compliance, and drive process improvements while supporting Jump's trading and digital asset businesses.

What you'll do

• Execute the monthly accounting close for multiple digital asset entities, including reconciling transaction-level detail, preparing and posting activity, and ensuring the books tell an accurate, GAAP-compliant story with strong controls
• Support controls and perform reconciliations for high-volume, complex transactions and balances
• Analyze monthly variances to explain why the numbers moved, surfacing trends and anomalies that inform how the business understands its performance
• Proactively identify opportunities for process improvements or automation and build solutions to enhance efficiency and accuracy, including driving AI initiatives forward
• Tackle ad hoc analyses and open-ended questions, continuously looking for ways to streamline and strengthen operations
• Assist with external audits and prepare supporting schedules for tax returns related to digital asset activities
• Collaborate with internal teams including tax, operations, and data teams to ensure the accuracy of financial data and processes

What you bring

• At least 3+ years of accounting experience with a track record of owning the general ledger, reconciling complex accounts, and improving close processes in a fast-paced, multi-entity organization
• A bachelor's degree in accounting or a related field
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to identify trends and anomalies
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate cross-functionally
• Self-directed, adaptable, and dependable, able to juggle competing deadlines and work both independently and as part of a team
• Detail-oriented, highly organized, and skilled at producing clear and accurate documentation
• Reliable and predictable availability

Nice to have

• CPA or equivalent certification
• Experience in trading industry accounting and/or digital assets

What we offer

• Annual base salary of $120,000-$130,000 USD
• Discretionary bonus eligibility
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• HSA, FSA, and Dependent Care options
• Employer paid group term life and AD&D insurance
• Voluntary life and AD&D insurance
• Paid vacation plus paid holidays
• Retirement plan with employer match
• Paid parental leave
• Wellness programs

About Jump Trading

Jump Trading Group is committed to world-class research, empowering exceptional talent in mathematics, physics, and computer science to push scientific boundaries and apply cutting-edge research to global financial markets. The company designs, develops, and deploys technologies that change the world, funds start-ups across industries, and partners with leading global research organizations and universities to solve problems.

This role is based in Jump Trading's Chicago office, reporting to the Accounting Manager, with an expectation to work in the office at least 4 days per week.