Senior Accounting Analyst | Digital Assets

As a Senior Accounting Analyst for Digital Assets at Jump Trading, you support the digital asset operations by maintaining the integrity of the general ledger across multiple legal entities. You own the month-end close process, ensure books and records are complete and accurate, and continuously improve accounting processes to support both current business and future growth. This role is based in our Chicago office with an expectation to work in the office at least 4 days per week.

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 are GAAP-compliant with strong controls in place
• Support controls and perform reconciliations for high-volume, complex transactions and balances
• Analyze monthly variances to explain movements in the numbers, surface trends and anomalies, and 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 how you work
• 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

• 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
• Ability to analyze monthly variances, explain why the numbers moved, and surface trends and anomalies
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate cross-functionally
• Self-directed, adaptable, and dependable approach to work, able to juggle competing deadlines and work both independently and as part of a team, especially through critical close periods
• Detail-oriented and highly organized with skill at producing clear and accurate documentation
• Reliable and predictable availability

Nice to have

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

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 apply cutting-edge research to global financial markets. Jump designs, develops, and deploys technologies that change the world, funds startups across industries, and partners with leading research organizations and universities to solve problems.