Senior Accountant, Corporate

Own expense accounting and month-end close tasks outside of revenue, including balance sheet reconciliations and P&L flux analysis

Book and support bonus and other accruals, and maintain prepaid schedules and amortization

Account for share-based compensation and support equity-related financial reporting

Reconcile the corporate balance sheet — corporate bank accounts, platform cash held by Paxos entities, and digital asset and DeFi positions — tying the GL and subledger to bank, custodian and on-chain balances

Review and trace transactions on-chain using block explorers such as Arkham, Etherscan and BscScan, follow activity from the chain through to the platform, and serve as the go-to resource for the revenue accounting team on tracing on-chain activity

Book realized and unrealized gains and losses correctly, and maintain supporting rollforwards

Account for related party transactions, including AP and loans, and prepare intercompany elimination entries

Take ownership of AI agents built with Claude, including the agent that pulls data directly from on-chain sources, and extend them as new chains or activity types are added

Run the monthly Snowflake queries and Google Apps Scripts that feed the close, using AI to update or troubleshoot them as needed

Identify manual steps in the close process and automate them, with review controls in place

Immerse yourself in blockchain technology, enterprise and investor cryptocurrency, and Paxos' regulation-first approach

Note: for candidates with fewer than 4 years of relevant work experience, this is a hybrid role based in the New York City Midtown office with in-office attendance required

3+ years of accounting experience, ideally including public accounting or audit plus in-house experience

Bachelor's degree in accounting; CPA (or equivalent) preferred; strong working knowledge of US GAAP

Experience owning close areas with minimal oversight, including expense accruals, prepaids and amortization, balance sheet and bank reconciliations, and flux analysis

Working knowledge of share-based compensation accounting (ASC 718) and related party transactions

Crypto-native experience reviewing transactions on-chain, with a working understanding of wallets and addresses, tokens, gas fees, and stablecoin mint and burn; ability to trace a transaction across multiple hops and explain it without guidance

Clear understanding of realized versus unrealized gains and losses, including when an unrealized gain or loss becomes realized and how to book each (e.g., ASC 350-60 for in-scope crypto assets)

Understanding of intercompany eliminations and consolidation; hands-on experience is a plus, but a strong conceptual grasp (such as from audit) is sufficient

AI-forward mindset — uses tools like Claude in daily work, and is either eager to learn to run and maintain AI agents or already building them

Comfortable running existing SQL queries in Snowflake and using AI to modify them; SQL expertise not required

Advanced Excel and Google Sheets skills, with the ability to run and troubleshoot Google Apps Scripts, using AI as needed

Clear written and verbal communication, and comfort working with colleagues across APAC and European time zones