Accountant at Circle in London, England, United Kingdom

Accountant
Location: London - remote first in UK
Circle (NYSE: CRCL) is one of the world’s leading internet financial platform companies, building the foundation of a more open, global economy through digital assets, payment applications, and programmable blockchain infrastructure. Circle’s platform includes the world’s largest regulated stablecoin network anchored by USDC, Circle Payments Network for global money movement, and Arc, an enterprise-grade blockchain designed to become the Economic OS for the internet. Enterprises, financial institutions, and developers use Circle to power trusted, internet-scale financial innovation. Learn more at circle.com.
What you’ll be part of:
Circle is committed to visibility and stability in everything we do. As we grow as an organization, we're expanding into some of the world's strongest jurisdictions. Speed and efficiency are motivators for our success and our employees live by our company values: High Integrity, Future Forward, Multistakeholder, Mindful, and Driven by Excellence. We have built a flexible work environment where new ideas are encouraged and everyone is a stakeholder.
What you’ll be responsible for:
As an Accountant, you will take end to end ownership of assigned accounting areas across operating costs, cash transactions, payroll and employee related costs, share based compensation, fixed assets and intangible assets, including internally developed intangible assets. You will own the accounting, close and controls for your areas, while developing a strong understanding of the underlying data and processes and using AI and automation to improve quality, efficiency and scalability.
What you’ll work on:
Own key month end and quarter end accounting activities across operating costs, payroll and employee related costs, share based compensation, fixed and intangible assets and leases, including journal entries, reconciliations, accruals, capitalisation and other period end adjustments.
Work with cash transactions and large accounting datasets, using analytical and AI enabled tools to identify exceptions, investigate unusual items and ensure transactions are complete, accurately classified and appropriately reflected in the financial statements.
Analyse balance sheet and P&L movements, get to the root cause of unexpected results and provide clear, evidence based commentary on key drivers.
Develop a strong understanding of the business activity, data and systems behind your accounting areas. Approach unfamiliar or non routine transactions with curiosity, research the accounting and form a point of view under relevant U.S. GAAP, escalating complex matters where appropriate.
Prepare supporting schedules, financial reporting and assigned SEC disclosures, and perform relevant ICFR and SOX controls with high quality documentation and testing readiness.
Take ownership of problems and drive them through to resolution, working across Finance and the wider business to improve upstream data, processes and controls rather than simply addressing issues at month end.
Support audit, tax and compliance requirements, proactively resolving issues and maintaining high quality supporting documentation.
Use AI and automation as part of how you work: experiment with new tools, challenge manual processes and identify, design and implement solutions that improve the speed, quality and scalability of accounting, while maintaining appropriate human judgement, governance and controls.
What you’ll bring to Circle:
We are looking for someone who combines strong accounting fundamentals with curiosity, judgement, ownership and a bias for action. You will enjoy solving problems where the answer is not immediately obvious, communicate a clear point of view and continually look for better ways to work.
Core Requirements:
2+ years of relevant accounting or audit experience.
ACA, CPA, ACCA or equivalent professional accounting qualification, with.
Strong problem solving skills and curiosity, with the ability to work through ambiguity, investigate large or complex datasets, identify root causes and drive issues through to resolution.
High ownership, resilience and bias for action. You are comfortable taking initiative, making progress with incomplete information and learning quickly when faced with something unfamiliar.
High standards for accuracy and execution, with the ability to prioritise competing demands and deliver quality work at pace.
Clear, structured communication skills, with the ability to explain issues, articulate a point of view and collaborate effectively with Finance and non Finance stakeholders.
A strong AI and automation mindset, with hands on experience using AI, automation or data tools to solve problems or improve how work gets done. You are curious about emerging tools, willing to experiment and able to apply appropriate judgement, governance and controls.
Strong understanding of audit, ICFR and SOX requirements and experience working effectively with internal and external auditors.
Ability to learn quickly and collaborate constructively with a global, cross functional team across multiple time zones.
Preferred Requirements:
Experience in a leading professional services firm and/or a U.S. public company, including exposure to SEC reporting and SOX.
Experience in digital assets, payments, FinTech, technology or financial services industry. Understanding of blockchain technology and digital assets is a plus.
Experience in one or more areas such as operating costs, payroll and employee related costs, share based compensation, fixed assets, internally developed intangible assets or lease accounting
Experience with Oracle Fusion or another large scale ERP and practical experience with analytical, AI or automation tools.
Circle is on a mission to create an inclusive financial future, with transparency at our core. We consider a wide variety of elements when crafting our compensation ranges and total compensation packages.
Starting pay is determined by various factors, including but not limited to: relevant experience, skill set, qualifications, and other business and organizational needs. Please note that compensation ranges may differ for candidates in other locations.
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, or any other protected status required by the laws in the locations where we hire. Additionally, Circle participates in the E-Verify Program in certain locations, as required by law.
Should you require accommodations or assistance in our interview process because of a disability, please reach out to accommodations@circle.com for support. We respect your privacy and will connect with you separately from our interview process to accommodate your needs.
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Additional Locations: Dublin - remote first in Ireland