Assistant Controller
Akuna Capital is a proprietary trading firm specializing in options market making.
About Akuna Capital
Akuna Capital is a global proprietary trading firm headquartered in Chicago, with offices in London, Sydney, Shanghai, and Singapore. The firm provides liquidity as an options market maker across global financial markets, covering products including commodities, indexes, and cryptocurrencies. Akuna designs and develops its own low-latency trading systems, mathematical models, strategies, and infrastructure through its Technology, Trading, Quant, and Operations departments. It also offers an Options 101 course introducing industry fundamentals and options trading concepts.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will own key monthly-close workstreams, review senior accountants’ work, and maintain accurate accounting records across multiple entities. You will support transfer pricing and management reporting, prepare external reporting, strengthen controls and accounting policies, improve processes and automation, and lead the annual audit through issuance.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a similar field
- 5+ years of trading industry or public accounting experience in financial services
- Strong working knowledge of US GAAP
- Communication skills
- Analytical skills
- Experience reviewing the work of others
- Advanced Excel skills
- Ability to multitask and prioritize deadlines
Responsibilities
- Own key monthly close workstreams and review senior accountants’ work
- Maintain accurate accounting records for multiple entities
- Support global intercompany transfer pricing processes
- Support monthly management reporting for senior stakeholders
- Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting for regulators, banks, and third parties
- Strengthen financial controls, procedures, and US GAAP-compliant accounting policies
- Identify and implement system, process, and automation improvements
- Lead the annual audit through issuance and serve as a primary contact for external auditors
Benefits
- Discretionary performance bonus
- Employer-paid medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Retirement contributions
- Paid time off