Senior Manager, Finance
Ripple provides crypto and blockchain solutions for enterprises, enabling global financial entities to move, manage, and tokenize value. They focus on improving existing financial systems through partnerships and regulatory compliance, with products used in over 50 countries.
About Ripple
Ripple is an enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions company that aims to enable the world to move value as seamlessly as information moves today. Their mission is to build breakthrough crypto solutions for a world without economic borders. Using blockchain technology, Ripple facilitates global financial institutions, businesses, governments, and developers to move, manage, and tokenize value, thereby unlocking greater economic opportunity. The company works within existing financial systems to improve them, partnering with customers to streamline infrastructure and collaborating with regulators to ensure solutions are secure and compliant. Ripple's products are in commercial use by hundreds of customers across more than 50 countries, helping them expand into new markets, access liquidity solutions, and generate crypto-enabled revenue streams. They also support developers by providing tools for building on the XRP Ledger, a fast and sustainable public blockchain. Ripple’s payments, custody and stablecoin solutions empower financial institutions to integrate blockchain and digital assets into their business in a simple, secure, compliant way—all in one place. From instant payments to asset tokenization, blockchain and crypto are happening right now, across the world. It’s happening to suppliers, to retailers, to exchanges, to currencies, to sectors, to industries, to markets, and to global businesses. And it’s happening with Ripple.
Skills
About the Role
You'll be involved in all aspects of local and global operations, supporting critical initiatives that facilitate the expansion of the company's financial infrastructure. Reporting to the International Controller, you'll be immersed in all aspects of operations, working closely with internal and external partners at all levels. You'll play a vital role in recommending solutions and driving strategic decision-making processes, with your organizational skills key in a fast-paced environment. With a genuine curiosity about emerging payment technology and the blockchain industry, you'll be at the forefront of innovation, fueling the expansion of the financial infrastructure and contributing to the future of the finance team.
Requirements
- Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CPA)
- Statutory audit experience
- Good communication skills, both orally and in writing
- Excellent numeracy and analytical skills
- Understanding of financial regulatory capital planning
- Capital management and liquidity awareness
- Strong understanding of the principles and application of risk management
- Understanding of project management and governance principles and techniques
- Knowledge of financial products, FX, Derivatives (preferred)
- Technical accounting exposure (preferred)
- Regulatory reporting exposure (preferred)
- Transaction support and other M&A / tax experience (preferred)
- Coding skills such as Python, SQL (a plus)
- Exposure to broker / trading backgrounds or regulated financial services businesses (preferred)
Responsibilities
- Deliver all Brazilian & Bacen GAAP reporting including month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close, P&L, Balance Sheet, variance analysis, and management reports
- Ensure data integrity of the ledger and timely receipt of trading and operational data
- Translate local requirements into Group actionable deliverables, bridging finance and local providers such as auditors, banking providers, and tax authorities
- Prepare and coordinate statutory and regulatory audits, ensuring they are completed and filed on time
- Ensure financial regulatory filings are completed on time with sufficient granularity
- Prepare financial updates for external trading partners and investors
- Prepare financial management reporting for Exco members and follow up on action items with the Head of FP&A
- Document policies and procedures to support department expansion and global handover
- Work with outsourced partners to provide timely financial and other information
- Assist the Head of Treasury and Capital Management with treasury and liquidity management reporting
- Monitor Finance risk framework requirements for the business
- Assist with financial forecasting and modelling of operating businesses
- Assess the financial and reporting impact of new products and markets or entities
- Help create new timely and accurate financial reporting for Management Information
- Support management of external banking relationships
- Manage delivery of ad-hoc projects as directed by management
Benefits
- Professional development budget
- Flexible in-office collaboration schedule
- Bi-weekly all-company meetings
- Team offsites, team bonding activities, and happy hours
- Competitive bonuses and equity
- Competitive benefits covering physical and mental healthcare, retirement, family forming, and family support
- Employee giving match
- Mobile phone stipend
- R&R days
- Wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite & virtual programming
- Generous vacation policy
- Parental leave policies and family planning benefits
- Catered lunches and fully-stocked kitchens with premium snacks/beverages