Accounting Senior Manager at Alpaca in North America

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Who We Are: Alpaca is a US-headquartered, global leader in agent-first brokerage infrastructure for stocks, ETFs, options, crypto, fixed income, 24/5 trading, and more. Amongst our subsidiaries, Alpaca is a licensed financial services company, serving hundreds of financial institutions across 40 countries with our institutional-grade APIs. This includes broker-dealers, investment advisors, wealth managers, hedge funds, and crypto exchanges, totalling over 10 million brokerage accounts. Our global team is a diverse group of experienced engineers, traders, and brokerage professionals who are working to achieve our mission of opening financial services to everyone on the planet. We're deeply committed to open-source contributions and fostering a vibrant community, continuously enhancing our award-winning, developer-friendly API and the robust infrastructure behind it. Alpaca is proudly backed by $400 million in funding from top-tier global investors including Portage Ventures, Spark Capital, Tribe Capital, Social Leverage, Horizons Ventures, Opera Tech Ventures, SBI Group, Derayah Financial, Unbound, Peak XV, Elefund, and Y Combinator. Our Team Members: We're a dynamic team of 400+ globally distributed members who thrive working from our favorite places around the world, with teammates spanning the USA, Canada, Japan, Hungary, Nigeria, Brazil, the UK, and beyond! We're searching for passionate individuals eager to contribute to Alpaca's rapid growth. If you align with our core values—Stay Curious, Have Empathy, and Be Accountable—and are ready to make a significant impact, we encourage you to apply. About the Role We are seeking a highly motivated and technically strong Accounting Senior Manager to lead our cryptocurrency accounting operations and support complex accounting matters across the organization. This is a high-impact, hands-on role that combines ownership of the crypto accounting function with broader technical accounting responsibilities, audit leadership, and internal controls development. The ideal candidate is comfortable operating in a fast-paced, evolving environment, navigating complex accounting and regulatory requirements, and partnering cross-functionally with business leaders, Finance, Legal, Compliance, and external auditors. This individual will play a critical role in ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and scalability of our accounting processes as the business grows and evolves. Key Responsibilities Digital Assets Accounting & Financial Reporting Own the end-to-end accounting function for the company's crypto and tokenization-related activities, including month-end and quarter-end close processes, reconciliation review, journal entry reviews, and financial reporting. Develop, maintain, and enhance accounting policies, procedures, and controls related to cryptocurrency transactions, digital assets, and associated business activities. Partner closely with crypto business leadership to understand new products, transaction flows, and business developments, ensuring appropriate accounting treatment and financial reporting. Oversee accounting for crypto-related transactions, including digital asset holdings, transfers, fees, settlements, and other relevant activities. Coordinate with Finance, Legal, Compliance, and other stakeholders to support regulatory reporting requirements applicable to the crypto business. Drive process improvements, automation, and scalable accounting solutions to support growth in crypto transaction volumes and business complexity. Serve as the primary accounting point of contact for crypto-related initiatives, providing proactive guidance on accounting implications and operational considerations. Audit Ownership & Regulatory Support Lead and manage the external financial statement audit process for the crypto business, serving as the primary liaison with external auditors. Coordinate audit planning, prepare supporting schedules and documentation, resolve accounting questions, and ensur