kraken
United States
Remote
2022-01-05
Junior Strategic Finance Analyst
3.9
About Kraken
Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion. In our first decade, Kraken has risen to become one of the largest, most successful and respected crypto exchanges on the planet.
We are changing the way the world thinks about finance and our range of successful products are playing a critical role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets. We continue to trail-blaze into new territory with the introduction of Kraken Bank, providing a more seamless integration between crypto and the traditional financial system. This makes us the first crypto company (ever) to be awarded a U.S. state banking charter.
Our diverse group of 2,400+ Krakenites are distributed all over the world as part of our 'remote first' culture, united by a shared passion for delighting customers, upholding crypto values and achieving our meaningful mission. We attract people who push themselves to improve, are radically transparent and think differently in order to unlock their potential.
Crypto is a rapidly evolving industry and we’re just getting started. We’re growing fast and you're invited to join the revolution!
About the Role
The Strategic Finance Analyst role will support all of Kraken’s strategic finance needs including modeling business scenarios, tracking performance metrics, and working with leaders to make strategic company decisions. You are an ambitious individual who is excited by the challenge of solving tough, often ambiguous problems in this dynamic space. You are able to make well-informed recommendations based on data and analysis. You can communicate your findings and recommendations verbally and in concise and actionable reports. Intellectual curiosity and a desire to learn everything cryptocurrency are a requirement for this role. The data focused analyst role will dedicate more time in gathering and driving insights through large datasets and work on automation projects to improve efficiency of our team and our company.
Who you are:
- Strong academic background in Finance or a quantitative field (mathematics, economics, physics, engineering, etc) preferred.
- At least 1 years of work experience in finance, tech, or related fields.
- Extensive experience working with large datasets using Excel (advanced formulas and VBA macros) and reading/writing SQL queries.
- Proficiency in programming (especially Python or C++) an advantage.
- Strong understanding of accounting, financial, and valuation
- Attention to detail with a drive to solve problems, investigate issues, and creative thinking.
- Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment.
- Ability to navigate ambiguous situations and deliver results.
- Intrinsic motivation with a strong desire to make a positive impact on the organization.
What you'll do:
- Leverage extremely large databases maintained by the Data teams to create advanced reports & data visualizations to communicate Kraken’s performance and advise ongoing projects.
- Assist team members in sourcing/scripting additional datasets and conducting detailed quantitative analysis to drive deep insights and generate impact.
- Develop and maintain automation models to improve proficiency and accuracy of internal processes.
- Perform financial and operational deep dives across products, regions, business lines to understand ROI, margins, opportunity cost, and valuation impact.
- Assist the Strategic Finance team in preparing presentations and other updates for our executives, the board, and investors.
- Effectively build financial models to both understand the quantitative and qualitative aspects of what’s happening, and communicate findings & recommendations to the team.
- Build and maintain annual budget models and ongoing quarterly forecasts in collaboration with all the functions across Kraken globally.
We’re powered by people from around the world with their own unique and diverse experiences. We value all Krakenites and their talents, contributions, and perspectives, regardless of their background.
As an equal opportunity employer we don’t tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind. Whether that’s based on race, ethnicity, age, gender identity, citizenship, religion, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, veteran status or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state or local laws.