Senior Accountant, Financial Close at Paxos

<p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>About Paxos</strong></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Today’s financial infrastructure is archaic, expensive, inefficient and risky — supporting a system that leaves out more people than it lets in. So we’re rebuilding it.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">We’re on a mission to open the world’s financial system to everyone by enabling the instant movement of any asset, any time, in a trustworthy way. For over a decade, we’ve built blockchain infrastructure that tokenizes, custodies, trades and settles assets for the world’s leading financial institutions, like Mastercard, Visa, Robinhood, and PayPal.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>About the team</strong></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">The accounting team provides in-depth guidance to the rest of the organization on financial results, delivering essential insights that influence key decisions—from daily operations to long-term strategies. The team is responsible for solving complex financial questions in an evolving environment with new regulations, technologies and financial challenges. Their efforts help Paxos drive innovation, expand market reach and ultimately achieve Paxos’ mission of building a more open and inclusive financial system.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>About the role</strong></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">As a  Senior Accountant on the Accounting team, you’ll play a critical role in helping the team with the month-end, quarterly and financial closing process. You’ll have the opportunity to dive into new accounting standards and drive their implementation. You’ll be essential in helping with Paxos’ day-to-day accounting activities, overseeing aspects of the general ledger including but not limited to, cash management and intercompany functions. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams, including strategic finance, treasury and operations to provide valuable insight. This role is critical to Paxos’  success, ensuring that all reporting timelines are met and financial information is accurate, enabling informed decisions that drive growth and profitability.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>What you'll do </strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Perform both routine and non-routine/complex monthly close responsibilities</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Analyze books and records on a monthly basis to ensure accuracy and completeness</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Ensure compliance with GAAP and international statutory reporting requirements</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Liaise with external audit firm on both routine and non routine matters</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Participate in and guide the the development, implementation and maintenance of accounting policies and internal controls</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Assist in designing new processes and enhance existing ones; implement scalable processes to support the Paxos’ growth, and drive