circle

Accountant

circle$86K — $117K *
US-Anywhere
+ 25 other locationsRemote
Legal & Accounting
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2+ years of relevant accounting or audit experience
  • Professional accounting qualification (CPA, ACCA, ACA or equivalent)
  • Strong knowledge of US GAAP, especially ASC 606
  • Hands-on experience in revenue recognition and partner incentives
  • Familiarity with generative AI models and prompt development

Responsibilities

  • Own month-end and quarter-end close for revenue and partnerships
  • Analyze balance sheet and P&L movements for anomalies
  • Develop understanding of commercial economics and contract terms
  • Review customer and partner arrangements per ASC 606 and US GAAP
  • Design and implement AI-driven automation solutions to enhance processes

Benefits

  • Commitment to an inclusive financial future
  • Potential for a flexible work environment with remote options
  • Focus on transparency in compensation and total compensation packages
  • Opportunities for professional development and skill enhancement
  • Involvement in innovative projects utilizing AI and automation
Full Job Description
What you'll be responsible for:

You will own end-to-end accounting for revenue and partnership arrangements, ensuring accurate recognition, timely close, and complete disclosures across customer and partner incentives. You will maintain and improve internal controls and reporting, partner with commercial, legal, tax, and data teams to define accounting and control requirements, and support audits. You will identify, design, and implement AI and automation solutions - including generative models such as ChatGPT and Gemini - that reduce manual work, improve quality, and preserve human oversight, governance, and audit readiness.

What you'll work on:
  • Owning month-end and quarter-end close for revenue and partnerships, including subledger reviews, exceptions, journals and reconciliations
  • Analyzing balance sheet and P&L movements, investigating anomalies and producing evidence-based commentary on key drivers
  • Developing understanding of commercial economics, contract terms and data flows to ensure transactions are complete and accurately reflected
  • Reviewing customer and partner arrangements and applying ASC 606 and US GAAP to incentives, revenue sharing and non-standard terms
  • Designing and implementing AI-driven automation and process improvements using tools like ChatGPT and Gemini to reduce manual work while preserving human oversight and auditability


What you'll bring to Circle:

Core Requirements
  • 2+ years of relevant accounting or audit experience
  • Professional accounting qualification (CPA, ACCA, ACA or equivalent)
  • Strong knowledge of US GAAP, especially ASC 606, with hands-on experience in revenue recognition, partner incentives, variable consideration and balance sheet reconciliations
  • Familiarity with generative AI models (ChatGPT, Gemini, etc.) and prompt development

Preferred Requirements
  • Experience with ERP systems and transaction subledgers (Oracle or similar) and month/quarter close activities
  • Experience/familiarity with Slack, Apple MacOS and GSuite


Circle is on a mission to create an inclusive financial future, with transparency at our core. We consider a wide variety of elements when crafting our compensation ranges and total compensation packages.

Starting pay is determined by various factors, including but not limited to: relevant experience, skill set, qualifications, and other business and organizational needs. Please note that compensation ranges may differ for candidates in other locations.

Base Pay Range: $86,000 - $117,500

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About circle

Circle is a global financial technology firm that enables businesses of all sizes to harness the power of digital currency and public blockchains for payments, commerce and financial applications worldwide. Circle's platform has supported over 100 million transactions worth tens of billions of dollars, with nearly 10 million retail customers, over a thousand businesses, while storing and securing more than $5 billion in digital currency assets. Circle is also a principal developer of USD Coin (USDC), which together with Coinbase and the Centre Consortium oversees the standards and protocol for what has become the fastest growing, regulated, fully-reserved stablecoin. USDC now stands at well over $10 billion market cap and is adding nearly $300 million net new digital dollars in circulation every week. Today, Circle's transactional services, business accounts, and platform APIs are giving rise to a new generation of financial services and commerce applications that hold the promise of raising global economic prosperity for all through programmable internet commerce.
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300 employees
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Founded
2013

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