XR Trading

Accountant

XR Trading

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • Illinois

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Salary

💰 $60,000 - $90,000 per year

Job Level

Junior

Tech Stack

JavaScriptSQLVBA

About the role

  • Perform day to day accounting duties primarily in accounts payable, cash management, monthly closes, regulatory reporting and other duties as assigned
  • Cash management: transferring cash between entities, processing disbursements across multiple bank accounts and currencies, performing bank reconciliations
  • General ledger: preparing and posting journal entries and assisting with general ledger maintenance
  • Assist with monthly close activities: preparing and posting journal entries and preparing balance sheet reconciliations
  • Assist with financial and regulatory audits
  • Understand and apply regulatory and accounting rules to internal processes and procedures
  • Interact directly with company personnel and management as needed
  • Assist on projects and other ad hoc assignments as needed
  • Collaborate with other team members to help solve problems and make process improvements/automation

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in accounting (preferred GPA of 3.5 or higher)
  • 1 - 3 years of accounting experience
  • Public accounting (Big 4) experience a plus
  • Proficient in MS Office software, with advanced knowledge of Excel (VBA/Macros a plus)
  • Basic programming skills and/or SQL knowledge a plus
  • CPA a plus
  • Knowledge of Great Plains/Management Reporter/Workplace/Papersave/SQL, Trading operations, Financial statements’ audits (are a plus)
  • Technologically focused with a drive toward efficiency, process improvement and automation
  • Highly motivated individual who can work efficiently and prioritize appropriately in a highly demanding environment
  • Manage high-pressure situations professionally, calmly and with urgency
  • Sound understanding of GAAP
  • Displays a passion for the field of accounting
  • Proactive and self-motivated to work independently to achieve both individual and team goals
  • Detail oriented with a strong commitment to preparing accurate work
  • Excellent verbal and communication skills
  • Superior organizational skills, a strong work ethic and unquestionable integrity
  • Capable of learning new things quickly in a rapidly growing/changing business
  • Ability to work individually and in a team environment and provide progress reports without being prompted
  • Capable of handling multiple projects simultaneously with the ability to prioritize
  • Ambitious personality who is not afraid of a challenge
  • Problem solver with superior analytical and reconciliation skills
  • Ability to professionally interact with staff and management
  • Employee must be a US citizen
  • XR Trading does not hire candidates who are currently on a student visa or who now or in the future will require XR to sponsor them for employment visa