Web3 Legal Jobs in New York, United States

At Anchorage Digital, we are building the world’s most advanced digital asset platform for institutions to participate in crypto. Anchorage Digital is a crypto platform that enables institutions to participate in digital assets through custody, staking, trading, governance, settlement, and the industry's leading security infrastructure. Home to Anchorage Digital Bank N.A., the first federally chartered crypto bank in the U.S., Anchorage Digital also serves institutions through Anchorage Digital Singapore, Porto by Anchorage Digital, and other offerings. The company is funded by leading institutions including Andreessen Horowitz, GIC, Goldman Sachs, KKR, and Visa, with its Series D valuation over $3 billion. Founded in 2017 in San Francisco, California, Anchorage Digital has offices in New York, New York; Porto, Portugal; Singapore; and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Learn more at anchorage.com, on X @Anchorage, and on LinkedIn.

With the evolving landscape of digital threats and an increasing volume of sophisticated attacks by malicious actors, we have a security policy mandating all new hires complete an in-person onboarding process - no exceptions. Security is our foundation and we prioritize physical identity verification and secure IT setup. While our security and IT logistics require physical presence to protect our infrastructure from sophisticated global threats, this move is equally about our Village culture. We believe that a laptop can be shipped, but our culture cannot.

Anchorage Digital is building an Accounting Center of Excellence in Portugal, offering a unique opportunity to be part of newly developing business lines at a high-growth leader in the digital asset space. The Member of Accounting, Stablecoins will play a critical role in daily and month-end close activities across subsidiaries in multiple locations, maintaining the overall accuracy of our financial statements through in-depth accounting analysis. As our company, revenue, and team continue to grow, we are searching for an individual who thrives on challenges, has a keen eye for detail, and desires to make a significant impact across our organization in this dynamic role. We have created the Factors of Growth & Impact to help Villagers better measure impact and articulate coaching, feedback, and the rich and rewarding learning that happens while exploring, developing, and mastering the capabilities and contributions within and outside of the Member of Accounting role:

Technical Skills:

• Act as the primary preparer for assigned stablecoin-related accounting and reporting activities, supporting management review and approval.
• Utilize advanced Google Sheets skills to handle large datasets efficiently and reliably.
• Resolve diverse accounting issues by evaluating multiple solution paths and adapting quickly to evolving business requirements.

Complexity and Impact of Work:

• Prepare and record stablecoin customer flows, managing complex cash movements and critical issuance/redemption entries.
• Perform detailed, high-volume reconciliations to ensure the total accuracy and completeness of stablecoin reporting.
• Generate monthly stablecoin reserve reports for all assigned stablecoins issued by Anchorage Digital Bank, actively supporting the critical attestation process with independent auditors.
• Verify reporting accuracy across both existing stablecoin products and upcoming new launches.
• Conduct rigorous fluctuation analyses and variance reviews, ensuring general ledger balances strictly align with financial statements.
• Support the implementation of advanced accounting software to automate workflows and streamline the monthly closing process.
• Maintain regulatory and financial integrity by supporting internal controls compliance, financial reporting, external audits, and tax activities.
• Drive continuous improvement by contributing to special accounting projects and delivering ad-hoc financial analyses as needed.

Organizational Knowledge:

• Align with Anchorage Digital's overarching strategy, actively contributing to strategic planning and goal-setting exercises for the accounting team.
• Investigate and resolve complex variances, leveraging a deep understanding of organizational workflows to correct discrepancies found during flux analysis and account reconciliations.

Communication and Influence:

• Foster a collaborative working environment through active listening, clear communication, and empathy, while consistently modeling and exemplifying our core cultural pillars.
• Document and standardize accounting processes with the deliberate intention of creating a shared team understanding and eliminating single points of failure.
• Serve as a clear cross-functional bridge by supporting internal and external audit processes to ensure seamless, accurate, and timely financial reporting.

You may be a fit for this role if you have:

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Accounting, Business, Economics, Finance, or Audit.
• 3+ years of professional experience in financial management, reporting, accounting, or audit.
• Direct experience performing detailed, data-intensive reconciliations.
• Exceptional communication skills, with proven ability to articulate complex financial concepts clearly, both in writing and verbally.
• Experience writing and editing SQL queries to manipulate and analyze large datasets.
• High proficiency with Google Sheets (highly preferred) or Microsoft Excel for advanced data modeling.
• The ability to thrive in the face of ambiguity, easily multitasking and excelling within a fast-paced, rapidly evolving organization.
• Full professional proficiency in English (reading, writing, listening, and speaking), as English is our primary language for global company communication.

Although not a requirement, bonus points if:

• You bring experience working at a public audit firm or have managed the full audit lifecycle from planning through reporting.
• You hold an active CPA certification (or local equivalent).
• You possess a strong working knowledge of US GAAP, including experience with SOX compliance frameworks.
• You have hands-on proficiency with NetSuite or similar enterprise-level ERP systems.
• You have industry experience within the digital assets, SaaS, or high-growth technology sectors.
• You stay actively up to date with the rapid proliferation of blockchain and digital asset innovations.
• You were emotionally moved by the soundtrack to Hamilton, which chronicles the founding of a new financial system. :)

About Anchorage Digital: Who we are The Anchorage Village, what we call our team, brings together the brightest minds from platform security, financial services, and distributed ledger technology to provide the building blocks that empower institutions to safely participate in  the evolving digital asset ecosystem. As a diverse team of more than 600 members, we are united in one common goal: building the future of finance by providing the foundation upon which value moves safely in the new global economy. Anchorage Digital is committed to being a welcoming and inclusive workplace for everyone, and we are intentional about making sure people feel respected, supported, and connected at work—regardless of who you are or where you come from. We value and celebrate our differences and we believe being open about who we are allows us to do the best work of our lives. Anchorage Digital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or veteran status. Anchorage Digital considers qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with other legal requirements. “Anchorage Digital” refers to services that are offered either through Anchorage Digital Bank National Association, an OCC-chartered national trust bank, or Anchorage Lending CA, LLC a finance lender licensed by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, License No. 60DBO-11976, or Anchorage Digital Singapore Pte Ltd, a Singapore private limited company, all wholly-owned subsidiaries of Anchor Labs, Inc., a Delaware corporation. Protecting your privacy rights is important to Anchorage Digital, and we work to maintain the trust and confidence of our clients when handling personal or financial information. Please see our privacy policy notices here.We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

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