Finance Manager - Fintech / Digital Assets / Financial Services

Ceffu; Fatih; Hybrid; TRY 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Job summary

Ceffu in Istanbul is seeking an experienced Accounting & Administrative Affairs Officer to manage local financial records and reporting for the Turkey operations as a Crypto Asset Service Provider (CASP).

You will oversee general ledger, close procedures, tax filings, audits, and admin duties, ensuring accuracy, regulatory compliance, and segregation of assets, while coordinating with external advisors and internal teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, economics, business administration or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in accounting, statutory reporting and financial operations.
• Knowledge of Turkish accounting standards, tax regulations, e-Ledger and e-Invoice.
• Experience in general ledger accounting, financial closing, reconciliations and reporting.
• ERP/accounting software such as SAP, NetSuite, Logo or Mikro; strong Excel skills.
• Coordinate with external accountants, tax advisors, auditors, banks and suppliers.
• Manage day-to-day admin matters including office management, procurement and supplier administration.
• Attention to detail, analytical thinking, organization and time-management; ability to manage multiple priorities.
• High confidentiality and discretion; Turkish fluency and English proficiency; based in Istanbul; hybrid work.

Responsibilities

• Maintain local statutory accounting records including general ledger and chart of accounts.
• Perform monthly/quarterly close procedures and reconciliations.
• Lead quarterly AUP report and semi-annual audits with external auditors.
• Prepare statutory financial statements and management accounts per Turkish standards.
• Coordinate tax filings, e-Ledger and payroll accounting.
• Support audits and regulatory inspections with complete records.
• Ensure segregation of customer and company assets; assist custody records.
• Handle procurement and admin activities; maintain asset records and travel/logistics.
• Assist group reporting, budgeting and governance bodies.

Skills

Accounting

Statutory reporting

Financial operations

Excel

ERP systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting/finance/business administration

SMMM/CPA or equivalent

Tools

SAP

NetSuite

Logo

Mikro

Excel

Job description

Ceffu is a leading institutional-grade digital asset custody platform, offering secure, compliant, and scalable solutions for enterprises, hedge funds, and financial institutions. Our mission is to provide cutting-edge security and infrastructure to support the seamless integration of blockchain technology into institutional finance.

Job Summary

Ceffu is seeking a detail-oriented and experienced Accounting & Administrative Affairs Officer to manage the financial records and reporting obligations of its Turkey-based operations as a Crypto Asset Service Provider (CASP). This role is responsible for ensuring the accuracy of financial transactions and delivering timely and compliant financial reporting in accordance with Turkish financial and regulatory standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain complete and accurate local statutory accounting records, including the general ledger, journal entries, sub-ledgers and chart of accounts, covering service fees, operating expenses and other transactions arising from the company’s activities.
• Perform periodic financial close procedures, including bank and intercompany reconciliations, fixed-asset accounting, accruals, prepayments and supporting closing files.
• Lead the Quarterly AUP report and the semi-annual Financial Statements Audit with external auditors.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual statutory financial statements and management accounts in accordance with Turkish Financial Reporting Standards, local accounting requirements and applicable tax legislation.
• Prepare regulatory financial reports, weekly capital-adequacy inputs and finance reports for Senior Management, the Board and other relevant governance bodies.
• Coordinate tax filings, e-Ledger, e-Invoice, payroll accounting, intercompany invoicing, expense accounting and other statutory obligations, working with external advisors where applicable.
• Ensure that customer assets and company assets are properly segregated and accurately reflected in the relevant accounting and supporting records; coordinate with Custody Operations on customer asset reconciliations, reserve evidence and audit requirements.
• Maintain accounting policies, chart-of-accounts mappings, financial-close checklists, finance control evidence and the proper retention and auditability of financial records.
• Provide locally approved financial information to Ceffu Group for consolidation, management reporting, budgeting, cost monitoring, forecasting and group-level analysis.
• Monitor financial performance and financial-control risks, and support alignment between business plans, budgets and the company’s financial-control framework.
• Coordinate day-to-day administrative affairs, including office and facilities management, lease and landlord coordination, utilities, telecommunications, cleaning, maintenance, security, workplace services, recurring subscriptions and relationships with relevant service providers.
• Administer procurement and supplier processes, including collecting quotations, supplier onboarding, invoice coordination, contract and renewal tracking and administrative-expense monitoring, in accordance with the company’s approval and authority matrix.
• Maintain inventories and records of company assets, equipment and mobile devices, and coordinate business travel, accommodation, meetings, couriers, insurance administration and other operational logistics.
• Support external and internal audits, internal control reviews and SPK, MASAK or other regulatory inspections by providing complete and accurate accounting, financial and administrative records.
• Perform all accounting, payment, procurement and administrative activities in accordance with applicable approval limits, segregation-of-duties requirements and internal policies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, economics, business administration or a related field.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in accounting, statutory reporting and financial operations. Prior experience with regulatory reporting and financial audit is preferred but not required.
• Strong knowledge of Turkish accounting standards, tax regulations, e-Ledger, e-Invoice and statutory financial-reporting requirements.
• Experience in general ledger accounting, financial closing, reconciliations, financial reporting and maintaining complete, accurate and auditable financial records.
• Experience using ERP or accounting software such as SAP, NetSuite, Logo or Mikro, together with strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Ability to coordinate effectively with external accountants, tax advisors, auditors, banks, suppliers and other service providers.
• Ability to manage day-to-day administrative matters, including office management, procurement coordination, supplier administration, contract and renewal tracking, recurring expenses and company asset records.
• Strong attention to detail, analytical thinking, organizational and time-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple accounting and administrative priorities.
• High standards of confidentiality, integrity, professionalism and discretion when handling financial, corporate and employee-related information.
• Fluency in Turkish and professional proficiency in English for collaboration with regional and global teams.
• Candidates must be based in Istanbul and able to work under the company’s hybrid working model

Preferred Qualifications

• SMMM, CPA or another relevant accounting or finance qualification.
• Experience within a regulated financial institution, payment or custody provider, fintech company or crypto-asset service provider.
• Familiarity with crypto-asset accounting, customer and company asset segregation, wallet reconciliation and custody-related financial records.
• Previous experience in a start-up, crypto exchange, blockchain company or another fast-growing financial-services environment.
• Previous responsibility for office administration, supplier management, procurement coordination or the establishment of a new local office.