Financial Analyst

CertiK; United States; Remote; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Vision Insurance

Dental Insurance

401(k) with company match

Life Insurance

AD&D Insurance

HSA

FSA

Paid time off

Holidays

Commission for BD roles

Job summary

CertiK, the leading Web3 security platform, is seeking a proactive Financial Analyst (1-2 years) to join our fast-paced finance team in the United States. You will own record maintenance, high-volume data scrubbing, and detailed reconciliations, supporting month-end close, strategic analysis, and automation initiatives.

Ideal candidates have a finance or accounting degree, a strong GAAP foundation, excellent Excel/data skills, and a collaborative mindset.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in finance, accounting, or a related field.
• Solid understanding of GAAP, double-entry bookkeeping and accruals.
• Minimum GPA of 3.6.
• Proficient with Excel with data manipulation and automation experience.
• Detail-oriented with strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Data Maintenance & Record Keeping: Maintain, scrub, and organize large sets of financial records across ledgers and reporting systems.
• Reconciliations & Variance Investigation: Perform weekly and monthly reconciliations, investigate variances and discrepancies.
• Pre/Post-close Preparation & Support: Assist with pre-close items to ensure data is ready for month-end close.
• Analysis & Modeling: Assist with financial modeling, profitability analysis, budgeting and forecasting.
• Process Improvement & Automation: Streamline reporting workflows and routine reconciliations using automation tools and scripts (Python, SQL, Google Apps Script, Excel macros).
• Proactive Task Management: Identify gaps and independently resolve operational inefficiencies.
• Ad Hoc Tasks: Execute tasks from senior management and investors.
• Audit & Tax Support: Provide assistance to YE audit and tax reporting.

Skills

Data analysis

Excel proficiency

Problem-solving

Attention to detail

Self-motivation

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in finance or accounting

Tools

Python

SQL

Google Apps Script

Excel macros

Job description

About the company

Born from groundbreaking research at Columbia and Yale, the company has grown to become the largest Web3 security platform, combining proprietary models with comprehensive security solutions and end-to-end toolkits to support the full lifecycle of Web3 development. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in New York City, the company provides a wide range of services including smart contract audits, penetration testing, on-chain monitoring, incident response, and compliance solutions for some of the largest projects and institutions in the digital asset ecosystem.

About You

We are looking for a highly proactive, detail-oriented Financial Analyst with 1-2 years of professional experience to join our fast-paced finance team. In this role, you will be the backbone of the finance team, taking ownership of essential record maintenance, high-volume data scrubbing, and detailed reconciliations. This is an excellent opportunity for a driven professional to build upon their foundational skill set in corporate finance and accounting while supporting complex month-end close processes, strategic financial analysis, and workflow automation.

Responsibilities

• Data Maintenance & Record Keeping: Maintain, scrub, and organize large sets of financial records, ensuring absolute data integrity across ledgers and reporting systems.
• Reconciliations & Variance Investigation: Perform detailed weekly and monthly reconciliations (e.g., bank, revenue, crypto balance), including the rigorous investigation of variances and discrepancies.
• Pre/Post-close Preparation & Support: Assist the accounting team by organizing, reviewing, and cleaning up pre-close items, ensuring financial data is accurately prepared for the month-end close process.
• Analysis & Modeling: Assist with financial modeling, perform profitability analysis, and provide support in building and maintaining budget models and forecasting processes.
• Process Improvement & Automation: Streamline financial reporting workflows and routine reconciliation tasks by leveraging automation tools and scripts (e.g., Python, SQL, Google Apps Script, or advanced Excel macros).
• Proactive Task Management: Actively identify process gaps, discrepancies, or operational inefficiencies, and independently initiate and complete tasks to resolve them.
• Ad Hoc Tasks: Execute ad hoc tasks from senior management, investors and other external sources.
• Audit & Tax Support: Provide assistance to YE audit and tax reporting.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in finance, accounting, or a related field, with 1-2 years of relevant professional experience.
• Solid foundational understanding of accounting principles (e.g., GAAP, double-entry bookkeeping, accruals).
• Minimum GPA of 3.6.
• Proficient with Excel with a strong emphasis on data manipulation and demonstrated hands‑on experience in financial process automation.
• Highly detail‑oriented with excellent problem‑solving and analytical skills—must be comfortable diving deep into the data to find and fix discrepancies.
• Self‑motivated and proactive: proven ability to independently identify tasks, take ownership, and drive them to completion with minimal supervision.
• Strong organization, time management, and ability to meet strict reporting deadlines.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Team player with a positive attitude, ready to tackle new operational challenges.

CompensationAdditional InformationCompensation

The target annual salary for this role performed in the US is $70,000 - $90,000.

The exact compensation at which this job is filled will be determined by the skills and experience of qualified candidates.

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the company is proud to offer medical, vision, and dental insurance, 401(k) plan with company matching, life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance, HSA (with high deductible plan), FSA, and other benefits to all full‑time employees, along with flexible paid time off and holidays. the company also offers a variable commission program for business development sales roles.

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.

the company is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against any applicant or employee on the basis of age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, medical condition, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status or civil partnership/union status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, childbirth, genetic information, military and veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state or local law.

the company will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with local and federal requirements.

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All the company employees are expected to actively support diversity on their teams, and in the Company.