Senior Audit & Financial Reporting Lead

DV Trading; Chicago, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus eligibility

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

HSA, FSA, and Dependent Care options

Employer paid group term life and AD&D

Job summary

DV Trading seeks an experienced Audit & Financial Reporting Manager to oversee external audits and multi-entity financial reporting across U.S. and international entities. You will coordinate with auditors, prepare statements and footnotes under U.S.

GAAP and IFRS, and ensure audit readiness with strong Excel skills and attention to detail. The ideal candidate has 5–10 years in audit/accounting, CPA preferred, and experience with broker-dealers or regulated financial institutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field.
• Approximately 5-10 years of relevant audit, accounting, or financial-reporting experience.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and IFRS.
• Demonstrated experience preparing or reviewing audited financial statements and footnote disclosures.
• CPA or equivalent professional accounting qualification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage annual financial-statement audits for the firm’s U.S. and international entities.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for external auditors and coordinate audit requests across internal teams.
• Develop and manage audit timelines, deliverables, open-item lists, and completion deadlines.
• Prepare complete financial statements, including footnotes and supporting disclosures, under U.S. GAAP, IFRS, and applicable local reporting requirements.
• Prepare and review audit schedules, account reconciliations, roll-forwards, lead sheets, and supporting documentation.
• Review trial balances and accounting records to identify errors, unusual balances, or required adjustments before the audit begins.
• Research and document complex accounting matters under U.S. GAAP and IFRS.
• Prepare technical accounting memoranda and support the firm’s accounting conclusions.
• Coordinate audit support across Accounting, Tax, Treasury, Legal, Compliance, Operations, and Trading teams.
• Review consolidations, intercompany balances, related-party transactions, foreign-currency activity, and multi-entity reporting.
• Assist with accounting for trading positions, derivatives, investments, revenue, expenses, and financial instruments.
• Maintain audit-ready documentation and strengthen financial-reporting controls.
• Track proposed audit adjustments and ensure that approved entries are accurately recorded.
• Improve and standardize audit and financial-reporting processes across the firm’s entities.
• Support regulatory examinations and other financial or accounting reviews, as needed.

Skills

U.S. GAAP

IFRS knowledge

Auditing

Financial reporting

Advanced Excel

Multi-entity reporting

Broker-dealer accounting

Regulatory reporting

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field

CPA or equivalent preferred

Public accounting experience

Job description

DV Trading seeks an experienced Audit & Financial Reporting Manager to oversee external audits and multi-entity financial reporting across U.S. and international entities. You will coordinate with auditors, prepare statements and footnotes under U.S.

GAAP and IFRS, and ensure audit readiness with strong Excel skills and attention to detail. The ideal candidate has 5–10 years in audit/accounting, CPA preferred, and experience with broker-dealers or regulated financial institutions.