Department: Finance
Reports To: Finance Controller
Employment Type: Full-Time
Salary: $95,000 – $125,000
About the Role
The Senior Accountant will play a crucial role in overseeing both the accounting operations and financial planning & analysis functions. This position combines traditional accounting responsibilities with forward-looking financial analysis and strategic planning, reporting directly to the assistant controller with significant exposure to the CFO.
What You'll Do:
- Oversee month-end and year-end close processes, ensuring accuracy and timeliness of financial statements
- Assist FP&A team with business partnering and forecasting
- Manage and review account reconciliations, journal entries, balance sheet accounts and tax requests/payments
- Ensure compliance with GAAP standards and internal control procedures
- Coordinate with external auditors during annual audits
- Review work of accounting / shared services staff for accuracy and completeness
- Collaborate with IT to enhance financial systems and automate manual processes
- Participate in special projects and strategic initiatives as needed
Who You Are:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, CPA required
- 3-5 years of progressive experience in accounting and financial analysis
- Big 4 or top 10 accounting firm experience highly preferred
- Advanced Excel skills (vlookup/pivots/sumifs/financial modeling)
- Strong knowledge of GAAP and financial reporting requirements
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities
Other preferences
- Familiarity with trade lifecycle and settlement accounting for equities, futures, and options
- Experience with broker-dealer regulatory reporting strongly preferred
- Performance Bonuses
- Stock Purchase Options
- Medical/Vision/Dental Benefits
- 401k Plan
- 20 Paid Vacation Days (plus an additional paid vacation day the month of your birthday!)
- 10 Paid Sick Days
- Gym Membership Reimbursement
- Commuter Benefits
- Pet Insurance
- Wellness & Mental Health Programs
- Charitable Donation Matching
- Two Paid Volunteer Days Off
- Daily catered lunch when in the office
- Full kitchen with snacks and beverages
- In-building gym
- Shuttle to/from Metra
IG North America is home to tastytrade, tastylive, and tastyfx—a family of brands built to democratize trading and empower individual investors. Founded in Chicago by the creators of thinkorswim, acquired by London-based IG Group in 2021, we combine startup innovation with the backing of a FTSE 100 fintech operating across five continents serving over 1.3m customers and handling billions of dollars in transactions – built on scale, trust, and proof.
From our headquarters in Chicago's Fulton Market, our team builds award-winning trading platforms, produces live financial education content daily, and creates technology that makes complex markets accessible. tastytrade is our retail brokerage for self-directed investing and trading, with tastylive providing content to educate our customers. tastyfx is the fastest-growing forex broker in the US.
We're a lean, collaborative team that values autonomy, pragmatism, and impact. Whether you're building technology, creating content, serving customers, or supporting operations, you'll work alongside people who are passionate about disrupting traditional finance and genuinely care about helping traders succeed. Our culture rewards initiative, embraces experimentation, and measures success by the value we create for our users. The bar is high – bring a curious and forward-thinking mindset and we'll give you the platform to define what comes next. Join us at IG|tasty – the future gets built here.
Location: Our office is in the West Loop - Chicago's growing center of tech, great cuisine, and high-end bars.
tastytrade | tastylive | tastyfx
1330 W Fulton Market, Chicago, IL 60607
*Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they have every single qualification. Our team is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role, but your experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles!
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
- CPA
- 3-5 years of progressive accounting and financial analysis experience
- Advanced Excel skills (VLOOKUP, PivotTables, SUMIFS, financial modeling)
- Strong knowledge of GAAP and financial reporting requirements
- Big 4 or top 10 accounting firm experience
- Familiarity with trade lifecycle and settlement accounting for equities, futures, and options
- Experience with broker-dealer regulatory reporting
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities
What the Team is Saying
tastytrade/ tastylive/ tastyfx/ tastycrypto Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Multiple medical plan options plus dental/vision, disability coverage, a healthcare FSA, and wellness/mental‑health programs are explicitly offered. This breadth points to robust core healthcare support across the organization.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — “Generous” PTO, paid company holidays aligned to all U.S. market holidays, and two paid volunteer days are highlighted. Together these indicate wide‑ranging paid time options beyond standard vacation alone.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company match is included alongside core benefits. This signals meaningful support for long‑term savings as part of total rewards.
tastytrade/ tastylive/ tastyfx/ tastycrypto Insights
What We Do
IG North America is home to tastytrade, tastylive, tastyfx, and tastycrypto—a family of brands built to democratize trading and empower individual investors. Founded in Chicago by the creators of thinkorswim, acquired by London-based IG Group in 2021, we combine startup innovation with the backing of a global fintech leader with 50+ years of experience. From our headquarters in Chicago's Fulton Market, our team builds award-winning trading platforms, produces live financial education content daily, and creates technology that makes complex markets accessible. tastytrade is our retail brokerage for self-directed investing and trading, with tastylive providing content to educate our customers. tastyfx is the fastest-growing forex broker in the US. tastycrypto provides self-custody digital wallets for decentralized finance. We're a lean, collaborative team that values autonomy, pragmatism, and impact. Whether you're building technology, creating content, serving customers, or supporting operations, you'll work alongside people who are passionate about disrupting traditional finance and genuinely care about helping traders succeed. Our culture rewards initiative, embraces experimentation, and measures success by the value we create for our users.
Why Work With Us
Success at tastytrade begins and ends with our people. If you’re looking for a collaborative and innovative team, we are the place for you!
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Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
We are located in the West Loop of Chicago with most teams working hybrid, though some employees enjoy coming in 5 days a week. We thrive off of our culture, and there is no better way to build that than to be in-person collaborating with peers!
