The Role
Lead month-end close activities, prepare complex journal entries and reconciliations, support US and international audits, and drive process improvements and automation. Collaborate cross-functionally, support M&A integrations and system implementations, document SOPs, and act as primary contact for external auditors and local accounting firms.
Summary Generated by Built In
Trading Technologies is a global capital markets technology company operating across the U.S., EMEA and APAC. We are looking for a Senior Accountant who brings strong technical fundamentals and a genuine interest in how things work — someone who understands the process behind the numbers and is always looking for ways to improve it.
This role sits within our global finance team and covers core accounting responsibilities across multiple jurisdictions, including month-end close, reconciliations, and audit support. In addition to day-to-day accounting operations, you will have the opportunity to contribute to special projects such as mergers and acquisitions, system implementations, and process improvement initiatives as the business continues to grow.
We are looking for someone detail-oriented and dependable, with the curiosity and initiative to grow with the team as the business continues to scale.
Key Responsibilities
Month-End Close
- Assist in redesigning financial processes to identify inefficiencies and automate routine tasks such as journal entries and account reconciliations. Leverage tools such as Power Automate, Power BI, or other AI models to streamline processes and drive efficiency.
- Prepare complex journal entries to support period-end close.
- Perform account reconciliation reviews to ensure compliance with accounting policies and US GAAP, with a focus on identifying and resolving process gaps and inefficiencies.
- Perform variance analysis on actuals vs. prior periods, providing clear and actionable commentary to management.
Audit Support
- Support the consolidated U.S. audit and statutory audits for the UK and French entities, serving as a primary point of contact for external auditors.
- Manage local accounting firms to ensure compliance with local filing requirements and deadlines across all jurisdictions.
Process Improvement Projects
- Actively identify inefficiencies in current accounting workflows and propose and implement scalable improvements, including automation opportunities.
- Support the evaluation and implementation of close management tools (e.g., FloQast) to centralize task ownership and reduce manual reconciliation work.
- Document and maintain SOPs for all key accounting processes, ensuring institutional knowledge lives in systems, not people.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Act as a business partner, sharing accounting expertise across global departments. Collaborate with FP&A, legal, HR, and other business stakeholders to ensure accurate internal management and external reporting during close.
- Liaise with international counterparts to ensure consistency in accounting treatment across the global entity structure.
- Support integration activities related to acquisitions and new business lines as the company continues to grow.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Essential Skills & Experience
- CPA or equivalent certification.
- 3–5 years of progressive accounting experience, including Big 4 public accounting experience or a blend of Big 4 and industry.
Desirable Skills & Experience
- Experience in a publicly traded company and/or public accounting firm.
- Experience in a high-growth technology or financial services company.
- Experience supporting M&A integration or post-acquisition accounting.
- Proficiency with NetSuite or similar enterprise accounting systems; advanced Excel skills.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with keen attention to detail.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Organized, adaptable, and capable of managing multiple priorities independently in a fast-paced environment.
- Highly accountable, proactive, and change-oriented.
Benefits
Competitive Benefits & Perks We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your well-being, growth, and work-life balance.
- Health & Financial Security:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) & Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Pre-tax transit and parking benefits
- Time Off & Flexibility:
- Enjoy the best of both worlds: the energy and collaboration of in-person work, combined with the convenience and focus of remote days. This is a hybrid position requiring three days of in-office collaboration per week, with the flexibility to work remotely for the remaining two days. Our hybrid model is designed to balance individual flexibility with the benefits of in-person collaboration, enhanced team cohesion, spontaneous innovation, hands-on mentorship opportunities and strengthens our company culture.
- 22 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) per year, with the option to roll over unused days.
- One dedicated day per year for volunteering.
- Two professional development days per year to allow uninterrupted professional development.
- An additional PTO day added during milestone anniversary years.
- Robust paid holiday schedule with early dismissal.
- Generous parental leave for all parents (including adoptive parents).
- Work-Life Support & Resources:
- Budget for tech accessories, including monitors, headphones, keyboards, and other office equipment.
- Backup child and pet care, as well as tutoring services.
- Milestone anniversary bonuses.
- Wellness & Lifestyle Perks:
- Stipend and subsidy contributions toward personally-owned cell phones
- Contributions for gym memberships and health/wellness initiatives.
- Discounted healthcare premiums.
- Healthy meal delivery program subsidies.
Trading Technologies (www.tradingtechnologies.com) is a global capital markets platform services company providing market-leading technology for the end-to-end trading operations of Tier 1 banks, brokerages, money managers, hedge funds, proprietary traders, Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs), commercial hedgers, and risk managers. With its roots in listed derivatives, the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company delivers “multi-X” solutions, with “X” representing asset classes, functions, workflows, and geographies. This multi-X approach features trade execution services across futures and options, fixed income, foreign exchange (FX), and cryptocurrencies, augmented by solutions for data and analytics, including transaction cost analysis (TCA); quantitative trading; compliance and trade surveillance; clearing and post-trade allocation; and infrastructure services. The award-winning TT platform ecosystem also helps exchanges deliver innovative solutions to their market participants and technology companies to distribute their complementary offerings to Trading Technologies’ clients.
Trading Technologies is backed by leading global investment firms Thoma Bravo, one of the world’s largest and most experienced software investors, and 7Ridge, a global growth equity firm focused on technology-enabled businesses.
This investment supports Trading Technologies’ continued focus on product innovation, platform scalability, and long-term growth for customers and partners worldwide.
Trading Technologies (TT) is an equal-opportunity employer. Equal employment has been, and continues to be, a required practice at the Company. Trading Technologies’ practice of equal employment opportunity is to recruit, hire, train, promote, and base all employment decisions on ability rather than race, color, religion, national origin, sex/gender orientation, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, parental status, veteran, or any other protected status. Additionally, TT participates in the E-Verify Program for US offices.
Trading Technologies (TT) is an equal-opportunity employer. Equal employment has been, and continues to be, a required practice at the Company. Trading Technologies’ practice of equal employment opportunity is to recruit, hire, train, promote, and base all employment decisions on ability rather than race, color, religion, national origin, sex/gender orientation, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, parental status, veteran, or any other protected status. Additionally, TT participates in the E-Verify Program for US offices.
About
Trading Technologies is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) technology platform provider to the global capital markets industry. The company’s award-winning TT® platform connects to the world’s major international exchanges and liquidity venues in listed derivatives alongside a growing number of asset classes, including fixed income and cryptocurrencies. The TT platform delivers advanced tools for trade execution and order management, market data solutions, analytics, trade surveillance, risk management, and infrastructure services to the world’s leading sell-side institutions, buy-side firms, and exchanges. The company’s blue-chip client base includes Tier 1 banks as well as brokers, money managers, hedge funds, proprietary traders, Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs), commercial hedgers, and risk managers. These firms rely on the TT ecosystem to manage their end-to-end trading operations. In addition, exchanges utilize TT’s technology to deliver innovative solutions to their market participants. TT also strategically partners with technology companies to make their complementary offerings available to Trading Technologies’ global client base through the TT ecosystem.
Skills Required
- CPA or equivalent certification
- 3-5 years of progressive accounting experience including Big 4 public accounting experience or a blend of Big 4 and industry
- Experience in a publicly traded company and/or public accounting firm
- Experience in high-growth technology or financial services company
- Experience supporting M&A integration or post-acquisition accounting
- Proficiency with NetSuite or similar enterprise accounting systems; advanced Excel skills
- Experience leveraging automation and reporting tools (Power Automate, Power BI, or other AI models) to streamline accounting processes
- Excellent analytical, written and verbal communication skills; organized and able to manage multiple priorities independently
Trading Technologies Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Trading Technologies and has not been reviewed or approved by Trading Technologies.
-
Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as competitive, with multiple plan options, discounted premiums, and wellness initiatives such as gym subsidies and healthy meal programs.
-
Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off is portrayed as generous, combining substantial PTO, paid holidays, flexible schedules, and added allowances like training days and volunteer time.
-
Parental & Family Support — Family supports include generous parental leave for primary caregivers, backup care for children, adults, and pets, adoption assistance, and dedicated spaces for new mothers.
Trading Technologies Insights
Am I A Good Fit?
Get Personalized Job Insights.
Our AI-powered fit analysis compares your resume with a job listing so you know if your skills & experience align.
Success! Refresh the page to see how your skills align with this role.
The Company
What We Do
Trading Technologies creates professional trading software, infrastructure and data solutions for a wide variety of users. Be aware of fraudulent job postings: It has come to our attention that individuals pretending to represent Trading Technologies are posting fake job ads on LinkedIn and possibly other job boards. These individuals conduct candidate interviews via Skype and extend offers, likely with the intent to collect personal information such as banking information, social security number or date of birth. They use a Gmail email address that is not affiliated with Trading Technologies. Only emails using a tradingtechnologies.com or trade.tt email address are authentic. Although we use third party recruiting agencies on a case-by-case basis, all candidates speak with a staff member who has a valid company email address before any offers are extended or personal information collected. Our open positions are posted on BuiltIn and on the Careers page of our website.
Why Work With Us
Cited by Crain's and Built In Chicago as one of Chicago’s best places to work, Trading Technologies is a pioneering financial technology firm that constantly pushes boundaries in the trading industry. TT is a highly collaborative and culture-first organization that fosters an environment of creativity and camaraderie to achieve results.
Gallery
