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Accounting Manager

Kalshi · New York Office · On-site

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About Kalshi

Backed by Sequoia, Y Combinator and a16z.

About the role

Own and manage the monthly and quarterly close process, including the close calendar, journal entries, account reconciliations, and review process Directly manage members of the accounting team, including workload allocation, coaching, feedback, and development

What they're looking for

  • 5–8 years of progressive accounting experience with meaningful ownership of the general ledger and monthly or quarterly close
  • Strong working knowledge of US GAAP and core accounting principles
  • Experience leading, mentoring, reviewing, or managing other accountants and a genuine desire to continue developing people
  • The accounting judgment to review others' work, identify issues, and know when something requires escalation
  • A track record of taking ownership of complex processes and driving them to completion
  • Strong organizational skills and the ability to keep multiple contributors on track against a close calendar
More about this role

Kalshi has defined a new category: prediction markets. Kalshi allows people to trade on the outcome of any events and turn any question about the future into a financial asset. Kalshi fought for years and legalized prediction markets in the US for the first time in history, is currently the fastest growing financial market in America, and has thousands of markets across politics, economics, financials, weather, tech, AI, culture and more.

We believe prediction markets have the potential to be the largest financial market because they turn anything into a financial position.

Our vision: well… build the largest financial market on the planet.

Our mission: bring more truth to the world through the power of markets.

Our culture is simple: we hire really talented people, work really hard, and enjoy the climb. We are looking for ambitious and exceptional people to join our (relatively small) team to help us build the next generation of financial markets.

As Kalshi scales, the complexity and volume of our accounting operations are growing with it. We are looking for someone to take meaningful ownership of the day-to-day accounting organization, including the monthly and quarterly close,...

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