Financial Analyst (Entry-Level)

About CertiK

Born from groundbreaking research at Columbia and Yale, CertiK 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, CertiK 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 detail-oriented, highly organized Entry-Level Financial Analyst to join our fast-paced finance team. In this role, you will be the backbone of finance team, taking ownership of essential record maintenance, high-volume data scrubbing, and detailed reconciliations. This is an excellent opportunity for a recent graduate to build a strong foundational skill set in corporate finance and accounting while supporting complex month-end close processes and strategic financial analysis

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: Assist with and perform detailed daily and monthly reconciliations (e.g., bank, revenue, COGS), including the rigorous investigation of variances and discrepancies.
• General Accounting Support: Provide comprehensive general accounting support, including preparing journal entries and organizing month-end close documentation.
• Analysis & Modeling: Assist with financial modeling, statistical analysis, and provide support with the budget and forecasting process.
• Reporting: Present data-driven recommendations to the finance team based on variance analysis and special project findings.
• Process Improvement: Support senior analysts in streamlining financial reporting workflows (bonus points for familiarity with tools like Python or Google Apps Script to assist in automating routine reconciliation tasks).

Requirements

• Recent graduate or in the process of completing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in finance or related field.
• Minimum GPA of 3.6.
• Completion of mid-level finance and accounting courses.
• Proficient with excel, word, and powerpoint, with a strong emphasis on data manipulation.
• Excellent attention to detail, problem-solving and analytical skills-must be comfortable diving deep into the data to find and fix discrepancies.
• Strong organization, time management and ability to meet strict reporting deadlines.
• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
• Team player, strong interpersonal skills, and self-motivated to learn, take on operational tasks with a positive attitude, and tackle new challenges.