Experience Senior · 6+ yrs (2+ years)
About the role
structured by ORIFinancial Operations Lead River Markets (YC P26) San Francisco Bay Area Apply Financial Operations Lead River Markets (YC P26) San Francisco Bay Area 1 month ago 136 applicants See who River Markets (YC P26) has hired for this role Apply Save Report this job About River MarketsRiver Markets is building the prime…
What you will do
- Own daily customer-funds segregation and secured-amount calculations, residual-interest monitoring, and capital, liquidity, customer-balance, and bank-balance controls.
- Prepare and oversee NFA and CFTC filings, including daily segregation reports, Form 1-FR-FCM, bi-monthly SIDR and recurring financial submissions.
- Build an audit-ready control environment with reconciliations, approvals, exception management, evidence retention, and clear operating procedures.
- Own the general ledger, month-end close, treasury, and banking operations, working with external accountants, auditors, and depositories.
- Translate finance and regulatory requirements into systems and automate reconciliations, reporting, controls, and data pipelines with engineering.
What they are looking for
- 2+ years of relevant experience at an NFA-regulated entity, such as an FCM, introducing broker, swap dealer, or DCM.
- Direct experience with customer-fund segregation, residual interest, regulatory capital, or NFA/CFTC reporting, plus familiarity with WinJammer and the NFA's online systems.
- Strong accounting and financial operations fundamentals, including general-ledger ownership, reconciliations, close, and audit readiness.
- A control mindset: you validate numbers, investigate breaks, document decisions, and never let unexplained differences roll forward.
- Ability to translate regulatory and accounting requirements into precise data and system requirements for engineers.
- Highly organized, self-directed, honest, and calm under pressure; able to lead across finance, compliance, legal, banking, and engineering with minimal oversight.
Nice to have
- Experience helping launch, register, or materially expand an FCM or other regulated market intermediary.
- Experience with institutional brokerage, crypto market infrastructure, or a technology-forward FCM.
- Strong skills in Excel, Python and SQL experience used to automate controls and reporting.
- Experience managing external accountants, auditors, banks, or regulatory examinations.
- Strong AI tooling and automation skills (agents, assistants)
Benefits
- Equity: 0.2%-0.5%
- Platinum health insurance plan, with 100% of the premium covered
- Unlimited PTO, with a minimum of three weeks
- Food provided in the office
- 401(k) match, fully vested
AccountingFinancial OperationsReconciliationsTreasuryAuditReportingWinJammerExcelPythonSQL
Full posting text
Experience: 2+ years at an NFA-regulated entity: FCM, introducing broker, swap dealer, or DCM Join as our founding financial operations leader and build the finance function for our FCM: fund segregation, regulatory filings, and audit-ready controls.