--- title: 'Financial Analyst (Entry-Level) at CertiK' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/financial-analyst-entry-level-certik-new-york-k575akys9myt' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-14' --- # Financial Analyst (Entry-Level) at CertiK - **Company:** CertiK - **Location:** New York, NY - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-09-11 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-14 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/certik/7d25f5e8-2fed-412c-b182-6568a491483e ## Job description ## 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. ## Compensation The target annual salary for this role performed in the US is $60,000 - $80,000. The exact compensation at which this job is filled will be determined by the skills and experience of qualified candidates. #LI-Remote #blockchain #startups #hiring CertiK is proud to offer medical, vision, and dental insurance, 401(k) plan with company matching, life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance, HSA (with high deductible plan), FSA, and other benefits to all full-time employees, along with flexible paid time off and holidays. CertiK also offers a variable commission program for business development sales roles. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire. CertiK is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against any applicant or employee on the basis of age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, medical condition, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status or civil partnership/union status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, childbirth, genetic information, military and veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state or local law. CertiK will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with local and federal requirements. https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/migrated_files/employers/poster_screen_reader_optimized.pdf All CertiK employees are expected to actively support diversity on their teams, and in the Company. ## About CertiK ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: CertiK is the largest Web3 security platform, providing end-to-end audit, compliance, and monitoring services for blockchain projects and financial institutions. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series B, $303.7M total funding) - **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States - **Founded**: 2017 (incorporated as Certified Kernel Tech LLC; LinkedIn lists 2018) - **Founders**: Prof. Zhong Shao (Yale University) and Prof. Ronghui Gu (Columbia University) ## Core Business - Primary industry/industries: Blockchain Security, Cybersecurity, Web3 Infrastructure, Compliance & Risk Management - Target customers: B2B – crypto exchanges, DeFi protocols, stablecoin issuers, custodians, enterprises adopting DLT, and public blockchain ecosystems (e.g., Aptos, Ripple, Sandbox, Polygon, BNB Chain, TON) - Mission/Purpose: “Security, compliance, and risk management for every stage of your Web3 journey” – from launch to scale, enabling projects to build with confidence, integrity, and real-time insights. ## Products & Services - **Smart Contract Audits**: Manual code review combined with AI‑powered analysis and optional formal verification; supports Solidity, Rust, Go. - **Formal Verification**: Proprietary hacker‑resistant kernel technology (CertiKOS) derived from academic research at Yale and Columbia. - **Penetration Testing**: In‑depth assessment of off‑chain components, APIs, cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP), and Web3 applications. - **SkyNet**: Real‑time security scoring and monitoring for 17,000+ projects (1.8M monthly active users). - **SkyInsights**: On‑chain AML/CTF compliance, risk analytics, and transaction monitoring (300M+ address labels, 4,000+ incidents detected since 2020). - **Proof of Reserves**: Attestation services for exchanges and custodians. - **Bug Bounty Platform**: Fully managed platform with 0% fees on payouts, connecting projects with a global ethical hacker community. - **DLT Advisory**: Strategy, architecture design, and security assessments for institutions building or integrating distributed ledger technology. - **Validator & Node Operations**: Managed infrastructure for blockchain networks. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Over $2 billion (source: LinkedIn, citing leading investors). - **Key Metrics** (public data): - Annual Revenue: $3.9M (LinkedIn estimate) - Total Funding: $303.7M across 10 rounds (latest Series B in April 2022 led by Tiger Global Management and SoftBank Vision Fund) - $483B market cap assessed, 115,000+ vulnerabilities detected, 90,000+ security audit findings - 5,000+ enterprise clients, 500+ applications secured, 100M+ users protected - Team of 125 employees ( +10.9% YoY growth) across 28 countries - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Sequoia Capital, Coatue, Goldmann Sachs, Shunei Capital, Insight Partners, Tiger Global Management, SoftBank Vision Fund, Hillhouse Investment - **Growth Signals**: Expanded into AML/CFT compliance (SkyInsights), SOC 2 Type II compliance, and regulatory partnerships in US, Singapire, Hong Kong, Japan, Abu Dhabi, Korea. ## Competitive Advantages - **Academic Foundaton**: Founded by leading formal‑verification researchers from Yale and Columbia; CertiKOS is a hacker‑resistnt concurrent OS with published peer‑reviewed results. - **Full‑Lifecycle Security**: One vendor for audits, monitoring, compliance, bug bounties, and node operations – reduces integration complexity for Web3 projects. - **Scale & Trust**: Largest Web3 security auditor with >5,000 clients, industry recognition (clients inclue Aptos, Ripple, Polygon, BNB Chain). - **Regultory Alignment**: Proactive invoement in global crypto policy (MiCA, DORA, HKSCF, MAS) gives clients a compliance edge. - **Dual‑Layer Defense**: Combines AI‑drive analysis with manual expert review and optional formal‑verification – a rarer deep‑tech approach. ## Strategic Focus - **Expanding Compliance Sute**: Adding real‑time AML monitoring, risk intelligence, and regulatory advisory to capture institutional and enterprise demand. - **Deeping AI/Formal Methods**: Leveraging AI to automate more of audit pipeline while maintaining formal verification rigor. - **Geographic Scope**: Growing regulatory relationships in Asia, Middle East, and Europe to serve global VASPs. - **Product Diversifiction**: Moving from single‑poit audit services to a full “security + infrastructure” platform (nodes, validators, bug bounties). ## Why Work Here - **Impactful Mission**: Work on security that protects hundreds of billions in digital assets – directly shaping trust in decentralized finance. - **Cutting‑Edge Technology**: Daily exposure to formal verification, AI security, blockchain internals, and both Web2/Web3 infrastructure. - **Global & Remote‑Friendly**: Employees across 28 countries; office in New York but distributed workforce (remote‑first culture likely based on hiring patterns). - **Career Growth**: Roles from Engineer III to Principal; senior positions in Blockchain Security Engineering (Solity, Rust, Golang) and Formal Methods. - **Acadamic‑Industry Bridge**: Collaborate with founders who are active professors – access to latest research and top conferences. - **Perks & Culture**: Not explicitly listed, but professional bug bount platform with 0% fees and team of respected security researchers suggests merit‑based, technically rigorous environment. ## Sources 1. [certik.com/company/about](https://www.certik.com/company/about) – Founders, background 2. [certik.com](https://www.certik.com/) – Products, metrics, client list 3. [certik.com/faq](https://www.certik.com/faq) – Service descriptions 4. [linkedin.com/company/certik](https://www.linkedin.com/company/certik) – Revenue, funding, employee count, valuation 5. 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