Senior Analyst, G&A FP&A

Circle is a financial technology company at the epicenter of the emerging internet of money, where value can finally travel like other digital data — globally, nearly instantly and less expensively than legacy settlement systems. This ground-breaking new internet layer opens up previously unimaginable possibilities for payments, commerce and markets that can help raise global economic prosperity and enhance inclusion. Our infrastructure – including USDC, a blockchain-based dollar – helps businesses, institutions and developers harness these breakthroughs and capitalize on this major turning point in the evolution of money and technology.

What you’ll be part of:

Circle is committed to visibility and stability in everything we do. As we grow as an organization, we're expanding into some of the world's strongest jurisdictions. Speed and efficiency are motivators for our success and our employees live by our company values: High Integrity, Future Forward, Multistakeholder, Mindful, and Driven by Excellence. We have built a flexible and diverse work environment where new ideas are encouraged and everyone is a stakeholder.

What you’ll be responsible for: 

Circle is looking for a dynamic Senior Finance Analyst to join our General & Administrative (G&A) FP&A team. In this newly created role, you will be a key business partner to functional leaders across multiple departments—such as Talent, Legal, Finance, and Risk & Compliance—providing financial insights, driving budget discipline, and enabling strategic decision-making. You will support budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, and long-range planning initiatives.

What you'll work on:

• Maintaining and improving financial models that forecast, track, and analyze our financials including opex budgets for each of our departments.

• Engaging directly with leaders and budget stakeholders across the organization to facilitate forecasting of key operational spend areas including headcount, compensation, vendor spend.

• Contributing to monthly reporting and variance analysis.

• Tracking headcount, compensation, and operating expenses across G&A functions.

• Preparing and presenting consolidated reporting packages for executive leadership.

• Identifying and driving process improvements across forecasting, reporting, and planning.

• Contributing to the evolution of Circle’s finance capabilities by being a key part of ERP and EPM implementation processes and actively seeking to improve finance processes across the organization.

• Supporting ad hoc financial analysis and special projects as needed.

What you’ll bring to Circle: 

Core Requirements:

• 4+ years of FP&A experience, marked by a proven ability to build financial forecast models and analyze extensive datasets.

• Advanced proficiency in Google Sheets / Microsoft Excel, using these tools effectively to create meaningful financial insights.

• Knowledge of GAAP accounting standards, how the financial statements interact, and an ability to build dynamic three statement models. 

• Exceptional financial and strategic analyses, translating findings into actionable recommendations.

• Past experience working with financial systems and building FP&A models in planning tools.

• Familiarity with generative AI models (ChatGPT, Gemini, etc.) and prompt development.

Preferred Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree, providing you with a solid academic grounding in finance and/or accounting.

• Ability to thrive in a dynamic, innovative startup environment characterized by rapid change and evolution.

• You are energized by the promise of blockchain technology.

• Experience/familiarity with Slack, Apple MacOS and GSuite.
   

Additional Information:

• This position is eligible for day-one PERM sponsorship for qualified candidates 

Circle is on a mission to create an inclusive financial future, with transparency at our core. We consider a wide variety of elements when crafting our compensation ranges and total compensation packages.

Starting pay is determined by various factors, including but not limited to: relevant experience, skill