Financial Engineer

Full time - Paris - 40/60k€ + equity

As a Financial Engineer, you will be in charge of operating Kiln’s financial systems, from meticulous data monitoring and insightful analysis to crafting comprehensive reports and innovating process automation solutions! You will report to our Head of Finance and collaborate with Sales and Engineering teams to ensure the continuous reliability of Kiln financial data, serving both internal stakeholders and our valued customers. As we navigate through hyper-competitive markets and rapidly evolving regulatory landscapes, your contribution will be key to our strategic growth and continued leadership in the industry!

Responsibilities:

• Monitoring & analysis:

  • Monitor Proof-of-Stake protocols and blockchain networks to identify and analyze financial implications. Keep updated on market trends and regulatory changes to inform our strategies.

• Data integration & management:

  • Integrate various data sources, including on-chain information, blockchain aggregators/explorers, and internal services, using APIs. Ensure data accuracy, completeness, and consistency in Kiln’s databases.

• Financial reporting: 

  • Develop and deliver comprehensive financial reports tailored to the needs of Kiln, our partners and customers. Use data analysis to create custom reports that track Kiln's financial metrics (Revenue, Expenses, AUS, etc.) and provide valuable insights to our customers (Staking activity, Reward statements, etc.).

• Innovation in automation:

  • Create new internal tools and automated solutions to enhance the efficiency of Kiln’s financial and operational processes, including billing, treasury management, and cryptocurrency transaction reconciliation.

• Customer & leadership support:

  • Address customer inquiries related to invoicing and financial data. Work closely with the leadership team, providing finance insights to aid in risk mitigation and opportunity identification.

Stack: 

• Tech: Python, JS, SQL, API (REST, JSON).

• Tools: Google Sheets, Excel, Postman, GitHub, Slack.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Economics or Technology.

• Experience with data analytics, relational database and SQL.

• Proficient in Python scripting.

• Ability to fetch data via API (REST, JSON).

• Understanding of financial modeling, KPIs and reporting.

• Proven interest in Blockchain and Cryptocurrency - knowledge of protocols, blockchain-explorers and smart-contracts is a plus !

• French and English speaker (fluent).

• Curiosity and ability to dig into a topic and follow through.

• Genuine team spirit.

Nice-to-haves:

• Experience working within a fast-paced startup or regulated environment like Bank/FinTech.

• Knowledge of JavaScript.

• Familiar with automation tools like Google Apps Script, web scraping.

About Kiln:

Kiln is the leading enterprise-grade staking platform, enabling institutional customers to stake assets, and to whitelabel staking functionality into their offering. Our platform is API-first and enables fully automated validators, rewards, and data and commission management.

With over $4+ billion crypto assets being programmatically staked, Kiln has a particularly strong track record on Ethereum as we run over 4% of the network; this includes 35,000+ validators with 0 slashing events.

The team is made up of over 50 ecosystem enthusiasts formerly at Google, Circle, Ledger, Chainalysis, and other leading technology and cryptocurrency companies.

Join Kiln and help us make the web more secure, stable, decentralized, and fair!

How Kiln will support you:

• A fast-paced, no bureaucratic work environment

• Equity Share Options in the Business: if Kiln succeeds, we all succeed!

• Competitive salary

• Unlimited holiday

• Flexible remote working

• Choose your IT equipment

• Internet connection paid up to €50/month

• Significant personal development and tech conf budget

Your interview process: 

1. Recruiter interview (45 min)

2. Take-home test (< 3 hours)

3. Technical interview (60 min)

4. Core Values interview (45 min)

5. Founders interview (30 min)

6. Offer!

Please note that we are not sponsoring visas for persons without work authorization in France. This role is specifically for employees (no B2B or contractors) based in Paris.Thank you!