Finance Operations Intern

Internship (6 months) - Full time - Paris 9 - Starting at 1100€/month_

**Kiln is now part of the prestigious French Government program**#FT120** from**La French Tech****:
Kiln is the leading **enterprise-grade rewards platform** that enables institutional customers to stake assets and integrate staking & DeFi functionality into their offerings. We are looking for a **Finance Operations Intern** to work closely with our **Head of Finance** and broader **Finance team**.

**Responsibilities**:
**1) Support Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)**
- Assist in recording and reconciling cryptocurrency revenue transactions
- Participate in the preparation of financial statements
- Help with forecasting & budgeting

**2) Systems & Financial Reports**
- Utilize financial data to create internal reports that provide insights into the company’s financial performance
- Prepare detailed reports for customers regarding their staking activity and reward statements
- Address any customer inquiries related to invoicing and financial data

**3) Accounting & Operational Tasks**
- Process invoices, including recording and tracking accounts payable and receivable
- Reconcile expenses and support month-end closing activities
- Assist in the customer invoicing process, ensuring compliance with established guidelines

**4) Commercial and Product Development**
- Contribute to financial negotiations for contracts
- Assist with project work to support sales operations, risk management, and other teams internally

**Requirements**:

- Skills & background_
- ** Strong understanding of financial modeling & KPIs/reporting (Google Sheets, Excel)**
- Interest in crypto and familiarity with tooling (blockchain explorers, etc.) is a plus
- Pursuing or completing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Economics, Technology
- Fluent in English and French
- Familiarity with automation tools is a plus
- Soft Skills:_
- Genuine interest in Blockchain & crypto
- Humility & team-spirit
- Willing to learn and adapt in a fast-paced environment
- Organized and rigorous
- Passionate about tech startups
- Curious and able to dig into a topic and follow through

**About Kiln**:
Kiln is the leading **enterprise-grade rewards platform** that enables institutional customers to stake assets and integrate staking & DeFi functionality into their offerings. Our API-first platform provides fully automated validators, staking & DeFi protocols access, and comprehensive data and commission management.

With **$11+ billion in crypto assets** staked through our platform, Kiln has established a strong presence on Ethereum, managing over 5% of the network through 45,000+ validators — all with zero slashing events.

Kiln serves more than 140 leading customers, including Binance, BitPanda, Bitgo, Fireblocks, VanEck, and TrustWallet.

Our team of 90 ecosystem enthusiasts brings experience from industry leaders like Google, Circle, Ledger, Chainalysis, and other prominent technology and cryptocurrency companies.

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

**How Kiln will support you**:
At Kiln, our values drive us**:Technical Excellence** ensures top security and usability; **Innovation-Driven Meritocracy** elevates groundbreaking ideas; **Trust and Transparency** build reliability through open communication; and **People First** keeps our team and clients at the heart of everything we do.
- A fast-paced, no bureaucratic work environment
- Opportunity to learn from industry experts
- Potential for a full-time position upon successful completion of the internship

**Your interview process**:
Our thorough process ensures the best fit for both you and Kiln, and we strive to make each step valuable and efficient.
- Recruiter Phone screen (30 min) with a recruiter
- Take-home exercise and oral presentation (1 hour) to our Finance team
- Culture fit Interview (30min)
- Chat with our CEO (20min)
- Offer

We're looking forward to chatting