ACA Graduate Trainee – Digital Assets, Cryptocurrency & Blockchain
- Location: London, West End
- Salary: £27,500 plus bonus, ACA study support and benefits
- Contract: Graduate trainee, full-time
- Closing date: 7 August 2026
Launch your career at the intersection of accounting, technology, cryptocurrency and blockchain
Our client is a fast-growing, private-equity-backed accounting and advisory firm specialising exclusively in the Digital Assets, Cryptocurrency and Blockchain sector. Founded in 2023 and based in London’s West End, the firm works with high-growth crypto-native businesses, blockchain companies and digital asset organisations operating at the cutting edge of financial services and technology.
As an ACA Graduate Trainee, you will train to become a Chartered Accountant with ICAEW while developing specialist expertise in one of the fastest-growing and most innovative areas of finance.
What you will be doing
As an ACA Graduate Trainee, you will:
- Work towards becoming a Chartered Accountant through the ICAEW ACA qualification
- Analyse transactions across complex blockchain networks
- Support accounting, audit and advisory work for digital asset and crypto clients
- Help solve new and evolving accounting challenges in blockchain environments
- Use data, analytics and problem-solving skills to understand digital asset activity
- Support clients navigating financial, regulatory and operational challenges
- Work with high-growth crypto-native organisations, start-ups and global digital asset businesses
- Contribute to the development of internal tools, automation and improved processes
- Build technical knowledge across cryptocurrency, blockchain, digital assets, accounting and audit
- Gain early responsibility in a rapidly scaling specialist advisory firm
Who we are looking for
We are particularly interested in STEM graduates who want to apply their analytical and technical skills in a commercial, finance and professional services environment.
Experience or interest in coding, data analytics, computational problem-solving, blockchain, cryptocurrency or financial technology would be highly relevant.
Key requirements
We are looking for graduates who can demonstrate:
- Strong academic performance in a STEM, finance, accounting, economics or analytical degree
- Excellent numerical, analytical and problem-solving skills
- Genuine interest in digital assets, cryptocurrency, blockchain and financial innovation
- Curiosity and ability to learn quickly in a fast-moving sector
- Strong attention to detail
- Clear written and verbal communication skills
- Commercial awareness and interest in working with high-growth businesses
- Motivation to complete the ICAEW ACA qualification
- Ability to work collaboratively in a high-performance professional environment
Prior accounting experience is not essential. What matters most is intellectual curiosity, analytical ability and a genuine interest in building a career at the forefront of digital finance.
What we offer
- Full ICAEW ACA training contract
- ACA study support
- Bonus and benefits
- Exposure to one of the most innovative sectors in financial services
- Hands‑on work with digital asset, cryptocurrency and blockchain clients
- Early responsibility within a fast-growing specialist firm
- Opportunity to work with high-growth crypto-native companies and global digital asset organisations
- Collaborative, ambitious and high-performance team culture
- A career path combining accounting, audit, tax, advisory, technology and digital assets
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