Summary

Gemini is looking to hire a Controller. Joining a rapidly growing and high quality, established digital asset exchange that is regulated by the New York State Department of Financial Services, this appointment will be central to our continued scaling as an organization. This role will report directly to the Chief Accounting Officer.

Responsibilities:

1. Lead all general ledger operations, financial statement analysis, review, and related presentation to stakeholders.
2. Maintain all ledger reconciliations, capital computations, audit support, bookkeeping, and accounting due diligence.
3. Act as a point person, owning the submission of all required financial reporting deliverables to various regulators by prescribed deadlines.
4. Establish and maintain financial policies and procedures and internal business controls that ensure sustainable and profitable business growth. 
5. Manage a team of Global Financial Operations professionals across Accounting and AP/AR functions located globally.
6. Manage key external relationships with audit professionals, consultants, and tax advisors.
7. Develop strategies for compliance with emerging accounting and tax rule changes and guidance from oversight bodies.
8. Advise on strategic client and equity partnerships with a focus on long-term deal analysis, forecasting, business planning, and critical risks.
9. Translate financial analysis into actionable insights for strategic planning, cash flow management, financing and Board meetings.
10. Assure timely and accurate financial closing processes including overall responsibility for completion of weekly and monthly closes, along with quarterly and annual audits.
11. Facilitate operational tax strategies and foreign currency exchange rate strategies.
12. Oversee outsourced financial activities to Gemini affiliates and any sub-outsourcing to other third party service providers, ensuring services are provided in accordance with the respective regulatory requirements and internal policies, processes and procedures and agreed service level agreements.
13. Evaluate and improve processes and systems to promote operational excellence.
14. Manage a team of Financial Operations professionals across Accounting functions.

Qualifications:

1. An undergraduate degree in accounting, economics, finance or related field. 
2. 10-15+ years work experience in accounting. Big 4 accounting firm experience is a plus.
3. CPA (or equivalent license).
4. Previous Finance experience in a regulated industry preferably financial services will be advantageous. Highly value experience managing numerous competing regulatory reporting deliverables.
5. Proven experience gained within a relevant, regulated financial services organization and a strong understanding of relevant products and services, including current knowledge of their regulatory financial requirements.
6. Proven track record of leading Finance teams, managing performance, and improving knowledge/skills of team members.
7. Ability to learn quickly in a fast-paced and changing financial environment with the demonstrated capacity for excellent judgment, communication, and negotiation skills.
8. Outstanding interpersonal skills and relationship building abilities.
9. Experience with enhancing and scaling financial accounting software.
10. Has an understanding of GAAP and maintains industry related technical expertise.
11. Data-driven leadership skills with a multi-layered understanding of the economics and drivers for a growth-oriented business. 
12. The ability to design the work processes, plans, KPIs, and incentive schemes for the team to deliver on department and company goals. 
13. Experience with debt and equity financing, and M&A transactions would be a plus, to include managing the capital structures of a company in the fintech/crypto space (equity, debt, capital requirements, etc.).
14. The ideal candidate will have a regulatory financial background but, in any event, he/she will possess a proven track record of successfully advising, influencing and representing an international company with complex regulatory, financial and legal matters.

It Pays to Work Here

The compensation & benefits package for this role includes:

1. Competitive starting salary
2. A discretionary annual bonus
3. Long-term incentive in the form of a new hire equity grant
4. Comprehensive health plans
5. 401K with company matching
6. Paid Parental Leave
7. Flexible time off

Salary Range:

The base salary range for this role is between $209,000 - $261,000 in the State of New York, the State of California and the State of Washington. This range is not inclusive of our discretionary bonus or equity package. When determining a candidate’s compensation, we consider a number of factors including skillset, experience, job scope, and current market data.

Skills

• Accounting
• Business Relation
• Leadership
• Operations