Summary

The Department: Controllership

The Finance and Accounting Teams at Gemini are thought leaders in the digital asset accounting and reconciliation space. Our mandate is to bridge the traditional world of finance with the innovation of cryptocurrency products, providing our clients with a best-in-class financial institution experience.

The Role: Principal, Technical Accounting 

Gemini is looking to hire a Principal, Technical Accounting. You will join 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.

Responsibilities:

1. Serve as the go-to expert on U.S. GAAP, ensuring proper application of accounting standards across the organization.
2. Lead the technical accounting research and implementation of complex accounting topics to determine the potential impact to the Company. This includes stock-based compensation (ASC 718), debt/equity financing transactions (ASC 470, ASC 480), and business combinations (ASC 805).
3. Lead accounting policy development, ensuring adherence to best practices and industry standards.
4. Oversee the preparation and review of technical accounting memos and whitepapers for significant transactions.
5. Partner with Finance and other teams to assess the financial statement impact of key business decisions.
6. Support regulatory reporting and compliance, including drafting regulatory documents, preparation of footnotes, disclosures, and accounting policies.
7. Stay up-to-date on evolving accounting regulations, particularly around cryptocurrency, assessing potential impacts on the organization.
8. Maintain the controls framework to ensure accounting and financial reporting process risks have been identified, assessed and documented in accordance with SOX requirements. 
9. Collaborate cross functionally with key stakeholders and provide technical accounting guidance on new business initiatives.
10. Provide training to accounting department team members related to new accounting policies and standards.

Qualifications:

1. An undergraduate degree in accounting, finance or related field.
2. 8-10+ years of Big 4 public accounting (national office, or SEC services is a plus) and industry experience. 
3. CPA (or equivalent license).
4. Willingness and commitment to learn and go deep; crypto experience is a plus but not required.
5. Previous Finance experience in a regulated industry preferably financial services will be advantageous. We highly value experience managing numerous competing deliverables.
6. Ability to learn quickly in a fast-paced and changing financial environment with the demonstrated capacity for excellent judgment and communication skills.
7. Outstanding interpersonal skills and relationship building abilities.
8. Experience with debt and equity financing, and M&A transactions would be a plus.
9. 3 or more years of prior experience managing teams and owning their work product.
10. Passion for the crypto industry with a strong interest in technical accounting.
11. Hard-working, disciplined, detail-oriented, and able to motivate engagement teams.
12. Experience writing complex technical accounting position papers.
13. Aptitude for technical accounting research and self-education, desire to learn and be an expert.
14. Knowledge of IFRS or other international accounting standards a plus.
15. Experience with financial accounting software (SAGE, Workiva, NetSuite, etc.). 

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 $137,000 - $192,000 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
• Cryptocurrency
• Leadership
• Team Collaboration