What are the responsibilities and job description for the Vice President, Finance position at Flipside Crypto?
Vice President, Finance
Reporting to the CFO, the Vice President of Finance will lead Flipside's day-to-day finance function, with oversight of the accounting, tax, treasury, financial operations, FP&A, and finance business partner functions. This senior role will work alongside the CFO to deliver operational and strategic finance excellence to Flipside as we scale into the next phase of our growth.
Who is Flipside?
Flipside orchestrates blockchain growth through a powerful mix of data, science, and community. We drive measurable market cap growth for blockchain ecosystems, empower analysts with industry-leading data, and empower anyone to earn tokens by shaping the onchain economy.
At the heart of our approach is a proprietary wallet scoring methodology that transforms raw onchain data into actionable growth strategies. This highly quantitative framework drives meaningful ecosystem awareness, acquisition, and activation—and has catalyzed billions in value creation for Flipside partners like Solana, Avalanche, NEAR, Aptos, and more.
Founded in 2017 and backed by leading investors like Republic, Galaxy, and True Ventures, Flipside is a remote-first company with a global team of nearly 100. With an energetic community of 180,000 analysts, and dozens of top-tier blockchain partners, growth knows no bounds at Flipside.
Responsibilities
Team Leadership & Operations
- Lead and develop a team of finance professionals across all core finance functions
- Drive operational excellence in day-to-day finance activities and act as the key connection point between finance and other functional leaders at Flipside
- Serve as the primary daily escalation point for the finance team, enabling the CFO to focus on strategic initiatives
Accounting, Tax, Treasury, Compliance
- Direct the accounting, tax, and treasury functions and oversee function-specific deliverables for all functions
- Ensure compliance with relevant regulations and accounting standards, and evolve tools to deliver on these requirements
- Manage 3rd party advisors related to audit, tax, technical accounting, and similar
- Oversee month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close process for all financial statements, including reporting to investors.
- Steer the digital asset treasury function in all activities related to our assets: managing, tooling, rebalancing, reporting, and ad hoc needs
- Apply crypto-specific compliance and regulatory requirements as needed
- Demonstrate ability to bridge traditional finance with crypto-native financial structures
Financial Planning & Analysis
- Oversee delivery of the monthly/quarterly/annual forecast, budgeting, and variance analysis processes, ensuring accuracy and timeliness of financial statements
- Direct development and evolution of financial models and tools for planning and scenario analysis
- Create actionable insights from financial data to support business decision-making
- Monitor and report on key financial and risk metrics for the CFO
Finance Business Partnership
- Direct your team to work with department heads and provide financial guidance
- Translate complex financial concepts for non-finance stakeholders
- Drive process improvement initiatives across the organization
Qualifications
- 15 years of progressive finance experience, with at least 7 years in leadership roles
- Experience in crypto or high-growth fintech with substantial crypto knowledge
- CPA, CFA, MBA (finance/accounting focus) or equivalent qualification
- Deep understanding of how to combine crypto/blockchain technologies and traditional finance skills
- Track record of scaling finance operations in fast-growing companies
- Experience working with external advisory firms and relevant regulatory bodies
- Experience dealing with legal and contracts, international operations, HR, and other finance-adjacent functions
