What are the responsibilities and job description for the Chief Accounting Officer position at Gemini?
About the Company
Gemini is a global crypto and Web3 platform founded by Tyler Winklevoss and Cameron Winklevoss in 2014. Gemini offers a wide range of crypto products and services for individuals and institutions in over 70 countries.
Crypto is about giving you greater choice, independence, and opportunity. We are here to help you on your journey. We build crypto products that are simple, elegant, and secure. Whether you are an individual or an institution, we help you buy, sell, and store your bitcoin and cryptocurrency.
At Gemini, our mission is to unlock the next era of financial, creative, and personal freedom.
The Department : Finance
The Financial Operations 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 : Chief Accounting Officer
Gemini is looking to hire a Chief Accounting Officer. 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 :
- Lead all financial statement preparation, presentation, and retention, along with financial planning and analysis, budget forecasting and re-forecasting.
- Maintain all ledger reconciliations, capital computations, audit support, bookkeeping, and accounting due diligence.
- Submit all required financial reporting deliverables to various regulators by prescribed deadlines.
- Establish and maintain financial policies and procedures and internal business controls that ensure sustainable and profitable business growth as well as ability to comply with SEC requirements.
- Manage, grow, and cultivate a high performing team of Global Financial Operations professionals across Accounting and AP / AR functions in the US, Dublin, and Singapore.
- Manage key external relationships with audit professionals, consultants, and tax advisors.
- Develop strategies for compliance with emerging accounting and tax rule changes and guidance from oversight bodies.
- Advise on strategic client and equity partnerships with a focus on long-term deal analysis, forecasting, business planning, and critical risks.
- Translate financial analysis into actionable insights for strategic planning, cash flow management, financing and Board meetings.
- Assure timely and accurate financial closing processes including overall responsibility for completion of weekly and monthly closes, along with quarterly and annual audits.
- Facilitate operational tax strategies and foreign currency exchange rate strategies.
- 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.
- Evaluate and improve processes and systems to promote operational excellence.
- Manage a team of Financial Operations professionals across Accounting functions.
Qualifications :
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The compensation & benefits package for this role includes :
Salary Range : The base salary range for this role is between $276,000 - $415,000 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.
In the United States, we have a flexible hybrid work policy for employees who live within 30 miles of our office headquartered in New York City and our office in Seattle. Employees within the New York and Seattle metropolitan areas are expected to work from the designated office twice a week, unless there is a job-specific requirement to be in the office every workday. Employees outside of these areas are considered part of our remote-first workforce. We believe our hybrid approach for those near our NYC and Seattle offices increases productivity through more in-person collaboration where possible.
At Gemini, we strive to build diverse teams that reflect the people we want to empower through our products, and we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. Equal Opportunity is the Law, and Gemini is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. If you have a specific need that requires accommodation, please let a member of the People Team know.
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Salary : $276,000 - $415,000
