Principal, Technical Accounting

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: 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:

• Serve as the go-to expert on U.S. GAAP, ensuring proper application of accounting standards across the organization.
• 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).
• Lead accounting policy development, ensuring adherence to best practices and industry standards.
• Oversee the preparation and review of technical accounting memos and whitepapers for significant transactions.
• Partner with Finance and other teams to assess the financial statement impact of key business decisions.
• Support regulatory reporting and compliance, including drafting regulatory documents, preparation of footnotes, disclosures, and accounting policies.
• Stay up-to-date on evolving accounting regulations, particularly around cryptocurrency, assessing potential impacts on the organization.
• Maintain the controls framework to ensure accounting and financial reporting process risks have been identified, assessed and documented in accordance with SOX requirements. 
• Collaborate cross functionally with key stakeholders and provide technical accounting guidance on new business initiatives.
• Provide training to accounting department team members related to new accounting policies and standards.

Qualifications:

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

It Pays to Work Here

The compensation & benefits package for this role includes:

• Competitive starting salary
• A discretionary annual bonus
• Long-term incentive in the form of a new hire equity grant
• Comprehensive health plans
• 401K with company matching
• Paid Parental Leave
• 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.

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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