Job description
About the Company
Gemini is a global crypto and Web3 platform founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss in 2014, offering a wide range of simple, reliable, and secure crypto products and services to individuals and institutions in over 70 countries. Our mission is to unlock the next era of financial, creative, and personal freedom by providing trusted access to the decentralized future. We envision a world where crypto reshapes the global financial system, internet, and money to create greater choice, independence, and opportunity for all — bridging traditional finance with the emerging cryptoeconomy in a way that is more open, fair, and secure.
The Department: Controllership
The Role: Manager, Accounting
Gemini is looking to hire a dynamic accounting manager responsible for day-to-day accounting operations, ensuring accurate financial reporting and maintaining compliance with GAAP and internal policies. This is a unique role with a broad remit across technical accounting, multiple locations, and day-to-day GL operations. You’ll be joining a rapidly growing and high-quality, established digital asset exchange that is regulated by the New York State Department of Financial Services and others globally. This appointment will be central to our continued scaling as an organization and efforts to increase transparency and public company readiness. This role will report directly to the Controller and be involved in key / high priority growth projects impacting the Finance department as well as the overall organization.
This role is required to be in person twice a week at either our Seattle, WA, New York City, NY, or Miami, FL office.
Responsibilities:
- Manage month-end, quarter-end and year-end close processes, including journal entries and reconciliations
- Work with the business and regulatory teams to ensure the accounting for derivatives and other bespoke products is in line with contracts and related requirements
- Analyze fluctuations and trends in financial statement line items and provide insightful commentary
- Document and implement accounting policies in-line with the latest GAAP and SEC Reg S-X requirements for use by team members around the globe
- Support general automation and general ledger upgrade efforts taking into consideration multiple stakeholder needs
- Partner cross-functionally with FP&A, Tax, Legal, and Operations teams to support business initiatives and ensure proper accounting treatment
- Support the preparation of audit schedules and coordinate with external auditors for annual financial statement audits
- Support external relationships with audit professionals, consultants, and tax advisors, inclusive of networking and building contingency plans for possible future transactions and related accounting permutations
- Support strategic client and equity partnerships with a focus on long-term sustainability and efficiency for accounting operations
- Assist in implementing new accounting standards and system improvements
- Lead or support special projects as needed
Minimum Qualifications:
- An undergraduate degree in accounting, economics, finance or related field
- 6+ years work experience in accounting
- CPA (or equivalent license)
- Experience working in an accounting function within a large enterprise general ledger (Sage Intacct, Netsuite, etc.)
- Willingness and commitment to learn and go deep
- Previous Finance experience in a regulated industry, preferably in financial services. We highly value experience managing numerous competing deliverables
- An understanding of consolidation accounting
- Proven track record of meeting deadlines and ownership of complex areas
- Ability to learn quickly in a fast-paced and changing financial environment with the demonstrated capacity for excellent judgment, communication, and negotiation skills
- Outstanding interpersonal skills and relationship building abilities
Preferred Qualifications:
- Big 4 accounting firm experience
- Crypto experience
- Experience with enhancing and scaling financial accounting software
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 $112,000 - $160,000 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, employees within the New York, Seattle, and Miami 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 work day. We believe our hybrid approach for those near our NYC, Seattle, and Miami offices increases productivity through more in-person collaboration where possible. Employees outside of these areas are considered part of our remote-first workforce.
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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