Head of Finance

The role

The Head of Finance will run the finance function for ether.fi. This includes owning month end, audits, budget, tax, treasury operations, fund NAV, payments, and payroll.

What you will do

• Run month end across all entities.
• Perform balance sheet recs including wallets, exchange and custody balances against the ledger.
• Handle revenue recognition for protocol fees, vault fees, card interchange and treasury income.
• Lead statutory audits.
• Own the annual budget and monthly budget vs actuals.
• Perform cash forecasting.
• Monitor daily liquidity across fiat, stables and crypto.
• Perform weekly portfolio review and rebalancing to targets set by the CFO.
• Put intercompany agreements and a transfer pricing model in place.
• Manage tax and regulatory finance filings across Cayman, Brazil, US, Canada and UAE.

Required qualifications

• Qualified accountant (CA, CPA, ACCA).
• 8+ years post-qualification.
• At least 4 years in-house at a crypto, fintech or asset management business.
• Has run a finance function before, as controller or head of finance, across multiple entities and currencies.
• Has owned audits end to end.
• Hands-on with intercompany agreements and transfer pricing.
• Comfortable with crypto: wallet recs, token accounting, staking rewards, NAV for crypto funds.
• Organised and direct.
• Able to work in Cayman (right to work or eligible for a permit).

Nice to have

• Big 4 audit background
• Cayman funds: CIMA registration, investment manager entities, working with administrators
• VASP, payments or card program experience, including interchange
• US and Canadian tax
• Multi-country payroll and token compensation
• QuickBooks Online, a crypto sub-ledger, AP automation

Benefits

• Relocation support is available

About the company

ether.fi is one of the largest DeFi protocols on Ethereum. Behind the protocol is a group of operating companies in Cayman, Brazil, the US, Canada and the UAE.