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Principal, Technical Accounting

Gemini
United States
Full time
$137,000 - $192,000 per year
Hybrid

Overview

Department

Accounting & Finance

Job type

Full time

Compensation

$137,000 - $192,000 per year

Location

United States

Company size

Scale Up [ 11<50 employees ]

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Gemini seeks a Principal, Technical Accounting to serve as a U.S. GAAP expert, lead technical accounting research, and support regulatory compliance within their growing digital asset exchange.

Requirements

  • 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.).

    • 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.

    • Benefits

  • 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
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