Principal – Technical Accounting

Principal – Technical Accounting

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.
• 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.
• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with debt and equity financing, and M&A transactions would be a plus.
• Crypto experience is a plus but not required.