Senior Accountant
About the role
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. As a publicly traded company, Gemini is poised to accelerate this vision with greater scale, reach, and impact.
The Department: Finance
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: Senior Accountant
Gemini is looking to hire a dynamic accounting senior associate responsible for creation and maintenance of financial reports and associated data supporting various legal entities across Gemini. 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 reporting. This role will be involved in key / high priority growth projects impacting the Finance department as well as the overall organization.
Responsibilities
- Prepare and review journal entries, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules for month-end close
- Account for digital asset transactions, customer custodial funds, revenue recognition and other areas
- Analyze fluctuations and trends in financial statement line items and provide insightful commentary
- Assist with the preparation of annual and quarterly footnote disclosures
- Support internal and external audit requests, providing timely documentation and analyses
- Identify process improvements and help implement scalable accounting practices
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand and account for new transaction types
- Contribute to special projects, as needed
Qualifications
- An undergraduate degree in accounting, economics, finance or related field
- 3-5 years of accounting experience, ideally including public accounting and/or industry experience
- Big 4 accounting firm experience is a plus
- CPA (or equivalent license)
- Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP and SEC reporting requirements
- Experience with fintech, digital assets, financial services a strong plus (but not required)
- Experience managing numerous competing deliverables
- Proven track record of meeting deadlines and ownership of complex areas
- Ability to learn quickly in a fast-paced and changing financial environment
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills