Financial Accountant
Ethena is a DeFi protocol enabling the creation of USDe, a synthetic dollar, and offering internet-native yield through staking.
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About Ethena
Ethena is a decentralized finance protocol that allows users to mint USDe, a synthetic dollar, using liquid staking tokens as collateral. The platform also offers staking of USDe to earn yield in the form of sUSDe. Ethena aims to provide a stable, high-yield asset for the crypto ecosystem, combining the stability of a dollar-pegged token with the benefits of decentralized finance.
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About the Role
You will assist the Head of Finance in scaling a Web3-native accounting and control environment. You will record transactions across fiat and digital asset accounts, perform recurring reconciliations across banks, custodians, exchanges and on-chain wallets, support multi-entity consolidation, prepare VAT and tax schedules, and post accruals, prepayments and depreciation entries to strengthen the month-end close and audit readiness.
Requirements
- Proven experience in a financial accounting role, preferably in a multi-entity or international environment with IFRS responsibilities
- Mindset for identifying inefficiencies and suggesting practical improvements to scaling workflows, including payment runs and monitoring balance movements across banks, custodians, exchanges and stablecoin wallets
- Knowledge of blockchain explorers (e.g. Etherscan); experience with or desire to learn crypto sub-ledgers like Cryptio, Cryptoworth or Tres
- Experience organizing working papers and maintaining a structured audit trail meeting institutional requirements
Responsibilities
- Record purchase, sales, intercompany and treasury transactions across fiat and digital asset accounts with precise coding, VAT/tax treatment and supporting documentation
- Perform recurring reconciliations across bank accounts, custodians, exchanges and on-chain wallets, investigating breaks and clearing unmatched items
- Support the link between Web3 accounting software and the general ledger, validating transaction completeness using blockchain explorers
- Assist with multi-entity consolidation by preparing entity-level schedules, intercompany reconciliations and data packs for group reporting and regulatory requests
- Prepare transaction schedules for VAT and tax filings and maintain an audit-ready trail of evidence
- Prepare and post accruals, prepayments and depreciation entries to improve the month-end close
Benefits
- Fully remote work