Head of Finance
Arbitrum is a finance-native blockchain platform providing enterprise-grade infrastructure for applications, tokenization, and dedicated blockchain environments. It serves finance, consumer, and gaming applications, enabling developers and companies to build apps or launch their own chains with near-instant speed, low costs, and Ethereum-grade security.
About Arbitrum
Arbitrum positions itself as the enterprise-grade infrastructure for global finance, consumer, and gaming applications onchain. It offers a flexible platform allowing users to either build an app on Arbitrum One (using Solidity or Stylus, which supports Rust, C, and C++) or launch a fully customizable dedicated chain with configurable gas tokens, governance, access controls, and privacy. The platform emphasizes performance, confidentiality, customization, and compliance for institutional and blockchain-native developers alike. Arbitrum's ecosystem hosts hundreds of finance, consumer, and gaming applications, including major DeFi protocols like Aave, Pendle, GMX, Morpho, and Uniswap, as well as consumer and gaming projects such as The Beacon, Otherside, Wildcard, and Golden Tides. Clients and partners range from institutional finance players (e.g., Robinhood) to Web3-native consumer apps and game studios, reflecting its focus on serving both enterprise-grade finance use cases and mass-adoption consumer/gaming experiences.
Skills
About the Role
You will serve as a key strategic architect of Offchain's financial future, acting as a vital partner to the executive team to drive capital strategy and long-term financial planning. You will provide a deep assessment of the status quo and build an execution plan to improve it. You'll institutionalize the company's financial infrastructure and bring sophisticated clarity to navigating the complexities of a scaling global ecosystem, moving comfortably between the boardroom and the details to turn financial data into a competitive advantage.
Requirements
- 10+ years of progressive finance leadership with significant scale-up experience in high-growth technology environments
- Track record of influencing company strategy, fundraising, and organizational design at the Board and executive levels
- Experience building, mentoring, and scaling high-performing finance and accounting teams from the ground up
- Mastery of complex financial modeling and ability to synthesize multifaceted data sets into clear executive narratives
- Ability to instill structure and discipline in an ambiguous, fast-paced environment while maintaining agility
- Exceptional communication skills for presenting to the Board, investors, and regulatory bodies
- Deep Web3 or Fintech experience including treasury management of digital assets is a nice to have
Responsibilities
- Architect the long-term financial roadmap ensuring fiscal strategy aligns with growth targets and ecosystem evolution
- Lead complex treasury management and capital allocation strategies, optimizing liquidity and risk in a digital-asset-centric environment
- Establish enterprise-level standards for financial reporting, audit readiness, and internal controls
- Serve as a core advisor to the executive team, providing data-driven insights and financial modeling for decision-making
- Design and implement a scalable financial tech stack and data infrastructure that automates reconciliations and provides real-time visibility into performance
- Lead high-impact, cross-departmental initiatives from M&A activity to complex tax structuring
- Own relationships with external auditors, tax authorities, and strategic partners to ensure compliance and reporting
Benefits
- Remote-first global workforce + NY office
- Annual company offsite + team onsites
- Professional reimbursement program
- Medical, dental & vision coverage (US + some other countries)
- 401k retirement plan + company match (US only)
- Wellness stipend
- Home office set up / ergonomic equipment program