Manager, Derivatives Accounting

About the Company

Gemini is a global crypto and Web3 platform founded by Tyler Winklevoss and Cameron Winklevoss in 2014. Gemini offers a wide range of crypto products and services for individuals and institutions in over 70 countries.

Crypto is about giving you greater choice, independence, and opportunity. We are here to help you on your journey. We build crypto products that are simple, elegant, and secure. Whether you are an individual or an institution, we help you buy, sell, and store your bitcoin and cryptocurrency. 

At Gemini, our mission is to unlock the next era of financial, creative, and personal freedom.

The Department: Controllership

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: Manager, Derivatives Accounting

Gemini is looking to hire a Manager, Derivatives Accounting. You will join a rapidly-growing and high-quality, established regulated digital asset exchange. This appointment will be central to our continued scaling as an organization. Our derivatives transactions span a global customer footprint, where we are a licensed operator in over 60 countries.

This role is required to be in person twice a week at either our Seattle, WA, New York City, NY, or Miami, FL office.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the go-to expert on derivative accounting within Gemini, ensuring proper scoping and application of derivatives accounting standards across the organization. Recruit, retain, and develop a world-class team.
• Liaise closely with trading, risk, finance, and legal teams to ensure clear grasp of activities and appropriate recognition.
• Oversee the end-to-end accounting for all derivative instruments including options, futures, perpetual swaps, and other OTC contracts and assist in establishing scalable accounting infrastructure for these products in a fast-evolving environment.
• Lead month-end valuation of derivative instruments using appropriate pricing models and market inputs, working with internal trading, risk and technical accounting teams to validate the valuation models and inputs.
• Prepare and review journal entries, reconciliations, and disclosures related to derivatives.
• Assist with preparation of financial statements, footnotes, and management reporting packages related to derivatives and the OTC business.
• Design and maintain robust internal controls frameworks around derivative recognition, measurement, and disclosures in line with SOX requirements.
• Partner with treasury, trading, risk and FP&A to understand new derivative instruments and their accounting implications. 
• Coordinate with external auditors and provide supporting documentation during audits.
• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of derivative accounting and reporting.
• Collaborate with internal and external technology and operations teams to automate reporting and valuation tools.
• Support regulatory reporting as needed, including any derivative-related disclosures to regulators or other relevant bodies.
• Collaborate with group accounting on the preparation and review of technical accounting memos and whitepapers for significant transactions.

Minimum Qualifications:

• An undergraduate or graduate degree in accounting, finance or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in financial reporting and accounting for derivatives, ideally at a global bank, exchange, hedge fund, financial institution, or crypto trading platform.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, particularly ASC 815 (Derivatives and Hedging) and ASC 820 (Fair Value).
• CPA (or equivalent license) and/or CFA.
• Passion for the crypto industry with a strong interest in derivatives and accounting.
• Experience with OTC derivative products, including options.
• Willingness and commitment to learn and go deep. 
• 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.
• Objectives-driven and able to work with ambiguity and align with team members globally with the flexibility to connect at wh