Senior Associate, Finance

Position Summary

Grayscale Investments is seeking a Senior Associate, Finance to support the continued growth of its existing investment products and play a key role in supporting other digital currency-focused investment vehicles. The Senior Associate will be involved in a wide range of accounting and finance activities for Grayscale’s growing suite of investment products.

The Senior Associate, Finance should have experience in accounting for asset management or financial services businesses and their investment products. The candidate must be able to think strategically to manage a general range of accounting, finance and administrative functions for the investment vehicles including but not limited to operations, fair market valuation, financial reporting, and performing ad-hoc accounting projects.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare quarterly and annual financial statements for multiple trusts/funds/investment vehicles
• Generate underlying supporting documentation and tie-out of the quarterly financial statements (10-Qs and 10-Ks), including financial highlights and MD&A
• Own relationship with service providers related to fund administration and financial reporting
• Assist in responding to auditor requests for the trusts and asset manager
• Support accounting and operational needs of the investment products with daily reconciliations of digital assets, calculation of each fund’s net asset value, monitoring share counts, and income and expenses for each of the investment products
• Track cost basis and sales of assets and record the unrealized/realized gains for those assets
• Assist in the preparation of supporting schedules for annual tax returns and investor information statements
• Publish fund performance and NAV daily on various platforms including company’s website
• Assist in the design, implementation and performance of internal controls
• Assist with audit requests, such as preparing supporting documentation and schedules
• Maintain process documentation and look for opportunities to automate and improve processes
• Assist in preparing ad-hoc internal and external financial reporting deliverables

Prior Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting required (CPA preferred)
• Minimum 4 years accounting experience required related to the responsibilities outlined above
• Previous ETF accounting/finance experience
• Previous experience managing fund administrator relationships (preferred)
• Ability to multitask and manage/prioritize own workload to meet deadlines 
• Analytical thinker that can work independently in a fast-paced environment
• Experience with and/or knowledge of digital currencies (preferred)
• Strong excel skills and prior experience with tax and financial reporting (preferred)
• Systems savvy / technology enthusiast - an ability to understand the flow of financial information through systems and the ability to apply technology to improve processes
• Understands General Ledger and is knowledgeable about Chart of Accounts and where it flows within Financial Statements
• Working knowledge of internal control concepts including the SOX 404 internal control framework