COO / CFO

Client

Thesis driven digital asset investment firm, backing the builders  of a decentralized future.

Key Responsibilities:

Primary responsibilities include Operational, Financial and Administrative functions for a digital assets investment firm. Reporting will be directly to the Director of the Investment.

Operations & Administrations

• Fund Administration – main contact and oversight with fund admin and accountants for each entity

• Management of outsourced legal resources

• Legal filings and operational management for all entities

• Support with creation, review and updates of legal documents such as shareholders’ agreements, articles of incorporation, legal agreements, resolutions, waivers, indemnity agreements, NDAs etc.

• Review/ drafting of ongoing operational legal contracts

• Review and negotiate investment contracts with prospective target investee companies/ projects

• Investment processes, documentation and subscriptions

• Investor KYC/AML processes and documentation

• Ongoing reconciliation support for fund investment activities with the team and third-party fund admin and accountants

• Oversight of monthly, quarterly and annual fund financials and capital statements by third-party fund administrator

• Ensure compliance in all areas with legal and other advisors

Finance

• Budgeting, tracking and managing cash flows between entities within the fund group

• Financial analysis and modelling in Excel

• Tax – work with tax advisors to create and execute required filings, ongoing issue management, strategy and investor documents / support

• Audit – hire and manage auditors and audit processes for required entities

• Support with ongoing reconciliations, valuation efforts, confirmations and metrics

• Calculations, oversight and execution of returns from investments

• Support with waterfall creation and distributions to investors and Investment Manager’s team members

• Banking – oversee accounts, manage relationships, solve issues and execute ongoing transfers

• Expenses – work with fund admin/accountants to track and repay expenses through expense tracking platform and company credit cards

• HR – documentation and payments with employees and consultants, oversee systems and ongoing issues

Qualification requirements

• 3+ years of relevant experience as a COO or CFO in venture capital, private equity or corporate finance.

• Extensive experience managing outsourced resources in the areas of legal, tax, accounting and audit.

• Successful experience managing fundraising, subscription documents and investor relations.

• Advanced Internet user.

• Highly Advanced Microsoft Excel proficiency.

• Familiarity/ Interest in digital assets, cryptocurrencies, blockchain technologies.

• Fluent English (oral and written). Foreign language a plus.

Key Personal Traits & Intangibles

• Result-oriented independent self-starter

• Excellent time management and multitasking ability

• Strong analytical and quantitative/technical skills

• Proactive with an upbeat personality

• Attentive to detail – last line of defense for reports and legal documents

• Ability to work long and irregular hours if needed

• Flexibility with schedule and ability to manage different time zones

• Experience / interest in blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies and digital assets

• Excellent research and analytical skills

• Comfortable handling sometimes ambiguously defined problems, developing creative solutions and delivering against aggressive timelines

• Independent thinker / opinionated with ability to defend ideas.