Associate Financial Controller

About Wintermute

Wintermute is one of the largest crypto-native algorithmic trading companies in digital assets. We provide liquidity algorithmically across most cryptocurrency exchanges and trading platforms, a broad range of OTC trading products as well as support high profile blockchain projects and traditional financial institutions moving into crypto. We actively participate in the development of the blockchain ecosystem through investments, partnerships, and incubation of projects.

Wintermute was founded in 2017 by industry leaders and has successfully navigated multiple crypto industry cycles. Culturally, we combine the best of the two worlds: the technology standards of high-frequency trading firms in traditional markets and the innovative and entrepreneurial culture of technology startups. Read more here.

Finance at Wintermute

We are looking for an Associate Financial Controller who is looking to bring their functional expertise to the exciting and innovative blockchain industry. At Wintermute, you will be responsible for working in high-performing Accounting and Financial Controlling functions. You will have an opportunity to design and shape this function, create best-in-class processes and tools, while also getting advise and guidance from multi-functional teams. You will get a lot of independence and responsibility right away, and you'll learn at an unprecedented speed! No legacy systems, no corporate bureaucracy, yet highest standards of compliance and business ethics. It is up to you to make an impact! Building and maintaining a robust, automated and scalable finance function is strategically important to Wintermute. You will report directly into the Chief Financial Officer and will work closely with other finance colleagues, other management teams and senior members of the Wintermute team.

You will be joining one of the fastest growing scaleup in one of the most dynamic industries out there, so the role is going to be very dynamic and quite varied. You will have to understand the bigger picture of our plan, build things fast and prepared to be very hands-on as needed. The role will be varied, but the key aspects are highlighted below.

What you will work on::
Core Financial Control:

• Help maintain the automated and scalable accounting function that produces accurate monthly Management Reports within 5 days of the end of the month.

• Revenue reconciliation and accounting: Investigate revenue entries, perform reconciliations, follow up with Middle Office and trading teams as relevant to substantiate different revenue streams and making sure the revenue is reported accurately within the finance system.

• Optimise all reconciliations of revenue, expenses, assets, liabilities and equity, making sure 100% accuracy of the financials that are understood and explainable.

• Wintermute Ventures accounting, valuations and monthly reconciliations.

• Perform net capital calculations for the US broker dealer entity making sure the entity complies with the relevant FINRA rules.

• Group accounting including intercompany reconciliations.

• Being a key point of contact for external auditors working on the annual group audits covering multiple entities.

• Oversee direct and indirect tax computations and reporting.

Financial Planning and Analysis / Management Reporting / Projects:

• Design and automate reporting, both internal management reporting and external reporting to trading counterparties, investors, authorities, etc.

• Manage periodic processes around company equity.

• Produce error-free ad hoc financial analysis and reporting as required.

• Scenario modelling - build models to perform cost-benefit or similar analysis to decide on optimal outcome.

• Take ownership of delivery of broader finance driven projects to improve control and inefficiencies.

Hard Skills Requirements::
• BSc in Accounting, Finance or other relevant field with a significant quantitative element

• Qualified accountant (ACCA, ACA or CIMA) with minimum 5 years experience. Experience in a high-performance environment; experience working in trading companies/hedge funds or similar would be an advantage.

• Advanced Excel skills.

• Proficiency with NetSuite is desirable.

Other Requirements::
• Experience managing projects and scaling finance operations, cooperating with cross-functional teams across a wide range of functional areas (Traders, Middle Office, Operations, etc.)

• Have an owner mentality and be proactive: focus on the ultimate result for the company (short and long-term growth, capital and cost optimization).

• Problem solving mentality: to assess, measure and analyse problems, define a relevant solution (incl. automation), review and test before implementation.

• Experience with the best-in-class automation systems and functions where scalability is driven by technology, rather than headcount and manual work.

• Able to understand the bigger picture and be very hands-on and practical. Design processes from scratch and break down projects into small executable steps (and execute these steps).

• Determined, ambitious yet humble, willing to work hard and learn.

• Like meritocracy and being judged by what you deliver.

• Experience (or own research and interest) of crypto assets in general and knowledge of basic accounting treatments of crypto assets would be an advantage.

• Like working in a team collaborative environment, mostly working from our London office.

Wintermute Offer::
• A unique opportunity to join a high growth startup and one of the strongest and high potential crypto startups globally.

• An exceptional opportunity to work on wide range of financial aspects while taking on a level of responsibility and ownership that typically requires many more years to attain in traditional finance institutions.

• Great culture: highly professional and ambitious, yet informal, friendly, non-hierarchical, collaborative and entrepreneurial.

• Frequent team events such as team lunches, team dinners, video and other games.

• Aligned incentive structure: on top of competitive fixed compensation, you get significant performance-based variable pay.

Note::
• Although we are unable to accept fully remote candidates, we support significant flexibility in regards to working from home and working hours.

• We offer UK work permits and help with relocation