Finance Lead
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Job Description
We are joining the Interchain Foundation and are rebranding Skip to Interchain Inc. as we become the ICFs main development product and growth subsidiary! Read the announcement to learn more.
Who we are
Interchain Inc (formerly Skip) leads development for the Cosmos Hub ecosystem and stack the leading platform for building sovereign interoperable blockchains. Were dedicated to offering developers fullstack programmability complete ownership of their economics and bestinclass distribution to users everywhere.
Our mission is to build a more free more fair internet with the Cosmos platform at the core. The best teams already build with Cosmos across every category: defi (dYdX Osmosis Injective) infrastructure (Babylon Celestia Initia) Depin/AI (Akash Artificial Superintelligence Alliance Allora) privacy (Nillion Penumbra) and many more. We want to help these teams and many more help bring the values of sovereignty and decentralization to the rest of the internet by developing the Cosmos stack and hub.
We focus on hiring the core team and senior talent to work together in person in NYC to build a collaborative and supportive culture. But were still open to hiring bestinclass remote talent anywhere within 6 hours of the NYC timezone.
Core team member responsibilities
- Work to solve hard technical problems at the cutting edge of blockchain research alongside the founders.
- Be empowered to make bold technical and strategic decisions.
- Play a critical role in determining the people we hire our culture our engineering practices and the products we ship.
How we work
- We value ambition work ethic and m (slope) over prestige accomplishments and yintercept. This means initiative self development and adaptability are nonnegotiable even for the most experienced candidates.
- We value thoughtful and contentious dialogue over siloed and unilateral decisionmaking.
- We value acknowledging uncertainty/weakness and seeking support over unabated confidence and solo performances.
- Were obsessive about documenting everything learning and shipping as fast as possible with short feedback cycles.
Interchain Inc is committed to inclusion.
Interchain Inc. is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourages individuals from underrepresented backgrounds to apply. We believe the purpose of crypto is to expand who has agency in society which starts at home by empowering people with diverse gender identities ethnic backgrounds and life experiences within our own organization. Interchain Inc. offers dedicated mentorship to support personal growth and a bright career in crypto.
Benefits
18 days of paid leave
Premium health insurance
Competitive regional compensation and token compensation
Office space and accommodations for remote work
Were open to arranging paid work trials with potential hires because we think interviews give a very limited view of candidates and the company.
Description
Interchain Labs is seeking a Finance Lead to help us mature and scale our finance function in our mission of building an open internet. Youll be our first finance hire and will need to be a oneperson show to ensure that the organizations finance needs are taken care of.
This is an exciting opportunity for anyone that enjoys dropping into fastpaced environment and leveraging their unique skillset and experience to make a major impact on the shape and future of the organization. Our mission is daunting and you shouldnt consider joining us if you dont like to get your hands dirty often need handson support from your manager or feel easily overwhelmed when looking at a blank canvas.
In your first 90 days
On your first days youll be coordinating with external accountants and tax consultants. Youll be setting up the tooling and internal financial infrastructure needed to improve our financial reporting both within Interchain Labs and with our parent organization the Interchain Foundation. Youll have full support for this work but well expect you to be able to grapple with our existing systems and make significant improvements to them.
In parallel or shortly after youll be responsible for working with the executive team to define and structure a budget process for the organization driving toward a budget thats aligned with our strategic goals and with clear accountabilities autonomy and ownership for team leads and managers.
After that youll be on your way to helping us create and develop highfidelity and uptodate financial dashboards that we can use to derive actionable highleverage insights that will improve our commercial decision making.
Role Responsibilities
- Own the finance function and everything related to it.
- Ensure financial obligations are met on time.
- Provide financial visibility and insights with internal customer needs prioritized and addressed via comprehensive highfidelity up to date dashboards.
- Maintain strong and sound financial relationships with the Interchain Foundation banks and auditors.
- Oversee accounting & tax compliance across jurisdictions.
- Develop and drive budget processes and financial discipline across the company.
- Manage our treasury and investments and provide financial forecasting to support the longevity of the organization.
Qualifications
Requirements:
- MBA or Finance degree and/or CPA
- 6 years experience in finance and some previous experience in web3
- An understanding of US tax and compliance as well as working in Global organisations
Bonus
- Have previously stood up a Finance function
Employment Type
Full Time
