Finance Lead - stakeFi

Job Description This is a remote position. Location: [Remote / Hybrid / City] Reports To: CFO/ Board of Directors / BCW Group Leadership Industry: Web3, Blockchain Infrastructure, FinTech Company Overview stakeFi is the institutional-grade infrastructure layer for the digital asset economy, dedicated to providing secure validator services and staking/yield optimization for the world’s leading corporations and financial institutions. We service top-tier enterprise clients with staking services across 35+ protocols. The Role stakeFi is seeking a visionary and battle-hardened Finance Lead to help build a scalable finance department and will report directly to the CFO and the Board of Directors. The Finance Lead will be responsible for the absolute precision of stakeFi’s multi-currency financial engine. This role sits at the intersection of traditional institutional financial accounting and the decentralized Web3 ecosystem. You will command our day-to-day accounting, financial reporting, token/treasury management, and foreign exchange (FX) strategies to ensure optimal capital efficiency and ironclad regulatory compliance. Core Responsibilities Financial Leadership & Board Reporting Manage, optimize, and execute all day-to-day corporate finance and accounting operations. Knowledge of ASC 606 / IFRS 15 Revenue Recognition Frameworks. Enhance and own the point-of-receipt valuation engine and pricing methodologies (e.g. VWAP) in order to service client needs and internal requirements (able to separate core staking operating income & capital gains). Understand the different reward components (Execution vs. Consensus Layer) for major networks. Able to measure, track, and report these components for internal and external reporting. Revenue attribution analysis of core network reward components and the ability to identify and explain key drivers in staking revenue into distinct, quantifiable buckets. Manage the companies slashing & impairment provisioning, ensuring protocol penalties or node downtime are correctly classified. Prepare audit-ready, multi-token financial statements, integrating modern FASB fair-value adjustment rules for digital asset holdings.. Formulate precise, data-driven financial packets, treasury summaries, and forecasting models for direct presentation to the CFO and the Board of Directors. Define and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) Conduct cost-benefit analyses across diverse infrastructure architectures and hosting configurations to maximize capital efficiency and optimize gross margins. Collaborate with external auditors and legal counsel to maintain strict regulatory compliance across international entities. Web3 Treasury & Protocol Asset Management Oversee cryptographic treasury management, tracking validator rewards, staking yields, and gas/network transaction costs across 35+ supported protocols . Manage the capital allocation strategy for multi-token reward inventories, optimising treasury yield while minimising cross-border friction, slippage, and taxable events. Continue to enhance our financial reporting systems capabilities for reconciling traditional fiat accounts with complex, on-chain smart contract transactions and digital asset wallets. Understand staking components (stake, delegation, rewards, commissions) and sub-ledger accounting. Implement zero-trust security frameworks for corporate wallets, treasury transfers, and institutional yield-generation strategies. Foreign Exchange (FX) & Hedging Strategy Manage corporate liquidity profiles across multiple global fiat currencies (USD, EUR, etc.) and major digital assets. Design and execute risk-mitigation and hedging strategies to neutralise exposure to digital asset volatility and cross-border fiat FX fluctuations. Optimize cross-border treasury movements, minimising friction and slippage when converting protocol staking rewards into corporate operating capital. Technical Leadership Team Scaling: Grow and retain junior talent in the team to ensure the scaling of the finance function Technical Roadmap: Translate the CFO’s vision into a realistic, high-velocity development roadmap that can handle the scaling business platform. Requirements Candidate Profile & Qualifications Experience: 5+ years of progressive finance experience, ideally as a Finance Manager, Controller, or Senior Financial Analyst in FinTech, algorithmic trading, or institutional Web3 infrastructure. Web3 Expertise: Deep operational knowledge of the digital asset economy. You must understand proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mechanics, validator economics, gas management, on-chain analytics, and decentralised finance (DeFi) yield optimization. Web3 Accounting Standards: Comprehensive familiarity with emerging digital asset regulatory frameworks, e.g. ASU 2023-08 (FASB Fair Value measurement rules) and crypto-specific revenue recognition triggers (un-bonding lockup deferrals, contract asset classification, etc). Granular Multi-Token Reconciliation Experience: Proven capability managing high-velocity data environments where revenue is earned continuously across highly volatile, differentiated token ecosystems (ETH, SOL, and various re-staking AVS tokens). FX Proficiency: Proven track record in foreign exchange (FX) management and multi-currency accounting. Knowledge/experience working with corporate treasury hedging is a plus. Communication: Exceptional executive presence. You must possess the clarity and professional candour required to summarise complex cross-currency or programmatic financial structures to the CFO and Board members. Systems Mindset: Experience implementing or scaling modern ERP software (e.g., NetSuite) alongside digital asset sub-ledgers and crypto reconciliation tools (e.g., TaxBit).