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Ava Labs, a blockchain infrastructure company founded by Cornell computer scientists and Web3 leaders, is seeking a Finance Lead to strengthen financial operations within the cryptocurrency industry. This is a hands-on, ownership-driven role reporting to the CFO.
You will lead financial planning and forecasting across the business, building and maintaining financial models to support budgeting, scenario planning, and departmental decision-making. You will personally drive finance projects from conception through delivery, including data gathering, model building, variance investigation, and solution implementation. You'll manage day-to-day financial operations, ensuring compliance with statutory law and financial regulations, and oversee crypto and fiat transaction handling in collaboration with the treasury team. You'll maintain and refine systems for expense management, equity and compensation plans, travel arrangements, and accounts payable.
As a financial liaison across engineering, compliance, business development, legal, and accounting teams, you'll work with People Operations and HR to align financial processes with workforce planning. You'll track and report key financial and operational metrics, partnering with the Head of Business Operations and Analytics to analyze trends, flag risks, and identify opportunities. You'll identify process refinement opportunities as the business scales, support the CFO in identifying automation candidates, and help implement improvements.
You'll collaborate with the C-suite to prepare and present materials for board meetings and strategic updates, creating clear financial presentations for diverse audiences. You'll support corporate development activity including entity spinouts, divestitures, and asset sales, and help evaluate and structure potential investments, acquisitions, or strategic transactions. Additional responsibilities include supporting tax planning and compliance, reviewing financial terms of contracts with the legal department, and communicating financial insights and risks to the CFO and stakeholders. As the team grows, you'll mentor or oversee junior finance team members while remaining directly responsible for hands-on execution.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Education: BA or BS in Finance or Accounting; MBA from a top-tier school preferred
- Experience: Extensive finance experience in digital assets or fintech sector; proven track record in cryptocurrency management, international payments, and trading platforms; investment banking, corporate development, and fast-paced startup experience highly valued
- Technical Skills: Advanced financial modeling and analytics skills; comfortable with large datasets; SQL or statistics experience a plus
- Industry Knowledge: Solid understanding of P&L, balance sheets, cash flow management, and general accounting principles; familiarity with cryptocurrency regulatory landscape a plus
- Competencies: Strong written and verbal communication; ability to work across cross-functional teams; high integrity; demonstrated ability to turn ambiguous requests into concrete deliverables with minimal supervision; willingness to perform detailed work independently; comfortable mentoring junior team members; strong attention to detail balanced with strategic perspective; ability to think critically and solve problems under deadlines; adaptability and resourcefulness in dynamic environments
