Finance & Accounting Associate

Evmos is on a mission to develop and ship the tools necessary to build cross-chain applications of the future, freeing developers from the confines of today’s siloed blockchains.

We are building a fairer financial system without limits, for everyone, everywhere, by leveraging the latest, most secure and scalable technology: blockchain.

Check out our website and read our latest manifesto!

About the role

Employment Type: Full-Time

Location: Berlin – exceptions will be considered for strong candidates within Europe

We are looking for a Finance and Accounting Associate to join our Operations Team. In this role, you will be a major contributor to running the Financial Operations across our entities. You work closely with Evmos Operations colleagues and cross-functional team members from People Operations, Growth and Engineering. You will also support the executive team of Evmos by engaging in special, high velocity projects that will range across all functional areas of the company, while making sure that our day-to-day operations run smoothly. Additional tasks might include negotiating contracts with vendors or Partners, or Treasury Management for the Evmos Foundation.

Candidates, who are fascinated with what makes growth-phase startups tick, who are solution-oriented, structured, comfortable with numbers, and have excellent written and verbal communication skills will get the opportunity to solve some of the most exciting general and crypto-specific operational challenges of a company in a high-growth phase.

The ideal candidate has previously worked in a Banking, Finance or Strategy Consulting role that challenged them to work in a fast-paced, agile and distributed startup team environment, who had to bring parties together for shared benefit and can work autonomously creating their own goals and desired outcomes for the role.

Your main responsibilities:

• Take ownership of Accounting processes and monthly execution (with our German accounting firm partner, and Quickbooks)
• Lead team spend management (Moss, other tools)
• Own, track budgeting (Google sheets or preferred SaaS) and report to team- and executive leadership
• Lead Payroll (including Deel, Datev)
• Drive Multisig operations for Evmos Foundation (Gnosis Safe)
• Contribute to external vendor negotiations (e.g. SaaS companies) and salary negotiations with new team contributors
• Add financial reporting to monthly investor briefings
• Set-up and execute our treasury management
• Assist Operations Leadership with special projects across Legal, Finance, Recruiting-/ HR-related functions
• Define strategic priorities for yourself and the rest of the team to bring more value to the Evmos ecosystem

What you will learn

• Develop an in-depth understanding of how a crypto growth company establishes and runs its Finance and Accounting Operations across entities
• Manage Investor Relations and communication with Capital Markets together with executive team
• Support core team to create and track progress of our strategic roadmap
• Developing an active and prosperous ecosystem of value creation on the Evmos blockchain

Nice to Have

• Top Tier Strategy Consulting, Investment Banking or Project Management experience
• Accounting-, and Finance processes understanding in a Crypto company
• Experience in solving legal- and compliance questions across international entities
• Speak German
• Presentation-building experience (Google Sheets, Powerpoint)
• Experience in using Notion to setup and maintain Knowledge Management databases

Why choose Evmos?

People make Evmos! We understand the importance of work-life balance and pride ourselves on our hybrid work environment and warm & welcoming culture that makes room for everyone’s needs!

You’ll be joining at a pivotal time on our growth journey – we raised $27m in funding from investors and we’re poised to accelerate towards our goal of becoming the playground for Ethereum Apps in the Cosmos ecosystem.

Our team are pioneers in teaching the first university-level Blockchain for Developers course at UC Berkeley, and are the perfect guides for your journey. You’ll be able to expand your knowledge in cutting-edge blockchain technologies and its related fields.

On top of all that, we also offer:

• Flexible hours to ensure that our team members can work at times that suit their individual needs and schedules.
• Openness, transparency, and trust
• We foster creativity and innovation – everyone’s ideas and opinions are valued and respected
• All team members feel welcome and appreciated for who they are
• We love getting together as a team and hosting community events! This is a great opportunity to network and meet like-minded people in the Cosmos community!
• Competitive salary and bonus structure
• Opportunity to work in a dynamic and innovative industry
• Professional development opportunities
• Health and wellness benefits

Please reach out to us if you have a special requirement when applying to a position and we will happily take it into consideration.

We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse environment and are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer.

We do not discriminate based on race, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, disability, age or any other legally protected status.