ChainGPT is hiring a Head of Accounting - Middle East to take full, hands-on ownership of accounting and core finance operations. This controller-level role is accountable for audit-ready books, disciplined controls, and compliant reporting across a multi-entity group operating in multiple jurisdictions, covering both crypto and fiat activity.
What You'll Do
- Own the monthly, quarterly, and year-end close across all entities, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timeliness.
- Maintain the general ledger, including journal entries, accruals, prepaids, FX revaluation, and supporting schedules.
- Run a standard close calendar and checklist, driving the process to completion with clear deadlines.
- Maintain and consistently clear a monthly exceptions queue for missing invoices, unidentified flows, and stale reconciliation items.
- Keep documentation audit-ready by default with organized evidence and clean support for every material balance.
- Own bookkeeping across all entities, ensuring consistent policies, coding, and documentation standards.
- Maintain clean intercompany operations, including invoicing, reconciliations, and balances.
- Support arm’s-length and related-party hygiene with clear narratives and supporting documentation.
- Lead end-to-end crypto transaction accounting across wallets, exchanges, networks, and tokens.
- Ensure crypto balances are reconciled and supported with strong audit trails like wallet addresses and transaction hashes.
- Maintain clear classification rules for crypto flows such as revenue, custody transfers, gas fees, staking, airdrops, and liquidity provision.
- Maintain schedules for realized vs unrealized gains/losses and cost basis for reporting and CPA support.
- Implement and maintain appropriate finance controls for a lean team, including approvals and documentation standards.
- Maintain a compliance calendar and ensure recurring obligations are tracked and supported.
- Coordinate with external accountants, auditors, tax providers, and legal counsel for multi-jurisdiction requirements.
- Deliver clear, management-ready reporting including P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, and variance narratives.
- Produce burn reporting and spend insights with recommendations for savings and efficiency.
- Support the budgeting and forecasting cadence, including annual budgets and rolling forecasts.
- Maintain visibility across fiat accounts and crypto holdings, supporting payment operations with strong authorization.
- Produce regular cash and treasury reporting on balances, upcoming obligations, runway, and risk flags.
What We're Looking For
- 6+ years in accounting, controllership, or finance operations with end-to-end ownership of the close and reporting.
- Prior experience in web3/crypto companies, exchanges, or crypto-heavy operations is mandatory.
- Strong technical accounting foundation with IFRS/GAAP-level knowledge relevant to the role.
- Demonstrated experience with multi-entity accounting and operating across multiple jurisdictions.
- Crypto-native accounting experience with wallets/exchanges, reconciliation, audit trails, and controls.
- Strong documentation discipline and high integrity, maintaining an audit-ready posture by default.
- Comfort operating in a lean, high-ownership environment where you execute and improve systems simultaneously.
- Excellent written communication skills to explain financial issues clearly to non-finance stakeholders.
- Proficiency in Xero (core accounting) is mandatory.
- Proficiency in Cryptio (crypto accounting/reconciliation) is mandatory.
Nice to Have
- Bookkeeping and compliance experience across one or more of: US, SVG (St. Vincent and the Grenadines), Panama, and UAE.
- Experience supporting audits, due diligence, or fundraising processes.
- Familiarity with crypto accounting tooling beyond Cryptio and/or blockchain analytics explorers.
- Basic SQL or data proficiency for financial analysis.
Technical Stack
- Xero
- Cryptio
Team & Environment
You will work closely with leadership and coordinate with external accountants, auditors, tax providers, and legal counsel.
Benefits & Compensation
- Work alongside the ChainGPT core team on high-impact AI and Web3 products across our ecosystem.
- Remote-first setup with flexible hours, focused on outcomes, trust, and ownership.
- Competitive compensation, with performance-based upside where applicable.
- Fast-moving environment with direct collaboration across all team members, including senior management, and clear accountability with no micromanagement.
- The support to do your best work, including necessary tools, structured onboarding, and clear room to grow.
Work Mode
This is a remote-first position for candidates located in the Middle East.
ChainGPT is an equal opportunity employer.
