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Accounting Lead
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Gauntlet leads the field in quantitative research and optimization of DeFi economics. We manage market risk, optimize growth, and ensure economic safety for protocols facilitating most spot trading, borrowing, and lending activity across all of DeFi, protecting and optimizing the largest protocols and networks in the industry. We build institutional-grade vaults for decentralized finance, delivering risk-adjusted onchain yields for capital at scale. Designed by the most vigilant, quantitative minds in crypto and informed by years of research.
As of November 2025, Gauntlet manages over $2B in vault TVL, and optimizes risk and incentives covering over $42 billion in customer TVL. We continually publish cutting-edge research that informs our risk models, alerts, and analysis, and is among the most cited institutions — including academic institutions — in terms of peer-reviewed papers addressing DeFi as a subject. We’re a Series B company with around 75 employees, operating remote-first with a home base in New York City.
As a company, we build institutional-grade vaults that deliver risk-adjusted DeFi yields at scale, powered by automated risk models and off-chain intelligence. Gauntlet curates strategies across Morpho, Drift, Symbiotic, Aera and more, with >$2B in vault TVL and a growing suite of Prime, Core and Frontier vaults.
Our mission is to drive adoption and understanding of the financial systems of the future. We operate with a trader’s discipline and a risk manager’s skepticism: size carefully, stress routinely, unwind decisively. The label equals the package equals the contents. No surprises, just predictable, reliable vaults.
About the Role
Gauntlet is seeking an Accounting Lead to take ownership of our month-end close, revenue and expense cycles, digital asset accounting, and other core accounting processes. This is a high-impact role where you’ll serve as the operational backbone of our accounting team to help drive accuracy, efficiency, and audit readiness. Through your role, you will work across revenue, digital asset ledgers, vendor management, expense accounting, and financial controls. You will also help facilitate relationships with our external tax and audit providers. You will have the opportunity to grow your leadership skills through supervising and mentoring a Senior Accountant while collaborating closely with the Controller and CFO of Gauntlet.
Responsibilities
- Own the entire monthly close process
- Prepare & review accruals, prepaids, reconciliations, and GL classifications
- Maintain the digital asset subledger: cost basis, MTM, realized/unrealized G&L
- Ensure proper accounting documentation, SOPs, and internal controls
- Oversee the revenue cycle from billing to collections
- Maintain revenue recognition schedules
- Review JEs and collaborate with Controller on complex accounting matters
- Oversee AP and expense workflowsReview spend analyses and ensure proper GL mapping
- Prepare workpapers for financial audit and tax filings
- Draft initial tax notice responses, maintain nexus tracking, maintain tax filing tracker
- Drive automation improvements with systems and processes
Qualifications
- At least 4 years of accounting experience; mix of public accounting + industry preferred
- Strong understanding of accrual accounting, revenue recognition, and financial reporting (ASC 606, asset valuations, GAAP)
- Experience owning or heavily contributing to period end close processes
- High proficiency with Google Suite, Xero (or other accounting ERP), and modern tools
- Ability to operate in ambiguity with strong ownership and accountability
- Strong analytical skills and exceptional attention to detailExcellent communicator with cross-functional partnership experience
Bonus Points
- Crypto or digital asset accounting experience
- Understanding of yield-bearing products, staking, or DeFi vault structures
- Prior startup experience in a high-growth environment
- CPA, or progress toward one
- Prior experience managing or leading a team
Benefits and Perks
- Remote first - work from anywhere in the US & CAN!
- Regular in-person company retreats and cross-country "office visit" perk
- 100% paid medical, dental and vision premiums for employees
- $1,000 WFH stipend
- Monthly reimbursement for home internet, phone, and cellular data
- Unlimited vacation
- 100% paid parental leave of 12 weeks
- Fertility benefits
- Opportunity for incentive compensation
Please note at this time our hiring is reserved for potential employees who are able to work within the contiguous United States and Canada. Should you need alternative accommodations, please note that in your application.
The national pay range for this role is $120,000 - $140,000 base plus additional On Target Earnings potential by level and equity in the company. Our salary ranges are based on paying competitively for a company of our size and industry, and are one part of many compensation, benefits and other reward opportunities we provide. Individual pay rate decisions are based on a number of factors, including qualifications for the role, experience level, skill set, and balancing internal equity relative to peers at the company. Â
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We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
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