Chief Financial Officer (Crypto)

🚀 Venga: bridging innovative blockchain technologies to traditional finance

Venga is an app with a mission to take innovative blockchain technologies and bridge them to traditional finance inside a powerful centralized app, empowering people to effortlessly discover, invest, and navigate the world of Web3.

🔎 Who We're Looking For

We are looking for a Chief Financial Officer with a background in cryptocurrencies, blockchain, and Web3 to join our team and build Venga's finance department from scratch. This challenging role requires you to have a hands-on approach and wear multiple hats while establishing finance, accounting, and treasury management processes that will allow Venga to scale efficiently. This role will work closely and report directly to the CEO. If you are knowledgeable and passionate about web3 and blockchain technologies, are hungry for a challenge, want to work in a fast-paced startup environment, and have experience forming a finance department from scratch, then this role is for you!

💻 What You'll Be Doing

• You will take over Venga's existing finance and accounting processes, revamp what is needed, and build the department from scratch.
• You will set up a bookkeeping and reporting system, taking into account the specifics of accounting for various cryptocurrency products and services.
• You will own and maintain the company's overall accounting framework with the requirements and obligations prescribed by the relevant authorities.
• Working closely with Venga's accountants and tax consultants, you will prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports.
• You will be the primary contact for tax advisors, auditors, banks, and authorities.
• You will outline a hiring plan for Venga's finance department and lead recruitment to build a team.
• You will work with the CEO to take over the ownership of Venga's business model and financial forecast.
• You will work with the CEO to establish KPIs for the company and the team.
• You will establish a framework and governance for treasury management and liquidity requirements for Venga's crypto and FIAT infrastructure and create and write policies when needed.
• You will provide financial oversight on all products and services, working with the whole team cross-departmentally to identify potential areas where and how business performance can be improved.
• Proactively identify any scenarios that may present any significant risk to Venga.
• Stay continuously up-to-date on current developments in the crypto and blockchain space.
• Drive innovative thinking from a finance perspective to take Venga's products and services to the next level.

👤 Who You Are & What You'll Need

• You have 8+ years of experience as a Senior Manager, Lead, Head of Finance, Director of Finance, CFO, or equivalent, preferably in a startup environment.
• Native or Advanced level of English.
• Spanish is a huge plus.
• Solid know-how of cryptocurrencies is a must, as well as a deep understanding of the specifics of accounting for various cryptocurrency products and services.
• An understanding of IFRS and accounting regulations.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or equivalent relevant degrees. 
• Professional accounting certifications and qualifications are a plus.
• Prior leadership skills with the ability to form a team from scratch.
• You are not afraid to get your hands dirty and are ready to get involved in multiple processes simultaneously.
• You are exceptionally well organized and can stay calm when working to tight deadlines.
• You can break complex problems into viable and actionable chunks and solve each problem accurately and effectively.

🇪🇸 What we offer

• Full-time permanent contract.
• A sunny office in Barcelona 100 meters away from the beach.
• A hybrid work model with the option of going to the office daily if preferred.
• A brand new MacBook.
• Health insurance.
• Exciting work in a dynamic, international, and hyper-growth startup.