Monad Labs is the team building Monad, the performant and parallel EVM Layer-1 blockchain. We are a team of systems engineers and community builders who are on a mission to help crypto eat the world. After recently raising $225M in series A funding, led by Paradigm, we are growing our team.
The Role
We are looking for a Finance and Operations Lead to play a critical role in overseeing the financial health and operational efficiency of Monad Labs in an effort to guide the organization to a high degree of operational excellence.
What You Will Do
- Partner with and advise senior leaders across the organization on company strategy, growth, and revenue opportunities
- Oversee all internal financial operations, ensuring efficiency and compliance
- Independently build and maintain operating model incorporating strategic plans for the organization
- Manage general company operations, including, but not limited to, workplace operations, administrative tasks, and non-technical IT stack
- Interface with external vendors and assist with vendor management, procurement, and contract negotiations
- Lead the month-end and year-end close processes, including reconciling accounts and partnering with external accountants to ensure accuracy
- Analyze financial results and track performance vs. budget to provide insights and recommendations to management
- Manage cash flow and optimize working capital by managing purchasing, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and payroll
- Partner with legal and engineering to ensure all operational processes and procedures meet a high standard of excellence
- Identify and develop operational systems, process optimization initiatives, controls, and procedures for improvement
Who You Are
- 8+ years of experience in financial management and operations with significant time spent at high-growth tech companies and/or startups
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities, with strong attention to detail and accuracy
- Previous experience building an operational budget and reporting on performance vs. budget
- Demonstrated success in managing the operations of an organization with ability to flex high to low on various tasks as needed
- Effective communicator and strong writer: ability to distill key takeaways into concise messaging
- Proven experience in managing financial audits, preparing tax filings, and overseeing budget development
- Cross-functional partner who is comfortable interfacing with Legal, People, Workplace Operations, and Recruiting, among other functions
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field a plus
- Highly proficient in Excel and/or Google Sheets; comfort with accounting software (e.g., QuickBooks, SAP, Oracle)
- Experience with treasury management strategies a plus
Personal Attributes
- Low ego
- Detail-oriented
- Sound judgment
- Can operate independently with little oversight
- Organizational skills
- Extremely strong work ethic
Additional Information
Target full-time salary of $200,000. (**This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary; a final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location.)
Our team is headquartered in the NoMad neighborhood in the heart of New York City. This is for a hybrid (3 days/week in office) role.
- Challenging problems. You’ll work on extremely challenging problems with massive impact.
- Huge opportunity. The Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) standard is ubiquitous, but existing EVM-compatible chains are very slow. Monad’s core innovations offer developers the best of both worlds (portability and performance) and are a game-changer for mass user adoption in crypto.
- The right team. You’ll be part of an exceptional team.
- Culture. We’re a lean team working together to achieve very ambitious goals. We are united in our culture of collaboration, low egos, and high-quality outputs. As an early member of our team, you’ll help continue to shape our culture.
- Compensation. You’ll receive a competitive salary and equity package.
- Resources and growth. We’re well-capitalized, with backing from leading venture funds like Paradigm, Electric Capital, Greenoaks, Dragonfly, and Coinbase Ventures. We keep a lean team, and this is a rare opportunity to join. You’ll learn a lot and grow as our company scales.
Benefits
Company benefits for US-based full-time employees include medical, dental, and vision insurance (100% coverage for employees); unlimited and encouraged paid time off; monthly mental health and fitness stipend; paid parental leave; and 10 company-observed holidays.
Top Skills
What We Do
We are building the Monad blockchain, an ultra-high-performance EVM-compatible layer-1 blockchain designed to bring world adoption to decentralized apps. We help the EVM scale by enabling parallel execution and other significant innovations in distributed consensus and smart contract execution. Monad blockchain, an ultra-high-performance EVM-compatible layer-1 blockchain designed to bring world adoption to decentralized apps. We help the EVM scale by enabling parallel execution and other significant innovations in distributed consensus and smart contract execution.
Monad offers developers the best of both worlds: unparalleled performance (10,000 transactions per second) and portability (full compatibility for Ethereum smart contracts).
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