Financial Controller - Digital Assets

Manage all intercompany transactions across the Hidden Road group, including service fee arrangements, funding flows, cost allocations, and intercompany loans.

Design and implement intercompany accounting policies, ensuring transactions are properly documented, priced on arm's-length terms, and eliminated appropriately in consolidation.

Coordinate with the regulated entity finance teams (FCM/BD) to ensure intercompany positions and flows are reconciled and consistently reported across the group.

Prepare sub-consolidation workpapers and supporting schedules, including minority interest calculations and currency translation adjustments where applicable.

Assist with transfer pricing documentation in collaboration with the Tax function.

BVI Entity Governance and Offshore Accounting

Keep the books and records of Hidden Road's BVI holding and operating entities up to date, ensuring adherence to relevant accounting standards and local statutory requirements.

Collaborate with offshore legal counsel, registered agents, and any local accounting service providers to fulfill statutory filing and governance obligations.

Manage equity accounting for investments held through BVI structures, including capital contributions, distributions, and fair value assessments of underlying holdings.

Monitor cash and funding positions within offshore entities, coordinating with Treasury on upstreaming, downstreaming, and cross-entity cash management.

Assist with parental guarantee or support arrangements between BVI entities and regulated subsidiaries, making sure disclosure aligns with applicable accounting standards.

Accounting for Digital Assets

Implement current GAAP guidelines for digital asset accounting. The role involves fair value measurement according to ASC 820 and the FASB's ASU 2023-08 framework for crypto asset holders.

Maintain accounting policies for digital asset positions held by OTC and BVI entities, including recognition, measurement, impairment, and derecognition.

Work alongside Custody and Operations to reconcile on-chain and off-chain digital asset positions, ensuring the balance sheet presentation is complete and accurate.

Stay on top of updates from SEC, FASB, and IASB on digital asset accounting and provide the CFO with insights on the impact to accounting policies.

Management Reporting and CFO Partnership

Produce monthly management accounts and variance analysis for the OTC and BVI entities, including P&L attribution, balance sheet movements, and critical performance measures.

Develop and maintain financial models that support budgeting, forecasting, and multi-year planning processes for the non-regulated entities.

Prepare board and investor reporting packages for offshore entities, including financial summaries, capital position updates, and narrative commentary.

Collaborate with the CFO on ad hoc analysis, new entity structuring, and financial due diligence related to strategic transactions or new product launches.

Internal Controls and Audit

Develop and uphold a reliable internal control environment within the OTC and BVI entities, encompassing reconciliation frameworks, approval workflows, and exception reporting.

Function as the key point of contact for external auditors throughout the audit of in-scope entities; handle PBC deliverables, address audit questions, and facilitate financial statement sign-off.

Develop and maintain accounting policies and procedures documentation encompassing all significant accounting areas.

Detect control weaknesses or process shortcomings and guide corrective actions in collaboration with Finance leadership.

Team and Systems

Build and lead a small, high-quality accounting team supporting the OTC and offshore entity perimeter.

Use Python or data tools to automate reconciliations, build reporting pipelines, or handle large position datasets.

Encourage use and improvement of the firm's accounting systems and ERP infrastructure, including chart of accounts design, reporting hierarchies, and automated reconciliation tools.

Partner with Technology on financial system enhancements and integration with middle and back-office platforms.