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North America, United States / Remote
Full-time
About Mesh
ConsenSys Mesh (a.k.a. Mesh) is a network of loosely coupled, tightly aligned teams, products, and investments advancing the Ethereum ecosystem and the arrival of Web 3.0.
We enable developers, enterprises, and people worldwide to build next-generation applications, launch modern financial infrastructure, and access the decentralized web. Ethereum is the largest programmable blockchain in the world, leading in business adoption, developer community, and DeFi activity. On this trusted, open source foundation, we are building the digital economy of tomorrow. To explore our products and solutions, visit https://mesh.xyz/
About the role
Mesh seeks a Portfolio Finance Manager with 5-7 years of work experience within an investment institution to support Mesh’s investment team. The individual ideally has 2+ years working directly with large portfolios and platform teams. Day-to-day responsibilities consist of working closely with investment program leads from our accelerator, incubator, and venture firm as well as interfacing with some of our founders from around the world. The role will help establish financial best practices and enhance our data accuracy for the organization moving forward.
Internally, this person will work directly with Mesh Partners, Finance, People and Talent, Legal, Operations and Platform team members to drive both financial and strategic returns for Mesh, primarily achieved through traditional financial analysis, calculations, and evaluations based on expected ROI, discounted cashflow and more. Externally, this person will be responsible for communicating with Mesh stakeholders, portfolio companies, strategic partners, and vendors to ensure deliverables are completed in a timely manner.
The ideal candidate has passion to learn about blockchains, cryptocurrencies, and new ways of working. Individuals who have worked with this candidate would have positive testimonials of their experience and their history of making defensible decisions in allocating dedicated support and resources.
Responsibilities
Serve as the investment operations central point of contact for portfolio managers, finance team, and other internal stakeholders.
Ensure all corporate transactions and events, including income, write-offs, follow-on investments, and other events, are accurately recorded, documented, validated, and communicated to the appropriate team members.
Work with internal and external stakeholders to ensure all necessary portfolio company actions are assessed and acted upon, in a timely manner.
Ensure that all corporate events across all markets and asset types (equities, digital assets, derivatives, revenue-generating positions) are correctly processed, reviewed, and reconciled as necessary in accordance with procedures and event deadlines.
Perform cash management processes for separate accounts, partnering with the Finance team to ensure the cash flows are accurately reflected across all systems.
Develop processes and procedures for tracking transactions, managing relevant data/documents, supporting stakeholders, escalating issues proactively.
Strong working knowledge of risk management and adherence to the highest compliance standards.
Be comfortable and excited to present regular updates to Senior Management, Boards and Committees.
Qualifications
The ideal candidate should possess:
5+ years of work experience within an investment institution
Experience leading multi-disciplinary working groups which drive results.
Excellent communication skills, written and verbal.
A passion for blockchain and/or Ethereum while being open to constantly learning.
Deep familiarity and enthusiasm for working with communication tools and automation. Experience using Airtable, Slack, GSuite, and CRMs are a must.
Familiarity with cap tables, investor rights, and tracking of investments positions through tools like Carta.
An inherent desire to be a team player — always willing to assist colleagues and be a proactive communicator. Collaboration is essential for success in this role.
Strong organizational skills and the ability to juggle multiple on-going projects simultaneously at various stages of the creative process
Ability to work within a high-energy, fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
Able to effectively manage competing deadlines and ad-hoc requests from stakeholders
Motivation to be a proactive team member with a positive attitude and ability to easily adapt to changing priorities and directions
Don’t check all of the boxes? Don’t sweat it. We’re passionate about building a diverse team of humans and as such, if you think you’ve got what it takes for our chaotic-but-fun, remote-friendly, start-up environment—apply anyway. While we have a pretty good idea of what we need, we’re ready for you to challenge our thinking on who needs to be in this role.
Why join Mesh?
Here are some of the perks of being part of a unique organization like ConsenSys
One of the most recognized brands in the blockchain ecosystem globally. A work experience at ConsenSys Mesh is a tremendous reference for your future career. ConsenSys alumni have moved on to become tech entrepreneurs, CEOs, and team leads at tech companies.
The forefront of a revolution. We fundamentally believe blockchain is a next generation of technology that can lay the foundation for a more just and equitable society. You can be a part of building the digital economy of tomorrow and radically transforming our society for the better.
A dynamic startup environment with deep roots. We are one of the earliest blockchain companies and a leader in the space. You’ll join a network of entrepreneurs and technologists that reaches the edge of our ecosystem.
Deep technical challenges. Blockchain technology is just over 10 years old. Ethereum itself is still a toddler. There is much to be done before these platforms can scale to the order of millions or billions of users. We are building the tools, infrastructure and applications l that are pushing the technology forward.
Continuous learning and improvements. You’ll be constantly exposed to new concepts, ideas and frameworks from your peers and as you work on different projects — challenging you to stay at the top of your game.
ConsenSys Mesh is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. We are committed to ensuring that our technology is made available and accessible to everyone. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
ConsenSys Mesh is aware of fraudulent recruitment practices related to our sister organization ConsenSys. We encourage all applicants to review our best practices to protect yourself which can be found here.
