Director, Digital Asset Accounting - Remote

About Figure

Figure (NASDAQ: FIGR) is transforming capital markets through blockchain. We’re proving that blockchain isn’t just theory - it’s powering real products used by hundreds of thousands of consumers and institutions.

By combining blockchain’s transparency and efficiency with AI-driven automation, we’ve reimagined how loans are originated, funded, and traded in secondary markets. From faster processing times to lower costs and reduced bias, our technology is helping borrowers, investors, and financial institutions achieve better outcomes.

Together with our 170+ partners, we’ve originated over $22 billion in home equity loans (HELOCs) on our blockchain-native platform, making Figure the largest non-bank provider of home equity financing in the U.S. Figure’s ecosystem also includes YLDS, an SEC-registered yield-bearing stablecoin that operates as a tokenized money market fund, and several other products and platforms that are reshaping consumer finance and capital markets.

We’re proud to be recognized as one of Forbes’ Most Innovative Fintech Startups in 2025 and Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies in Finance and Personal Finance.

Figure is hiring a Director of Digital Asset Accounting to lead accounting across our digital asset product suite, including tokenized equity, democratized prime, exchange trading and participation in defi pools. You’ll own core close processes, build scalable infrastructure, and partner cross-functionally to support a rapidly growing, blockchain-enabled platform.

This is a high-ownership role with direct responsibility for people, processes, and systems at the intersection of traditional finance and digital assets. You’ll be central to building out our digital asset accounting function, from establishing robust frameworks for digital asset roll forwards and trading fee recognition to optimizing our proprietary digital asset tooling to automate workflows for both accounting and tax reporting.

• Take full accountability for month-end close across all digital asset positions, this means owning the outcome, not just overseeing the process.
• Prepare and deliver clear and concise reporting on close status, open items, and risk areas to the Controller, escalating issues proactively with recommended solutions.
• Maintain and reconcile comprehensive digital asset roll forwards across all token types, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and audit-ready support at every close.
• Own the accounting for tokenized equity issuances, token sales, digital asset transfers, trading fee revenue recognition, and DeFi pool activity, including liquidity provision, yield accruals, and fair value assessment, in accordance with applicable GAAP guidance.
• Ensure all digital asset positions are fully supported and defensible, with meticulous attention to accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of financial statements.
• Design accounting frameworks and policies for digital asset products that are built to scale — anticipating the needs of a rapidly evolving business, not just solving for today.
• Partner with Technical Accounting to establish and maintain policies and controls that hold up under audit and regulatory scrutiny, including emerging guidance on digital asset accounting.
• Drive the optimization of our digital asset accounting tool to automate workflows for accounting close processes and tax reporting, reducing manual effort and improving data integrity.
• Serve as the primary accounting liaison to Product and Engineering for new digital asset product launches, evaluating accounting implications from inception and building product workflows that ensure accurate ledger treatment from day one.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Tax, and Legal teams to evaluate and document the accounting and reporting implications of new products.
• Identify risks and opportunities in our digital asset accounting infrastructure before they become problems, and develop a roadmap to address them.
• Manage and grow a high-performing accounting team, setting clear expectations and holding people accountable with both directness and care.
• Leverage large, complex on-chain and…