Accounting Lead

Gauntlet leads the field in quantitative research and optimization of DeFi economics. We manage market risk, optimize growth, and ensure economic safety for protocols facilitating most spot trading, borrowing, and lending activity across all of DeFi, protecting and optimizing the largest protocols and networks in the industry. We build institutional-grade vaults for decentralized finance, delivering risk-adjusted onchain yields for capital igned by the most vigilant, quantitative minds in crypto and informed by years of research.

As of November 2025, Gauntlet manages over $2B in vault TVL, and optimizes risk and incentives covering over $42 billion in customer TVL. We continually publish cutting-edge research that informs our risk models, alerts, and analysis, and is among the most cited institutions — including academic institutions — in terms of peer-reviewed papers addressing DeFi as a subject. We’re a Series B company with around 75 employees, operating remote-first with a home base in New York City.

As a company, we build institutional-grade vaults that deliver risk-adjusted DeFi yields at scale, powered by automated risk models and off-chain intelligence. Gauntlet curates strategies across Morpho, Drift, Symbiotic, Aera and more, with >$2B in vault TVL and a growing suite of Prime, Core and Frontier vaults.

Our mission is to drive adoption and understanding of the financial systems of the future. We operate with a trader’s discipline and a risk manager’s skepticism: size carefully, stress routinely, unwind decisively. The label equals the package equals the contents. No surprises, just predictable, reliable vaults.

About the Role

Gauntlet is seeking an Accounting Lead to help scale and strengthen our accounting function during a period of continued growth. This is a high-impact role responsible for owning key accounting processes, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting, and driving operational excellence across the organization.

As an Accounting Lead, you will serve as a critical partner to the Controller, overseeing month-end close activities, financial reporting, revenue and expense accounting, and audit readiness. You will also work closely with our Onchain Accounting Lead to support on-chain accounting operations, digital asset accounting, and other crypto-native accounting processes.

As the accounting team grows, you will help improve processes, establish scalable controls, and provide oversight and review of work prepared by junior accounting team members.

You will provide day-to-day guidance, review work prepared by junior accounting team members, and help establish best practices across the accounting function.

This role is ideal for someone who combines strong traditional accounting expertise with an interest in crypto, digital assets, and emerging financial technologies.

• Own and drive the monthly close process and reporting timeline

• Review and approve journal entries, reconciliations, accruals, and prepaids

• Ensure completeness and accuracy of financial statements

• Maintain supporting schedules and audit-ready documentation

• Assist with complex accounting analyses and technical accounting matters

• Collaborate with the Accounting Lead on period-end digital asset accounting activities

• Support accounting for on-chain transactions, wallets, and crypto-related operations

• Oversee revenue accounting and revenue recognition schedules

• Manage accounting for operating expenses and vendor activity

• Review AP, AR, and employee expense workflows

• Collaborate with the Controller on complex accounting transactions

• Ensure proper accounting documentation, SOPs, and internal controls

• Assist with maintenance and reconciliation of digital asset accounting records and supporting schedules

• Partner with the Accounting Lead on crypto-related accounting analyses and reporting

• Serve as a primary accounting contact for external auditors

• Prepare and review audit work papers and support requests

• Coordinate with external tax providers on compliance filings

• Support regulatory and financial reporting requirements