Director, Digital Assets Accounting

About the role

The Director of Digital Asset Accounting provides strategic and operational leadership across the accounting function supporting Fidelity’s digital asset investment products. Key responsibilities include overseeing all aspects of accounting operations, managing teams for blockchain-enabled investment products, and driving forward-looking initiatives to enhance scalability, automation, and control.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all aspects of accounting operations, ensuring accurate, timely, and controlled delivery of core processes including digital asset pricing, books and records maintenance, NAV production, and financial reporting.
• Lead teams responsible for supporting blockchain-enabled investment products, with oversight spanning both on-chain and off-chain accounting activities, including wallet and custodian reconciliations, digital asset valuation, and lifecycle event processing (e.g., forks, airdrops, staking rewards).
• Drive strategic initiatives focused on modernizing infrastructure, integrating blockchain-derived data into accounting processes, and improving transparency and efficiency across workflows.
• Define complex problems, synthesize insights, and deliver recommendations that align with broader business priorities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field and 10–12 years of experience in asset management operations, fund accounting, or alternative investment accounting, with significant leadership experience overseeing complex functions and large-scale operational teams.
• Experience with Geneva and Geneva World Investor strongly preferred.
• Experience supporting digital asset products, crypto funds, or blockchain-based financial instruments strongly preferred; familiarity with derivatives, staking, or yield-generating strategies is a plus.
• Understanding of digital asset market structure, including exchanges, custodians, wallets, and blockchain networks, as well as partnership/fund accounting and back-office operations.
• Strong analytical, communication, conceptual thinking, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to collaborate with team members.
• Presence and judgment to take ownership of responsibilities and encourage well-reasoned recommendations for updates to improve efficiency where applicable.
• Strong understanding of financial and accounting principles, including US GAAP, and how accounting outputs support financial statement preparation and shareholder reporting for complex digital asset investment products.
• Strategic problem solver with a focus on automation, process optimization, and leveraging data and technology to modernize operations.
• Exposure to blockchain data tools (e.g., explorers, analytics platforms) or reconciliation of digital asset transactions preferred.
• Familiarity with emerging regulatory and accounting considerations for digital assets is a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
• 10–12 years of experience in asset management operations, fund accounting, or alternative investment accounting, with significant leadership experience.

Skills

• Strong ownership of daily deliverables in parallel with driving forward-looking initiatives.
• Collaboration with team members.
• Presence and judgment to take ownership of responsibilities and encourage well-reasoned recommendations for updates to improve efficiency where applicable.
• Strong understanding of financial and accounting principles, including US GAAP.
• Strategic problem solver with a focus on automation, process optimization, and leveraging data and technology to modernize operations.
• Exposure to blockchain data tools (e.g., explorers, analytics platforms) or reconciliation of digital asset transactions.
• Familiarity with emerging regulatory and accounting considerations for digital assets.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health care coverage and emotional well-being support.
• Market-leading retirement.
• Moderate paid time off and parental leave.
• Charitable giving employee match program.
• Educational assistance including student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, and learning resources to develop your career.

Pay

The base salary range for this position is $103,000-211,000 USD per year. Placement in the range will vary based on job responsibilities and scope, geographic location, candidate's relevant experience, and other factors.

Schedule

Fidelity’s Onsite Working Model: Fidelity is transitioning to a full-time onsite working model through a phased rollout across regions and roles. Currently, some roles and locations require 100% onsite presence, while others require less. Onsite expectations are likely to evolve as the rollout continues. This transition does not apply to fully remote roles.