Manager, Accounting
About Echo Base
Echo Base is a privately funded investment platform focused on special situations and strategic opportunities within the digital asset ecosystem. We acquire, finance, and build companies where our operational expertise and capital can unlock outsized value. Our team combines institutional investment discipline with crypto-native insight to identify and execute on complex opportunities across the industry’s most dynamic segments.
Role Overview
We are looking for an exceptionally strong US GAAP Accountant and Finance Generalist Manager to join a lean, high-performing finance team operating in a fast-paced, high-impact environment. This role is ideal for someone who combines deep technical accounting expertise with operational ownership, thrives on solving complex problems, and brings extreme attention to detail.
This individual will own the multi-entity monthly Accounting close process, oversee all Accounts Payable operations, and act as the central hub for finance requests and operational workflows through our finance ticketing system. The role requires someone who is comfortable moving between technical accounting, operational execution, cross-functional requests, and budgeting support.
You will be part of a small, fierce, highly capable team where accountability is high and impact is immediate.
What You'll Do
Accounting & Close
- Own and execute the monthly close across multiple global entities
- Coordination with external tax team
- Ensure accurate, timely financial statements in accordance with US GAAP
- Manage journal entries, reconciliations, accruals, and intercompany transactions
- Maintain and improve close processes, documentation, and internal controls
- Identify accounting issues and proactively resolve them
Accounts Payable Ownership
- Oversee end-to-end AP processes
- Ensure proper invoice coding, approvals, and payment execution
- Improve AP workflows and implement automation where possible
Finance Operations & Requests
- Act as the owner of the finance ticketing system
- Manage and triage ad-hoc finance requests across the organization
- Serve as a generalist finance operator, helping drive solutions across accounting, finance ops, and reporting
- Ensure requests are resolved quickly, accurately, and with strong communication
Budgeting & Financial Planning Support
- Provide support and facilitate the budgeting and forecasting processes
- Partner with finance leadership to track budget vs. actuals
- Assist in financial analysis to support operational decision making
Process Improvement
- Continuously improve finance operations in a high-velocity environment
- Implement automation, tooling, and workflow improvements
- Maintain strong documentation and scalable processes
Requirements
- Minimum 10 years of experience
- Minimum of a Bachelor's in Accounting; licensed CPA, and Master's preferred but not required
- Deep US GAAP accounting expertise
- Experience running full monthly close processes in a multi-entity global company
- Ownership of Accounts Payable processes
- Strong ability to manage high-volume operational requests
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Ability to thrive in a fast-moving, high-accountability environment
- Preferences for:
- Experience in crypto, digital assets, or fintech
- Experience using Power Query or advanced Excel tooling
- Experience in budgeting, forecasting, or financial planning
- Experience in improving finance operations and automation
- Experience working in high-growth or startup environments
Benefits
- Entrepreneurial, high-performance environment with institutional standards.
- Exposure to complex, frontier credit investments across global markets.
- Opportunity to help shape the playbook for crypto-native special situations investing.
- A very competitive remuneration package aligned with seniority, responsibility, and performance.
- Fully remote working arrangements.