About the Role
You will own the financial operating system for LayerZero, partnering with the CFO and executive team on planning, forecasting, and strategic decision making. You will lead company wide planning cycles, build and maintain the three statement operating model, and provide insightful leadership and board reporting. You will design token economics frameworks and on chain revenue models to support growth.
Requirements
- 4-8+ years of progressive experience in FP&A strategic finance investment banking private equity or management consulting; meaningful in-house experience at a high-growth tech fintech or crypto company required.
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Math, or a related quantitative field. MBA CFA or CPA a plus.
- Demonstrated experience owning a company-wide planning cycle and partnering with C-suite stakeholders.
- Best-in-class financial modeling you’ve built and maintained the operating model that the CFO and CEO rely on.
- Proven people leadership you’ve hired, managed, and developed strategic finance talent.
- Strong executive presence and communication able to drive a room of senior stakeholders to a decision.
- Deep experience with NetSuite (or comparable ERP) and modern planning tools (Anaplan, Pigment, Cube, Mosaic, Adaptive, or similar).
- SQL or BI tool fluency (Looker, Tableau, Hex) strongly preferred.
- Genuine interest in crypto, blockchain, and the LayerZero mission; exposure to token models, on-chain data, or digital asset accounting a strong plus.
- Comfortable operating in fast-paced, ambiguous, multi-entity environments you bring structure where there is none.
- Track record of building you’ve stood up an Strategic Finance function or a meaningful piece of one from scratch.
Responsibilities
- Own the annual operating plan, long-range plan, quarterly reforecasts, and monthly outlooks across the company.
- Own the integrated three-statement and driver-based operating model — the source of truth for budget, forecast, and scenario work.
- Lead monthly and quarterly business reviews — own the narrative, the variance story, and the forward-looking call to action.
- Partner directly with executive and functional leaders on resource allocation headcount strategy and major investment decisions.
- Lead KPI definitions and reporting across the company — ensure the leadership team is operating from a shared set of numbers.
- Build the financial framework for token economics, on-chain revenue, ecosystem incentives, and digital asset flows.
- Build the strategic finance function including hiring and development talent as the team scales.