About the Role
We are seeking an exceptional individual to join our team and take on important responsibilities to help Bitwise scale. This role reports to the Director, Head of Investment Operations and collaborates with internal systems, portfolio managers, the accounting team, service providers, and existing systems to continuously deliver excellence on the core of what we do: supporting our professionally managed crypto investment products.
The position entails owning, improving, developing, and creating new operational processes, protocols, and procedures. Core responsibilities include carrying out settlement functions, reconciliations, transaction approvals, and developing additional capabilities. The role plays a key part in supporting existing and new funds and in bringing novel, new, and innovative products to market. There will be a lot to learn, a huge impact to be had, and some lifelong relationships to be built along the way.
Primary Responsibilities
- Provide full support to Bitwise’s Portfolio Management and trading platform.
- Maintain transaction data in internal systems.
- Update and reconcile trade spreadsheets, including daily cash and position reconciliation.
- Understand context and execution of internal decisions.
- Contribute to ongoing process improvement.
- Monitor and instruct trade settlement with custodians and counterparties, resolving fails or breaks promptly.
- Support full processing of trades and resolve operational issues.
- Work closely with investor relations, portfolio management, and trading teams.
- Ensure operational processes are fully documented, tested and adequately supported.
- Review Subscription Documents and other fund documentation on an ongoing basis.
- Ensure Investor Accounts are properly maintained.
- Process investor subscriptions and redemptions.
- Review custodial changes and client transfers.
- Verifying client wire instruction changes.
- Work in a fast-paced environment with daily interactions across multiple business units.
Role Requirements
- 2-4+ years of industry experience.
- Strong technical and analytical skills, alongside exceptional communication abilities.
- Collaborative, self-motivated, and adaptable work style with high attention to detail in fast-paced environments.
- Knowledge of accounting and reconciliation of trades and settlements.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to manage and juggle multiple competing priorities and responsibilities.
- Working knowledge of reconciling transactions with brokers, custodians, and other counterparties.
- Proven track record of identifying operational risks, surfacing issues early, and driving solutions.
What We Offer
- Compensation: $90,000 - $120,000 + Equity
- Final compensation offered will be determined by factors including candidate experience, skills, qualifications, and geographic location
- Equity compensation as a component of all offers
- Health insurance, including dental and vision plans
- Health, Dependent Care and Commuter Flexible Spending Accounts
- Paid Parental Leave
- Life insurance; short- and long-term disability plans
- Company-funded 401(k) plan, no matching required
- Unlimited PTO
- 10 paid company-wide holidays
- Company-wide winter break for most roles
- Office spaces in San Francisco, New York, and London
- Meals and snacks provided in office
- Paid company cell phone or stipend
- Bitwise “Buddy” Program (30-day new-hire success program)
- Annual anniversary gifts
- Company-wide events including annual holiday party
- Internal Women of Bitwise (WOB) group with fun events
Bitwise is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a team of people with a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. It is the policy of Bitwise to ensure equal opportunity. All candidates are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics.Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.Please note that we do not sponsor visas for persons without work authorization in the United States. This role is for full-time employees only (no B2B or contractors). Thank you!
