Accounting Director, Digital Assets Center of Excellence at Fidelity Investments

Job Description:

Accounting Director, Digital Assets Center of Excellence

The Role

As Director of the newly established Digital Assets Center of Excellence, you will be responsible for establishing, implementing, and executing, from both a technical accounting and operational perspective, FMR LLC’s digital asset accounting. You will work across the firm with various stakeholders to 1) develop and maintain familiarity with all our digital asset projects, investments, and products, 2) support our investment in new digital assets and our involvement in new blockchains or DeFi activities by advising on accounting implications, 3) ensure alignment of accounting policies across the firm, and 4) support other corporate functions such as Corporate Tax and Corporate Treasury. You will be responsible for implementing a digital asset accounting and reporting system along with the related processes and controls, and for developing and maintaining a reporting package for senior leadership that includes a comprehensive inventory of the firm’s digital assets, their cost bases, and current valuations.

To deliver these results, you will partner with our domestic and international accounting teams, Accounting Policy, Fidelity Digital Assets, Fidelity Digital Asset Management, Fidelity Center for Applied Technology, Tax, Treasury, Corporate Development, and our Corporate Technology Group. You will need to proactively leverage these partners as well as outside resources to become a digital asset subject matter expert, and then use that expertise to advise on accounting, system, process, and operational matters, and to educate your accounting colleagues and other business partners.

The Expertise and Skills You Bring  

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, CPA and/or master’s degree in Accounting preferred
• 10+ years of relevant accounting experience, preferably in public accounting, with accounting policy and/or digital asset accounting experience
• Strong knowledge of accounting principles (US GAAP), financial statement preparation, and internal controls
• Knowledge of digital assets and blockchain technology a major plus
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills
• Demonstrated success in engaging and influencing stakeholders and driving change
• Strong presentation skills and the desire to teach others

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Company Overview

Fidelity Investments is a privately held company with a mission to strengthen the financial well-being of our clients. We help people invest and plan for their future. We assist companies and non-profit organizations in delivering benefits to their employees. And we provide institutions and independent advisors with investment and technology solutions to help invest their own clients’ money.

Join Us

At Fidelity, you’ll find endless opportunities to build a meaningful career that positively impacts peoples’ lives, including yours. You can take advantage of flexible benefits that support you through every stage of your career, empowering you to thrive at work and at home. Honored with a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, we have been recognized by our employees as a top 10 Best Place to Work in 2024. And you don’t need a finance background to succeed at Fidelity—we offer a range of opportunities for learning so you can build the career you’ve always imagined.

Fidelity’s hybrid working model blends the best of both onsite and offsite work experiences. Having the majority of our associates work onsite is important for our business strategy and our culture. We also value the benefits that working offsite offers associates. Most roles listed as Hybrid will require associates to work onsite all business days of every other week in a Fidelity office. This does not apply to roles listed as Remote or Onsite.

At Fidelity, we value honesty, integrity, and the safety of our associates and customers within a heavily regulated industry. Certain roles may require candidates to go through a preliminary credit check during the screening process. Candidates who are presented with a Fidelity offer will need to go through a background investigation, detailed in this document, and may be asked to provide additional documentation as requested. This investigation includes but is not limited to a criminal, civil litigations and regulatory review, employment, education, and credit review (role dependent). These investigations will account for 7 years or more of history, depending on the role. Where permitted by federal or state law, Fidelity will also conduct a pre-employment drug screen, which will review for the following substances: Amphetamines, THC (marijuana), cocaine, opiates, phencyclidine.

We invite you to Find Your Fidelity at fidelitycareers.com.

Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that the most effective way to attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce is to build an enduring culture of inclusion and belonging.

Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to participate in the application or interview process. To initiate a request for an accommodation, contact the HR Accommodation Team by sending an email to accommodations@fmr.com.