Chief Financial Officer [CFO]

Company Overview:
Dialectic, a crypto-native organization of builders and capital allocators, is seeking a Chief Financial Officer [CFO] with senior-level financial services and fund operations experience to take ownership of the firm’s global financial control, accounting, corporate finance and fund operations functions. This is a compelling opportunity to join a dynamic and fast-growing team focused on investing in and building compelling software in emerging crypto and blockchain technologies.

Job Overview:
Dialectic acts as an advisor to multiple liquid crypto funds specializing in onchain DeFi yield strategies, as well as venture activity focused on crypto/blockchain technologies. Additionally, Dialectic has incubated and spun out 1OF1, a prominent digital art collection, and Makina, an onchain asset management protocol. The successful candidate will oversee global financial control, accounting, corporate finance (including M&A), fundraising, and reporting across our group entities (Swiss and international), the offshore (Cayman) funds under our advisory, as well as select financial affairs for our founding members.

Key Responsibilities:
Corporate Finance & Reporting

• Oversee all corporate finance activities across entities and jurisdictions, including budgeting, financial reporting, financial projections, financial modeling, and preparation of financial statements.
• Coordinate M&A processes and corporate fundraises as well as secondary share transactions and resultant cap table changes.
• Coordinate tax reporting and compliance processes, working with third-party advisors as necessary.
• Maintain internal cost accounting, budgets, and consolidated group reporting.

Fund Administration & Client Servicing

• Work with the Cayman fund’s third-party fund administrator to manage, streamline, and enhance the monthly NAV finalization process for Cayman-based funds.
• Serve as the key point of contact for  clients, overseeing onboarding, offboarding, communications, and reporting, while continuously improving client-facing processes.

Tax & Capital Strategy

• Lead cross-jurisdictional tax optimization initiatives and other data-driven strategic analyses.
• Coordinate, review, and execute tax projects for the company principal.
• Support Swiss entities on tax rulings and capital raise activities.
• Supporting employee stock options and token grants and maintaining share ledgers across the group of companies.

Strategic Projects & Business Initiatives

• Drive special projects that enhance business performance, including the evaluation of structured products (e.g., structured debt) to optimize fund structures and returns.
• Assess and pursue opportunities such as government grants that support technology-driven businesses.

Leadership & Team Development

• Mentor and develop junior finance professionals, ensuring high performance and career growth.
• Supervise a current team of two finance professionals, with responsibility for their output and development.

This role is ideal for a dynamic executive with a strong finance and operations background at crypto-native companies, as well as high-octane experience in the financial services industry.

Key Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in financial and operational roles across crypto-native DeFi companies, investment fund management, and financial services roles.
• Strong background in corporate finance and M&A, with proven ability to prepare budgets, financial projections, structure financial instruments to unlock capital efficiency and maintain financial statements.
• Deep expertise in accounting and tax reporting, including multi-entity structures and consolidation accounting; strong working knowledge of Swiss Accounting and IFRS standards.
• Proven track record in senior roles within asset management or related financial environments
• Experience in successful stakeholder engagement with FINMA or similar regulatory bodies.
• Demonstrated leadership ability with experience in people management, team development, and cross-functional stakeholder collaboration.
• Advanced project management skills with a methodical, data-driven, and problem-solving approach.
• MS Excel/Google Sheets super-user, with a history of producing clear, reproducible financial documentation and analysis.
• Demonstrated experience leveraging AI and automation tools to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and overall workflow quality.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to think independently, adapt flexibly, and operate autonomously with precision and attention to detail.
• Strong passion for blockchain and crypto technologies, with conviction in their transformative potential.
• Integrity, humility, intellectual curiosity, honesty, and forthright communication; thrives in a dialectical, truth-seeking team culture.
• Fluency in English, with willingness to be based in Zug the majority of the time (preference for full relocation).

Nice-to-haves:

• Experience in audit or advisory at a Big 4 accounting firm; CPA/ACCA qualification a strong plus.
• Strong network in structured products and fundraising opportunities to unlock capital efficiency.
• Degree in finance, accounting, or related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Deep, crypto-native knowledge with hands-on experience using DeFi protocols, block explorers, wallets, and related tooling.
• Background in institutional asset management with proven ability to manage high-value external stakeholder relationships.
• Strong quantitative, financial modeling, and analytical skills; coding or product management experience a plus.
• Fluency in German.

Benefits:
Dialectic offers an exceptional work culture:

• Dynamic and collegiality in a small team working in fields that are shaping the future of our society.
• As a modern employer, we offer you contemporary working conditions, ample space to develop yourself alongside the company, and exciting and challenging projects.
• Competitive compensation, bonus, and participation opportunities.
• Exposure to extremely talented people and very interesting clients who have unique investment profiles.
• Supportive work and team atmosphere with flat hierarchies and a strong entrepreneurial spirit.
• Dialectic is an equal-opportunity employer with a highly diverse workforce.