Principal, Internal Audit (Professional Practices)

About the Company

Gemini is a global crypto and Web3 platform founded by Tyler Winklevoss and Cameron Winklevoss in 2014. Gemini offers a wide range of crypto products and services for individuals and institutions in over 70 countries.

Crypto is about giving you greater choice, independence, and opportunity. We are here to help you on your journey. We build crypto products that are simple, elegant, and secure. Whether you are an individual or an institution, we help you buy, sell, and store your bitcoin and cryptocurrency.

At Gemini, our mission is to unlock the next era of financial, creative, and personal freedom.

In the United States, we have a flexible hybrid work policy for employees who live within 30 miles of our office headquartered in New York City and our office in Seattle. Employees within the New York and Seattle metropolitan areas are expected to work from the designated office twice a week, unless there is a job-specific requirement to be in the office every workday. Employees outside of these areas are considered part of our remote-first workforce. We believe our hybrid approach for those near our NYC and Seattle offices increases productivity through more in-person collaboration where possible.

The Department: Internal Audit

Internal Audit at Gemini is dedicated to providing independent assurance of the design and effectiveness of internal controls while working with business partners to solve problems and optimize the control environment for continued growth.

The Role: Principal, Internal Audit (Professional Practices)

Reporting to the Head of Internal Audit, this individual is responsible for the efficiency and effectiveness of the Internal Audit Team’s practices. This includes executing on the team’s strategic initiatives and priorities, maintaining the team’s global methodology and standards, managing and driving process improvements, transforming internal audit practices, conducting quality assurance activities, facilitating an annual skills assessment, and developing a fit-for-purpose training program. The Principal, Internal Audit Professional Practices has a unique opportunity to help create a modern Internal Audit department in the evolving, fast-paced digital assets industry.

As the first Professional Practices hire, this is a vital role to support the delivery of high-quality, risk-based, and consistent internal audit activities.

Responsibilities:

• Manage audit practices in alignment with the Institute of Internal Auditors’ Standards, including Gemini’s global Internal Audit Manual.
• Proactively monitor for changes to industry and regulatory requirements as they relate to internal audit and recommend enhancements to internal audit methodology, where necessary.
• Lead quality assurance activities over all internal audits, including business, technology, and security audits, to confirm compliance with methodology.
• Manage the Internal Audit Team’s Governance, Risk, and Compliance tool to confirm it includes appropriate workflows to enable internal audit methodology, including issue management and reporting.
• Compile Senior Management and Board Committee reporting materials.
• Facilitate annual Internal Audit skills assessment to confirm the team has appropriate skills to cover all aspects of Gemini’s Internal Audit Plan.
• Develop a fit-for-purpose training program and administer and track Internal Audit Team training.

Qualifications:

• 8+ years of financial services, fintech, or cryptocurrency internal audit experience with increasing responsibility.
• Strong background in internal audit policy and methodology, including internal audit risk assessment and audit plan development.
• In-depth knowledge of auditing standards and procedures, laws, rules, and regulations.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience working with financial services regulators.
• Experience working with and maintaining Governance, Risk, and Compliance tools.
• Ability to be flexible in a rapidly changing risk and regulatory environment and “roll up sleeves” when priorities or project scopes change.
• Proven ability to meet project budget and timeline constraints, and to identify and escalate issues that may impact project progress.
• Creative mindset that will allow effective challenge on how the internal audit program and specific internal audit projects are performed to promote continuous improvement.
• Strong organizational skills and proven ability to effectively manage and prioritize time amongst various activities.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Risk Management or related field, or commensurate work experience. It Pays to Work Here The compensation & benefits package for this role includes:
• Competitive starting salary
• A discretionary annual bonus
• Long-term incentive in the form of a new hire equity grant
• Comprehensive health plans
• 401K with company matching
• Paid Parental Leave
• Flexible time off

Salary Range: The base salary range for this role is between $137,000 - $172,000 in the State of New York, the State of California and the State of Washington. This range is not inclusive of our discretionary bonus or equity package. When determining a candidate’s compensation, we consider a number of factors including skillset, experience, job scope, and current market data.

At Gemini, we strive to build diverse teams that reflect the people we want to empower through our products, and we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. Equal Opportunity is the Law, and Gemini is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. If you have a specific need that requires accommodation, please let a member of the People Team know.

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