What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Finance position at Toku?
About Toku
At Toku, we are a high-tech global compensation and employment platform, offering the unique capabilities of real-time tax calculations, unified global API for employment solutions, and seamless ability to process non-cash compensation such as stock or token grants.
As a result, Toku has become a fundamental partner for crypto companies and their law firms for token generation events (TGE) and launches. Our newest flagship product — Token Grant Administration (TGA), a token cap table management/system of record for every token for every founder, employee, investor, went from product launch in October to billions of dollars in on-platform value.
Toku raised $20 million from a consortium led by Blockchain Capital with Protocol Labs, GMJP, OrangeDAO, Orrick, Reverie, Quantstamp, Next Web Capital, and prominent angel investors including Protocol Labs founder Juan Benet and Alchemy co-founders Nikil Viswanathan and Joe Lau. Read more about Toku in Fortune, Yahoo Finance, and CoinDesk.
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About the role
Toku is looking for an experienced Finance leader to support the growth and development of our complex global financial infrastructure. The Director of Finance will report directly to the CEO and work closely with the founders.
You will provide additional management to all of our finance functions. You’ll implement and execute the metrics and KPIs laid out by the founders. You will be an integrate part of scaling Toku's EOR, payroll and token grant administration operations.
This is a hands-on role. You are expected to roll up your sleeves and work alongside our existing finance team in the trenches daily. This role requires deep expertise in managing international payrolls, including local compliance, tax regulations, and reporting requirements. The successful candidate will work closely with the founders and external stakeholders to ensure accurate, timely payroll processing and resolve payroll-related issues in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
We have huge ambitions and are looking for an ambitious finance operator to help us execute on our vision.
\n- End-to-End Payroll Management: Oversee and process payroll for employees in over 10 countries, ensuring accuracy and timeliness in all payroll cycles.
- Manage payroll submissions, including wage calculations, deductions, bonuses, and adjustments.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure compliance with country-specific payroll regulations, labor laws, and tax codes
- Work closely with the founders to implement the token grant administration product alongside payroll.
- Work with tax advisors and legal teams to navigate complex tax situations, including expatriate payroll and multi-country taxation.
- Serve as a subject matter expert for payroll issues across internal teams (HR, Finance, Legal) and with external clients
- Prepare detailed financials, FP&A, payroll reports, analyzing trends, costs, and variances.
- Provide insights on payroll performance and make recommendations for efficiency improvements.
- Willingness to perform day-to-day payroll processing tasks while also managing higher-level strategy and improvement projects.
- Minimum 7-10 years of payroll experience with at least 5 years managing multi-country payroll, preferably in an EOR or similar environment.
- Must have startup experience
- Demonstrated knowledge of accounting principles and concepts
- Passionate entrepreneur with strong business instincts, ability to identify attractive growth opportunities
- A hustler mentality, founding a company or building side projects is a plus!
- North America Time Zone
- CPA
- Remote-first work culture
- Flexible working hours
- Competitive salary
- Competitive equity
- Apple laptop
Toku is an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to being a diverse team that reflects a broad range of background, thought, and experience. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, status as an individual with a disability, status as protected veteran, or any other legally protected characteristics. Women, minorities, LGBTQ , and people from underrepresented backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.
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