OP Labs is the team building the technology behind
Optimism, the leading blockchain infrastructure provider powering 65% of all Layer 2 transactions. Our open-source OP Stack enables developers and enterprises to launch scalable, secure, and customizable onchain networks with ease. Backed by a16z, Paradigm, and others, OP Labs has raised over $350M to drive the next generation of onchain innovation.
Role and Responsibilities
OP Labs is looking for a Head of Finance to build and lead the financial backbone of the Optimism ecosystem.As the finance leader at Optimism, you’ll oversee financial strategy, forecasting, burn-rate management, and accounting, while partnering closely with the leadership team to ensure coherent, transparent, and mission-aligned financial stewardship across Optimism and the broader ecosystem.You’ll help define how capital is allocated, how growth is funded, and ultimately how Optimism builds itself successfully into a sustaining business.
This is a foundational role that blends strategic finance, treasury, financial operation, and organizational design, a chance to architect the financial systems for one of the most important projects in web3.
What are the role responsibilities?
- Lead financial strategy, planning, and reporting across OP Labs.
- Act as a key strategic advisor to the CEO and exec team, providing financial insights and guidance on business decisions.
- Drive financial planning, treasury, financial budget, and reporting.
- Build and oversee FP&A, accounting, and tax functions.
- Drive budgeting, forecasting, and scenario modeling in collaboration with Product, Legal, and Operations.
- Develop frameworks to evaluate ROI on grants, partnerships, and investments
- Manage relationships with banking, custody, and audit partners.
- Oversee financial compliance, audits, and tax reporting across Labs and Foundation.
- Partner with Legal on treasury and token-related initiatives as well as general tax compliance.
- Mentor and grow a multidisciplinary finance team.
What skills do you bring?
- 10+ years in finance, including leadership in FP&A, corporate finance, or strategic finance.
- Proven experience building or scaling finance functions at a high-growth tech, fintech, or crypto organization.
- Seasoned expert in financial modeling, planning, and reporting.
- Comfortable working across entities and building collaborative relationships with Legal, Product, and Operations.
- A systems thinker who can balance rigor with adaptability.
Nice-to-Haves
- Experience in crypto financial management.
- Familiarity with complex dual-entity or hybrid structures (Labs + Foundation setups).
- Passionate about the future of crypto and the mission of an organization such as Optimism.
What will you like about us?
- We take care of our employees. Competitive compensation, fully paid medical, dental, and vision, and a 4% 401K match.
- We take pride in the accomplishments of our teammates and support each other in doing the best work of our careers.
- Our team is a diverse group of people from varied backgrounds. We cherish our eclecticism and consider it a great strength.
- We’re fully remote, deeply engaged, highly skilled, and like to have fun.
- We think long-term. Our founders have been scaling Ethereum since 2015.
- Learn more about our interviewing here!
