Head of Finance

Symbiotic; Toronto; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading blockchain company in Toronto is seeking a finance leader to oversee financial operations and strategy. The role involves treasury management, reporting, and collaboration with senior leadership. Candidates should possess strong analytical instincts and communication skills, eager to contribute to the future of digital assets. This position offers high autonomy and direct involvement in critical business initiatives.

Qualifications

• Sharp financial and analytical instincts with strong judgment.
• Experience in treasury activities and financial operations.
• Strong ability to influence and communicate with executives.

Responsibilities

• Lead treasury activities and manage financial relationships.
• Oversee payments, reconciliations, and reporting.
• Drive financial strategy across business lines and products.

Skills

Financial analysis

Risk management

Communication skills

Strategic planning

Budgeting and forecasting

Job description

About Symbiotic

Symbiotic is the universal staking protocol enabling protocols to streamline decentralizing their stack. Symbiotic enables creating fully custom or templated staking integrations leveraging any asset and features such as slashing, redistribution, (liquid) restaking, as well as native staking. Over 40 teams including Spark, Hyperlane, and Avail are building on Symbiotic’s universal staking primitives secured by over $1bn in TVL.

You can find more information about what we're building and how we're doing it here.

Our People

We\'re a tight-knit team of experienced individuals at the forefront of crypto infrastructure. Our backgrounds range from security auditing and smart contract development to node operation, and we\'re supported by Pantera Capital, Paradigm and CyberFund.

We\'re on the hunt for talented professionals to join our mission and strengthen our awesome team.

The Role

We are looking for a finance leader to oversee daily operations and drive our long-term strategy. In this role, you will:

• Lead treasury activities, including strategy, execution, and risk management—while maintaining strong relationships with banks, auditors, and financial service providers.
• Manage payments, reconciliations, reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow planning.
• You’ll also handle aspects of investor relations, preparing regular reporting and data for updates, and work closely with HR to design sustainable, competitive compensation strategies.
• Beyond core finance, you will work with the Head of Operations to oversee and continuously improve financial systems, workflows, and controls to support a distributed, crypto-native business.

You’ll work directly with the Head of Operations and Senior Leadership team to:

• Drive financial strategy and execution across some of our most ambitious business lines and products
• Lead company-defining financial initiatives that cut across teams and don’t fit neatly into traditional functions
• Pressure-test new business verticals, product roadmaps, and growth strategies through rigorous financial modelling and analysis

What you’ll need to bring

• A love of ambiguity and fast-paced, global environments
• Sharp financial and analytical instincts, paired with strong judgment and execution
• Strong communication skills with executive presence and the ability to influence across the business
• Genuine curiosity about blockchain and belief in the role finance plays in building the future of digital assets

This is a high-autonomy, high-leverage role with direct exposure to the core of our business. If you are ready to go deep, move fast, and help shape the financial foundation of the next generation of crypto products—this role is for you.