Darien Advisors

Location: Remote. Darien Advisors considers qualified professionals globally in locations where the firm can lawfully establish a working relationship.

Opportunity Type: Ongoing opportunity. The final structure will depend on the selected candidate’s experience, availability, location, and the firm’s evolving needs.

Compensation: $80,000 to $150,000 annual equivalent. Actual compensation and structure will depend on experience, credentials, availability, scope, and final role design.

About the Opportunity

Darien Advisors is seeking an experienced Accounting Manager to oversee client-accounting delivery across a growing portfolio of traditional and digital-asset businesses.

This opportunity is designed for someone who can bring structure to complex accounting engagements, review the work of others, manage competing deadlines, and maintain clear communication with clients and internal contributors.

The right candidate will combine strong technical accounting knowledge with practical leadership and sound judgment. They should be comfortable moving between detailed accounting issues and broader portfolio oversight while identifying risks, resolving bottlenecks, and ensuring deliverables meet the firm’s quality standards.

About Darien Advisors

Darien Advisors is a crypto-native tax, accounting, and strategic advisory firm serving investors, founders, and digital-asset businesses.

Our work sits at the intersection of traditional financial operations and the evolving digital-asset economy. We help clients organize complex financial activity, reconcile transactions across wallets and platforms, maintain accurate books and records, meet reporting obligations, and make informed decisions with greater clarity.

Our services include:

1. Client accounting and financial reporting
2. Month-end and year-end close support
3. Cryptocurrency transaction reconciliation
4. Individual and entity tax preparation
5. Federal, state, and international tax compliance
6. Tax planning and strategic advisory
7. IRS and state-agency resolution
8. Backlog cleanup and amended filings
9. Accounting support for digital-asset businesses

We are a fully remote firm that values sound judgment, clear communication, accountability, and the ability to work effectively through complexity.

What You Will Do

1. Oversee accounting delivery across an assigned portfolio of clients
2. Coordinate month-end and year-end close processes, reconciliations, reporting, and related deliverables
3. Review balance sheets, income statements, general ledgers, journal entries, account reconciliations, and supporting workpapers
4. Evaluate the completeness and accuracy of accounting records and identify matters requiring correction, clarification, or escalation
5. Review work completed by accounting team members and provide clear, actionable feedback
6. Monitor deadlines, priorities, capacity, and outstanding client information across assigned engagements
7. Serve as a primary point of coordination for assigned clients and maintain clear communication regarding deliverables, open items, and timelines
8. Support the onboarding and transition of new accounting clients
9. Work with tax and advisory professionals to ensure accounting records support broader client needs
10. Help resolve complex cleanup matters involving incomplete records, historical inconsistencies, multiple entities, or digital-asset activity
11. Protect confidential client and firm information in accordance with applicable contractual and security requirements
12. Identify recurring issues and recommend practical improvements to templates, workflows, documentation, and quality-control processes
13. Help shape scalable accounting workflows and service-delivery standards as the firm grows

What We Are Looking For

1. At least six years of progressive accounting experience
2. At least two years of experience reviewing accounting work, managing client portfolios, or coordinating accounting teams
3. Strong experience with month-end close, reconciliations, journal entries, financial reporting, and general-ledger management
4. Strong working knowledge of U.S. GAAP and financial-reporting requirements applicable to assigned clients
5. Experience managing multiple client engagements, deadlines, and competing priorities
6. Ability to review accounting records critically and identify errors, unsupported balances, missing information, and process gaps
7. Experience with cloud-based accounting systems such as QuickBooks Online or Xero
8. Strong written communication and the ability to explain accounting matters clearly and constructively
9. Professional judgment when handling incomplete information, sensitive matters, or competing priorities
10. Ability to coordinate work effectively within a remote environment
11. A secure and reliable working environment appropriate for handling confidential information

Preferred Experience

1. CPA, CA, ACCA, or another relevant accounting credential
2. Experience within an accounting, advisory, outsourced finance, or client-services firm
3. Experience managing accounting services for multiple entities or complex client portfolios
4. Experience reviewing or supporting the work of distributed accounting teams
5. Experience with accounting cleanup, process improvement, or client transitions
6. Familiarity with cryptocurrency or other digital-asset accounting
7. Familiarity with wallets, exchanges, stablecoins, DeFi, staking, token activity, or other onchain transactions
8. Familiarity with Karbon or another practice-management platform
9. Experience with technology, startup, professional-services, or digital-asset clients

Professional experience with cryptocurrency or digital-asset accounting is strongly preferred. Candidates should be able to demonstrate direct experience with digital-asset transactions, wallets, exchanges, reconciliation tools, subledgers, or related financial reporting.

Systems We Use

1. QuickBooks Online
2. Xero
3. Puzzle and Campfire, where applicable
4. Karbon
5. Slack
6. Google Workspace
7. Cryptocurrency subledger and reconciliation platforms based on client needs

Why Darien Advisors

1. Oversee meaningful accounting work for growing and technically complex businesses
2. Work at the intersection of traditional accounting and the digital-asset economy
3. Join a modern, remote, and technology-supported advisory practice
4. Apply both technical expertise and operational judgment
5. Contribute directly to client outcomes and service quality
6. Help strengthen accounting workflows as the firm continues to grow
7. Collaborate with professionals who value clarity, ownership, and thoughtful problem-solving
8. Be considered for expanded responsibilities as the firm’s needs evolve

What We Value

1. Clear and timely communication
2. Transparency when facts, documentation, or conclusions are uncertain
3. Independent judgment and accountability
4. Decisions grounded in the client’s best interests and applicable accounting requirements
5. Curiosity and continued learning
6. Respectful and practical collaboration
7. Comfort working in a remote environment
8. A willingness to engage thoughtfully with digital-asset complexity

Equal Opportunity

Darien Advisors welcomes qualified professionals from diverse backgrounds. Selection decisions are based on relevant qualifications, experience, business needs, and professional fit without unlawful discrimination.

How to Apply

Initial conversations will be conducted through Zoom or Google Meet.

Interested candidates should submit:

1. A current resume or professional profile
2. Relevant licenses or credentials
3. A summary of accounting and client-service experience
4. A summary of experience managing client portfolios, accounting teams, or close processes
5. Details regarding QuickBooks Online, Xero, or comparable accounting-system proficiency
6. Any relevant digital-asset accounting experience
7. General availability and location

Applicants may omit or redact age, date of birth, and dates of attendance or graduation from submitted application materials.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the opportunity is filled. Selected candidates will receive additional information regarding the anticipated responsibilities, reporting relationships, compensation structure, and working arrangement before moving forward.