Head of Operations

About Chronicle

Chronicle is the leading Proof of Asset infrastructure provider, enabling institutions to independently verify that digital assets are fully backed by real-world collateral. Today, Chronicle secures over $15 billion in DeFi and tokenized assets, serving some of the world’s largest financial institutions and digital asset companies, including BlackRock, Galaxy Digital, MoonPay, Bridge, Centrifuge, Securitize, and Sky (fka MakerDAO)

As capital markets continue to move onchain, verifiable asset backing is becoming foundational infrastructure. Citi estimates the tokenized asset market will reach $5.5 trillion by 2030, accelerating demand for trusted, real-time verification across stablecoins, tokenized funds, and other digital financial products.

About the Role

Chronicle is looking for a Head of Operations to own the day-to-day running of the business across finance, people, and compliance. This is a broad, hands-on operations role for someone comfortable working across multiple jurisdictions and employment structures, managing both fiat and crypto-native processes, and building the internal systems that let the company scale.

The role spans three broad areas:

• EU/Swiss operations and administration: payroll, invoices, contracts, association administration, local providers, and coordination with accountants and authorities

• Company operations: internal processes, budgeting support, external invoicing, vendor management, hiring operations, and business continuity

• Governance and compliance coordination: supporting ISO 27001, SOC 2, policies, audits, and board level preparations.

Responsibilities

Finance

• Manage Swiss payroll and coordinate contractor payments processed through the EOR, ensuring accuracy and on-time disbursement each cycle

• Own accounts payable end-to-end: reviewing, approving, and paying vendor invoices via both fiat bank transfers and stablecoins

• Own accounts receivable: issuing accurate customer invoices, tracking outstanding balances, and following up to ensure timely payment

• Execute multisig crypto transactions, following security best practices for transaction verification, signing, and treasury safeguarding

• Crypto-native accounting: monthly reporting of crypto transactions and balances across multiple Safes

• Prepare and deliver monthly financial reporting to the external Swiss accountant partner, ensuring records are complete and reconciled

• Manage relationships with external vendors and service providers, from onboarding through coordination on service delivery and billing

• Manage and reconcile company credit card accounts, resolving discrepancies each month

• Manage expense reimbursement processes for the team, both directly and through the EOR, ensuring timely and accurate payouts

HR

• Manage the day-to-day relationship with the Employer of Record, ensuring employee records, contracts, and payments stay accurate and current

• Own onboarding and offboarding procedures, making sure new hires are set up smoothly and departures are handled cleanly and compliantly

• Run hiring processes end-to-end: sourcing candidates, screening resumes, managing interview scheduling and feedback collection, and coordinating with hiring managers through to offer

• Manage internal HR policies, updating them as the company scales and adapting them to new jurisdictions or employment structures

• Plan and execute company offsites, handling logistics, budget, and travel coordination

Legal & Compliance

• Review quarterly Swiss VAT filings and annual tax filings prepared by external partners for accuracy before submission

• Maintain accurate financial and legal documentation to support audits, fundraising due diligence, and institutional partner reviews

• Prepare clear, board-ready financial reporting documentation

• Own operational compliance workflows in support of ISO 27001 and SOC 2, including policy upkeep and evidence collection

Required Skills & Experience

• 3+ years in an operations or finance operations role, ideally at an early-stage or high-growth startup

• Experience managing accounts payable and accounts receivable, including invoicing and vendor payments

• Comfort working with both fiat and crypto-native payment rails, including stablecoins and multisig transaction workflows

• Experience running payroll across multiple jurisdictions and employment structures (direct employment, EOR, contractors)

• Experience managing full-cycle hiring and core HR operations (onboarding, offboarding, policies, documentation)

• Comfortable preparing financial documentation for board reporting, audits, and due diligence

• Strong written communication skills and high attention to detail

• Self-directed and comfortable operating with ambiguity, this role involves building processes as much as running them

Nice to have

• Solid Swiss or EU operating experience

• Enough German to work with local institutions and service providers

• Experience with payroll and employment administration

• Comfortable working in a crypto or technology scale-up

• Proactive in building operational systems, not only reliable with administration