About the company
Wintermute is one of the largest crypto-native algorithmic trading companies in digital assets. We provide liquidity algorithmically across most cryptocurrency exchanges and trading platforms, a broad range of OTC trading products as well as support high profile blockchain projects and traditional financial institutions moving into crypto. We actively participate in the development of the blockchain ecosystem through investments, partnerships, and incubation of projects. Wintermute was founded in 2017 by industry leaders and has successfully navigated multiple crypto industry cycles. Culturally, we combine the best of the two worlds: the technology standards of high-frequency trading firms in traditional markets and the innovative and entrepreneurial culture of technology startups. Read more here.
Job Summary
Responsibilities:
📍Own and execute HR operations across employee lifecycle, e.g. employee onboarding and induction, training, internal moves, etc 📍Handle the end-to-end HR processes, including employee record management, HRIS and ATS maintenance, and ensuring we are compliant with local regulations and GDPR. 📍Draft employment contracts, addendums, and termination documentation as needed. 📍Oversee visa applications and relocation processes, coordinating with new hires and the required visa issuer. 📍Support payroll processes by ensuring accurate HR data collection and submission. 📍Maintain HR systems, ensuring they function effectively and support business needs whilst also utilizing new features as and when they are integrated. 📍Conducting HR analytics, drawing actionable conclusions and providing reporting to the management team as needed, including helping establish processes for regular data output reports (such as for payroll purposes or to extract team-based holiday schedules) 📍Together with the greater HR, Compliance and Talent teams, supporting any other employee queries 📍Supporting the greater HR and Talent team in any number of strategic projects, as they come (Hiring, Employee engagement surveys, Training, etc.) 📍Work on various cross-functional projects and initiatives; there is no limit to the types of projects to get involved in, all depends on your skills, motivation and ambition
Requirements:
📍Educated to a degree level (BSc/MSc) 📍3-5 years of experience owning significant parts of the HR function in a high performing organization, such as a trading firm, fast growing technology company, consulting firm or similar 📍Alternatively, 3-5 years of experience in a non-HR function, e.g. consulting, strategy & operations and similar with a strong interest in moving to people function 📍Confidence with Excel/data sets and technology tools such as HR systems 📍Enthusiastic about Wintermute values and ways of doing business, enthusiastic about building and maintaining high performance environments 📍Ownership mentality: doing whatever needs to be done to achieve the goals, from initiating improvements to effective execution of operational tasks 📍Great communication skills - clear, concise, empathetic, ability to speak with very different people (e.g. from deep technologists to MBA graduates) and understand different personalities and perspectives, ability to stay calm and balances even in high pressure situations 📍Proven ability to see the bigger picture, commercial strategy, understand new functional areas quickly, and have a cross-functional mindset
The future of finance is here — whether you’re interested in blockchain, cryptocurrency, or remote web3 jobs, there’s a perfect role waiting for you.