CleanSpark Trade Operations Manager

CleanSpark (Nasdaq: CLSK), America’s Bitcoin Miner®, is a market-leading data center developer with a proven track record of success. We own and operate a portfolio of more than 1.3 GW of power, land, and data centers across the United States powered by globally competitive energy prices. Sitting at the intersection of Bitcoin, energy, operational excellence and capital stewardship, we optimize our infrastructure to deliver superior returns to our shareholders. Monetizing low-cost, high reliability energy by producing a global emerging critical resource â€“ compute â€“ positions us to prosper in an ever-changing world.

Visit our website at www.cleanspark.com.

Department Overview:

CleanSpark’s Digital Asset Management (DAM) department stewards the company’s bitcoin treasury and related digital asset operations in alignment with broader corporate capital strategy. The team operates an institutional trading desk responsible for executing spot sales for liquidity, manages a derivatives overlay to hedge exposures and optimize outcomes, and directs daily treasury functions including cash, collateral, custody, and settlements. DAM works closely across departments to maintain audit-ready books and a disciplined control environment while supporting capital initiatives and investment policies. The group’s mandate is to preserve capital, manage risk, and optimize treasury operations while driving incremental returns to the balance sheet.

Job Overview:

The Trade Operations Manager will play a critical role in the further development of CleanSpark’s Digital Asset Management (DAM) department. They will support the day-to-day trade lifecycle and help administer the financial control environment. These responsibilities require close collaboration with the Accounting, Financial Reporting, Corporate Tax, and Legal functions to help drive trade operations. This role is responsible for timely and accurate trade capture, confirmation, settlement, reconciliation, and accounting support across spot bitcoin transactions and derivatives used for treasury management. The position also will interface with external counterparties and custodians in a fast-paced trading desk environment.  

• Execute end-to-end trade lifecycle processes (trade capture, confirmation/affirmation, settlement) for spot and derivatives transactions across multiple counterparties operating under ISDA agreements and institutional custodians.
• Perform daily reconciliations (positions, cash, fees/funding, realized/unrealized P&L) across trading venues, OTC counterparties, and custodians.
• Coordinate cash and collateral activity, including wires, address whitelisting, margin/IM/VM postings, and collateral movements/optimization.
• Maintain books and records: blotters, audit trails, and checklists; prepare daily/weekly/monthly operational and performance reporting packs.
• Partner with Accounting/Financial Reporting/Tax on journal entries, valuations, accruals, and support for digital-asset accounting under U.S. GAAP.
• Apply and evidence internal controls and support internal/external audits and SOXrelevant requests.
• Track and manage corporate actions and trade lifecycle events (expirations/rolls, settlements, fee schedules)
• Contribute to procedure development and process improvement; document and update standard operating procedures and control checklists.
• Liaise with counterparties, custodians, and internal stakeholders to ensure accurate and timely settlement and reporting

• 3-6 years of experience in trade operations/treasury operations/middle office (crypto, FX, equities, commodities, or derivatives) at an exchange, prime broker, fund/admin, prop desk or public-company treasury.
• Demonstrated proficiency with daily reconciliations (positions, cash, P&L) and the trade lifecycle from ticket to ledger.
• Working knowledge of derivatives (forwards/futures/options), margin, and collateral flows; familiarity with ISDA-based counterparty processes.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and comfortable with large data sets.
• Strong written documentation skills (SOPs, runbooks) and clear, concise communication with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to maintain accuracy and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment; sound judgement with a proactive approach to identifying and resolving issues.
• Willingness to support after-hours response or weekend work as required by settlements, expiries, or other requirements

• Experience with digital-asset infrastructure (institutional custodians, wallets, exchange/OTC settlement).
• Familiarity with U.S. GAAP for digital assets and related financial statement impacts.
• Basic scripting (e.g. Python) or SQL for reconciliation automation and data validation.
• Experience supporting audit/SOX requests and operating within a public-company control environment.
• Exposure to desk reporting (daily positions, P&L, exposure/greeks) and standard ops tooling (ticketing/documentation platforms) 

This position may involve duties that require operation of a company vehicle or travel between job sites. As such, candidates must be insurable under CleanSpark's vehicle insurance policy.

CleanSpark is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.