Budgeting, Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Conferences, Cryptography, Economics, External Audit, Finance, Financial Services, Financial Systems, Forecasting, Head of Finance, Leadership, Maintain Compliance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Public Finance, Public/Media/Press/Analyst Relations, SEC Filings, Sales, Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), Technical Accounting
LOCATION
New York, NY(remote)
POSTED
10 days ago
Confidential Portfolio Company · Remote-friendly
About Us
Confidential Portfolio Company -- Our portfolio company is a publicly-traded hyper-growth fintech -- a venture-stage company that happens to be publicly traded. We are building the payment rails for the businesses the rest of the financial system overlooks — crypto-native companies and emerging-market financial institutions that move serious cross-border and stablecoin volume but can't get served by mainstream banks. We process billions of dollars a year for a fast-growing client base, and we're building the in-house infrastructure — compliance, orchestration, and direct access — to turn that into a category-defining payments business. We're a small, senior team where every person's work is visible and consequential. Here, compliance isn't a cost center; it's the engine that unlocks our growth.
Responsibilities
Sign and own all SEC reporting (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, S-1/S-3) as principal financial officer, with SOX certifications and disclosure controls.
Own the external audit relationship
Build the budget, forecast, and financial narrative — internally to the CEO and Board, externally to the street.
Serve as the company's primary financial voice to investors, analysts, and shareholders — earnings calls, investor conferences, and proactive outreach.
Manage Nasdaq listing compliance
Build and lead a small finance team, and get hands-on with the granular work as the company scales.
Requirements
10+ years in progressive finance leadership, with at least 3 years as CFO or Principal Financial Officer of a US-listed public company
Small-cap or micro-cap Nasdaq / NYSE experience (sub-$500M market cap) as the signing officer
Documented capital-raising track record (preferred, but not required)
Deep SEC reporting and audit-committee experience, including S-1 / S-3 registration statements
CPA, with strong technical accounting acumen and the ability to engage on complex matters directly rather than only through delegation
Comfortable operating hands-on in a small, fast-moving public company
Bonus Points
Experience raising capital for growth stage companies
Payments, fintech, or financial services operating background with real understanding of processor economics and sponsor bank dynamics
Familiarity with digital asset, stablecoin, or emerging payments infrastructure
M&A execution experience (buy-side, sell-side, or divestitures)
Prior CFO seat at a payments, fintech, or financial services company
Perks
Equity participation in a public company with real upside
Remote-first
A genuine founding role: you build the function, own it end to end, and report directly to senior leadership and the board
The rare chance to own compliance at the frontier of crypto, stablecoins, and cross-border payments