Job Description: Chief Finance Officer – Card Payments (Neo Bank M&A), Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Client: ReachX
Location: Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Job Category: Other
EU work permit required: Yes
Job Details:
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* Posted: 10.06.2025
* Expiry Date: 25.07.2025
Job Description:
Location: London / UK / Remote
Duration: Flexible; potential to extend or become permanent
Start Date: ASAP
Reporting to: CEO and Board of Directors
Company Overview:
Our client is an ambitious neobank operating in the digital payments space, offering card-based financial services through a scalable SaaS infrastructure. As we enter a pivotal growth stage, we seek a commercially minded Interim CFO to lead finance, fundraising, and global financial operations.
Role Overview:
The Interim CFO will be a key member of the leadership team, providing financial direction, managing investor relations during fundraising, and ensuring robust financial governance. Experience in card payments, fintech, or banking SaaS startups, with exposure to Europe and the US, is essential.
Key Responsibilities:
* Fundraising & Investor Relations: Lead fundraising rounds, prepare financial models and pitch materials, and liaise with investors.
* Strategic Financial Management: Define and execute financial strategy, provide decision-making insights, and lead financial planning.
* Financial Operations & Reporting: Oversee accounting, budgeting, tax, and treasury; ensure compliance with UK GAAP, IFRS; coordinate audits.
* Team Leadership & International Coordination: Mentor finance team, work with cross-functional teams across Europe and the US, and support building the finance function.
Ideal Candidate Profile:
* Proven CFO or Finance Director experience in fintech, card payments, or SaaS banking.
* Deep understanding of payments ecosystem and financial regulation.
* Experience in fundraising rounds at Series A/B or similar.
* International experience with US and European teams/investors.
* Strong stakeholder management skills; qualified accountant preferred but not essential.
What We Offer:
* A strategic leadership role during a key growth phase.
* Flexible, remote working environment.
* High-level fundraising and investor engagement exposure.
* Opportunity to influence the future of a cutting-edge neobank.
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