Role Description
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.
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Own the external audit relationship.
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Build the budget, forecast, and financial narrative β internally to the CEO and Board, externally to the street.
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Serve as the company's primary financial voice to investors, analysts, and shareholders β earnings calls, investor conferences, and proactive outreach.
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Manage Nasdaq listing compliance.
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Build and lead a small finance team, and get hands-on with the granular work as the company scales.
Qualifications
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10+ years in progressive finance leadership, with at least 3 years as CFO or Principal Financial Officer of a US-listed public company.
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Small-cap or micro-cap Nasdaq / NYSE experience (sub-$500M market cap) as the signing officer.
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Documented capital-raising track record (preferred, but not required).
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Deep SEC reporting and audit-committee experience, including S-1 / S-3 registration statements.
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CPA, with strong technical accounting acumen and the ability to engage on complex matters directly rather than only through delegation.
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Comfortable operating hands-on in a small, fast-moving public company.
Requirements
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Experience raising capital for growth stage companies (bonus points).
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Payments, fintech, or financial services operating background with real understanding of processor economics and sponsor bank dynamics (bonus points).
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Familiarity with digital asset, stablecoin, or emerging payments infrastructure (bonus points).
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M&A execution experience (buy-side, sell-side, or divestitures) (bonus points).
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Prior CFO seat at a payments, fintech, or financial services company (bonus points).
Benefits
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Equity participation in a public company with real upside.
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Remote-first.
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A genuine founding role: you build the function, own it end to end, and report directly to senior leadership and the board.
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The rare chance to own compliance at the frontier of crypto, stablecoins, and cross-border payments.