CFO / Financial Director (International Payments Business)

About this role

Company: An established international payments company operating in cross-border money transfers across multiple jurisdictions. Company details will be shared with shortlisted candidates.
About the Role: We're looking for a hands-on financial leader who owns the full financial architecture of a payments business: cash flow, treasury, banking relationships, PSP infrastructure, compliance, and corporate structure across multiple jurisdictions.
This role sits at the intersection of finance, treasury, payment operations, compliance, and legal/corporate structure. You'll work closely with the owners, turning the financial picture of the business into something transparent and actionable for decision-making.
This is a hands-on role: you'll personally dig into the numbers, payment flows, bank statements, PSP reports, and contracts, and define what needs to change.

Responsibilities:
Manage treasury and cash flow across banks, PSPs, legal entities, and currencies; build cash flow forecasts and monitor liquidity in real time
Prepare management reporting: Balance Sheet, P&L, indirect Cash Flow, consolidated across entities, regions, or business lines
Build and maintain relationships with banks, PSPs, auditors, and legal/compliance advisors
Manage payment routes, settlements, commissions, rolling reserves, chargebacks, and reconciliation
Define requirements for reporting and internal finance tools (CRM/ERP/BI) as part of the finance function's ownership
Support corporate structure, legal entity management, and compliance readiness across jurisdictions
Act as a financial partner to the owners on key business decisions

Requirements
Recent, hands-on experience (last 2-3 years) with the Russian market: payment routes, banking, compliance, and regulatory constraints. Experience limited to before 2022 is not sufficient.
Real ownership of treasury and cash flow: managing liquidity across multiple banks, PSPs, entities, and currencies
Background in payments, fintech, PSP, iGaming/betting/gambling, high-risk merchant business, forex/brokerage, or crypto payments (with a strong compliance and treasury component)
Experience with multi-jurisdiction structures: several legal entities, banks, currencies, and regulatory environments
Comfortable working with incomplete data and unstructured processes, with the ability to build clarity from scratch
Nice to Have:
Experience in iGaming, betting, or affiliate/marketing holding structures
Experience with Cyprus, CIS, Canada, Hong Kong, Curaçao, Anjouan, or the EU
Experience building a finance function from scratch or managing a small team
Experience automating reporting or implementing BI/dashboard tools
English fluency for talks with banks, PSPs, and auditors
Experience in a lean international company with hands-on involvement in daily
Benefits
Direct access to the owners and real influence on the business
The chance to shape the finance function as the company grows, and expand your scope over time
A stable, established business in a growing market
Compensation discussed individually based on experience