Chief of Staff, CFO (Fintech)

Location: UK - London; this role is based in the London office.

Company

Airwallex is an AI-native financial operating system and regulated payments infrastructure provider serving global commerce through more than 85 licenses and operations across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.

What you will do

• Run the CFO’s operating cadence across Finance & Corporate Development, People & Talent, and global Operations, including OKRs, business reviews, leadership meetings, and offsites.
• Lead the CFO’s highest-priority cross-divisional projects from problem definition through delivery, including organisational changes, M&A integration, process redesign, and analytical work.
• Support the CFO with internal and external Board, executive, and investor communications.
• Partner with go-to-market teams to run CFO-hosted events, roundtables, and a finance-leader community while tracking commercial impact.
• Work directly with the Group CFO, CEO, executive team, and investors.

Requirements

• Proven experience grounded in top-tier strategy consulting, private equity, or investment banking; in-house experience in a fast-growth environment is preferred.
• Strong financial acumen, including financial modelling, fluent P&L and balance-sheet analysis, and decision framing through unit economics and return on investment.
• Track record of leading complex, cross-functional programmes to completion.

Nice to have

• Experience as Chief of Staff to a C-suite executive.
• Experience in payments, cross-border, or another regulated financial services business.
• Experience with M&A and corporate finance, including fundraising.
• Experience building executive events or communities.
• Founded a business or side project.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment in the London office.
• Work in a finance and corporate development function focused on financial reporting, tax, safeguarding, market and product expansion, and investor relationships.
• Operating principles emphasise founder-level energy, good judgment, curiosity, first-principles thinking, speed, integrity, and analytical precision.
• The role values cross-functional collaboration, constructive challenge, consensus building, and proactive problem solving.

Hiring process

• Apply only through careers.airwallex.com or Airwallex’s official LinkedIn page.
• Official recruitment communication comes from an @airwallex.com email address; Airwallex does not request bank details, sensitive identification numbers, or payment during the process.
• Unsolicited resumes from search firms or recruiters are not accepted unless an agreement exists for the specific position.