Chief Financial Officer (Fintech)

TL;DR

Chief Financial Officer (Fintech): Building and owning the entire finance function for an early-stage fintech startup with an accent on payment infrastructure, accounting, and strategic financial planning. Focus on establishing financial processes from scratch, managing cash flows, and optimizing unit economics.

Location: Fully Remote (Barcelona, Spain)

Company

An early-stage fintech company operating in the payments space, focused on building infrastructure for online transactions and digital businesses.

What you will do

• Own end-to-end finance operations, including accounting, reporting, and cash flow management.
• Build and implement financial processes, controls, and structure from scratch.
• Ensure tax compliance and manage relationships with external partners such as accountants, auditors, and banks.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and long-term financial planning.
• Support founders with financial insights and unit economics to guide decision-making.
• Oversee payment flows, reconciliation, and collaboration with payment service providers (PSPs).

Requirements

• Proven experience as a CFO, Finance Lead, or Chief Accountant in a fintech company or startup.
• Strong hands-on capability to operate effectively without a large team.
• Solid understanding of payment flows, reconciliation, and financial operations in fintech.
• Experience building financial processes from the ground up.
• Ability to balance strategic high-level thinking with operational execution.
• Familiarity with compliance, tax, and reporting in a dynamic environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to build a finance function from zero and shape company foundations.
• Direct collaboration with founders and influence on key strategic decisions.
• High-impact role within a fast-growing fintech environment.
• Fast-paced, flexible, and entrepreneurial company culture.
• Competitive compensation aligned with early-stage responsibility.