[Remote] Head of Finance - Payments

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Breeze is a dynamic startup backed by Sequoia Capital, focused on building a universal payment layer for seamless transactions. They are seeking a Head of Finance to lead financial operations, develop strategic financial models, and optimize payment workflows to support their rapid growth in the fintech space.

Responsibilities

• Own Breeze’s financial operations strategy, building scalable processes that support rapid growth and operational efficiency
• Lead FP&A across the business, including forecasting, budgeting, scenario modeling, cash flow planning, and headcount planning
• Develop financial models and operational dashboards that provide real-time visibility into company performance, margins, and growth drivers
• Partner closely with leadership on strategic planning, capital allocation, pricing strategy, and long-term financial decision-making
• Build and optimize payment reconciliation workflows across banking partners, payment processors, fiat/crypto flows, and treasury operations
• Analyze transaction flows, payment operations, and revenue streams to improve efficiency, reporting accuracy, and unit economics
• Drive financial insights across product, operations, partnerships, and go-to-market teams to support data-driven decision-making
• Build scalable KPI reporting across revenue, payment volumes, customer performance, and operational metrics
• Improve financial systems, tooling, and reporting infrastructure to support scale and automation
• Support board reporting, investor materials, and strategic finance initiatives as the company grows
• Help establish operational rigor and financial discipline across a rapidly scaling organization
• Partner with external accounting firms and auditors while keeping internal focus on operational finance and business strategy
• Build and lead the finance function over time, including hiring and developing future team members

Skills

• 10+ years of experience across strategic finance, FP&A, operational finance, or fintech finance leadership roles
• Strong experience operating within high-growth fintech, payments, infrastructure, or transaction-heavy businesses
• Deep understanding of payment operations, reconciliations, money movement, and financial workflows
• Proven ability to build financial models, forecasting frameworks, and operational reporting systems from scratch
• Experience partnering directly with founders, executive teams, or boards on strategic financial decision-making
• Strong analytical and systems-thinking mindset with the ability to translate complex data into actionable business insights
• Experience building scalable financial processes in startup or hypergrowth environments
• Comfortable operating hands-on in ambiguous, fast-moving environments
• Strong communication and cross-functional partnership skills
• Experience leading finance operations at a startup or being a senior strategic finance leader reporting directly to a CFO or CEO
• Experience with crypto, stablecoins, payments infrastructure, or treasury operations is a strong plus
• CPA or traditional accounting background is not required — operational and strategic finance expertise is prioritized

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